University of South Alabama Athletics

Jaguar Highlights: Listed as the starter at strong safety coming out of spring drills after being named the most improved safety by the USA coaching staff ... Credited with three stops in the annual spring game playing for the Blue team, helping the unit to a nine-point win.

As A Junior (2012): Appeared in all 13 contests with three starts ... Recorded a total of 31 tackles, defended a pair of passes, and had an interception and a forced fumble ... Finished with a career-best six stops and picked off a pass in USA’s Sun Belt Conference debut against Troy ... Posted five stops and forced a fumble the previous week at nationally-ranked Mississippi State ... Credited with three solo tackles against both Louisiana-Monroe and Middle Tennessee ... Also had three total stops in his NCAA Division I debut against Texas-San Antonio, Florida International and Louisiana-Lafayette as well ... Had a pair of tackles in three-point, double-overtime win over Florida Atlantic.

Junior College Highlights (2010-11): Played two seasons at Mississippi Gulf Coast CC ... Appeared in nine games as a sophomore, recording 46 total tackles (31 solo) including six behind the line of scrimmage ... Had two interceptions, broke up seven passes and also forced one fumble ... Credited with a season-best seven stops in the opener against eventual national champion East Mississippi CC as well as wins over Pearl River (Miss.) CC and Coahoma (Miss.) CC ... Had six tackles against East Central (Miss.) CC and five in contest with Northeast Mississippi CC ... Team was 10-2 in the fall, winning the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) South Division title ... Bulldogs defeated No. 5 Blinn (Texas) JC 46-17 in the Mississippi Bowl, ending the season ranked sixth in the final National Junior College Athletic Association poll ... Collected 10 stops in four games as MGCCC went 10-2 his freshman season, finishing third in final NJCAA rankings after defeating then-No. 3 Grand Rapids (Mich.) CC 62-53 in the Mississippi Bowl ... Helped Bulldogs to MACJC championship.

High School Highlights: Lettered in football, wrestling and track at Ocean Springs High ... Helped the Greyhounds advance to postseason play all three years he was on the varsity, which included a south state title his senior year ... Was the top-ranked wrestler in the state in the 189-pound weight class.

Personal: Full name is Charles E. Watson ... Born Nov. 15, 1991, in Detroit, Mich. ... Son of Anthony and Jacqueline Watson ... One of five boys, is the fifth of nine children ... Enjoys beating others at Madden and NCAA Football, and doing homework in his spare time ... Would like to earn his master’s degree and become a businessman ... Also recruited by South Florida, Minnesota, Troy and UAB out of high school ... An interdisciplinary studies major.