Linebacker Kyron Watson Comes To The Skyhawks

Here are some information on Kyron Watson played in 15 games over two seasons at Kansas...Made 10 tackles, 1.0 TFL and recovered a fumble...Rated a four-star prospect out of high school by ESPN.com...ESPN rated him the ninth-best outside linebacker, fifth-best player in the state of Illinois and the 13th-best player in the Midlands region in the class of 2014...Selected to play in the Semper Fidelis All-American game...A two-time all-state, all-metro and all-conference performer...Set a school record for single-season tackles with 165 stops in 2013...Recorded 21 tackles in a game as senior, setting the school single-game tackling mark...Also had 9.0 sacks and three interceptions in 2013...Tallied 142 tackles, 5.0 sacks and three interceptions as a junior...Played for head coach Darren Sunkett at East St. Louis HS. 

Played in 21 games and started 14 at linebacker for SIU... Made 135 tackles, 15.0 tackles for loss and 6.0 sacks.