Earl Watford

Year:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
Offensive Guard
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 295
Hometown:
Philadelphia, Pa.
High School:
Simon Gratz

Career Highlights

Sports Network First Team Preseason All-American and Preseason All-CAA on the offensive line in 2012
Named First Team All-CAA and Roanoke Times Division I and All-Virginia Second Team as an offensive lineman in 2011
Played in 32 games in his career, starting in 26 of them
Started all 11 games as a redshirt sophomore in 2010 and all 13 as a redshirt junior in 2011

2011: Started all 13 games at guard for JMU, helping lead the Dukes to the second round of the NCAA Division I Football Championship... Named First Team All-CAA and Roanoke Times Division I and All-Virginia Second Team as an offensive lineman... Helped the Dukes average 222.5 yards per game rushing and 4.7 yards per carry.

2010: Started all 11 games at offensive guard to earn his second letter... Helped lead the Dukes rushing game to third overall in the CAA.

2009: Played in eight games as a redshirt freshman, getting starts against Hofstra and Richmond.

High School: First-Team All-City as a Simon Gratz senior... Named to the Second Team All-Decade Public team on the defensive line by the Philadelphia News.

Personal: Majoring in Communications Sciences and Disorders.