1. Derrick Deshaun Watson was born on September 14,1995 and is an American professional football quarterback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League.
64 Facts About Deshaun Watson
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Deshaun Watson played college football for the Clemson Tigers, leading the team to a national championship in 2016.
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Deshaun Watson received Pro Bowl honors in each of his three seasons as Houston's primary starter.
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Deshaun Watson is currently 11th in career completion percentage and is sixth in all-time career passer rating.
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Deshaun Watson was born in Gainesville, Georgia, on September 14,1995, to Deann Deshaun Watson and Don Richardson.
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Deshaun Watson attended Gainesville High School from the fall of 2010 and played for the school's Red Elephants football team.
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Gainesville head coach Bruce Miller had planned to start a rising junior at quarterback to execute his spread offense, but Deshaun Watson won the starting spot, becoming Miller's first-ever freshman starting quarterback.
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Deshaun Watson excelled in his junior year, winning a state championship and earning accolades such as Junior All-American, 2014 Player to Watch and 2014 Top 100 Recruit.
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Deshaun Watson received offers from numerous colleges before verbally committing to Clemson University on February 1,2012.
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Deshaun Watson was ranked as the top quarterback recruit for the 2014 class by ESPN 300.
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Deshaun Watson entered his true freshman season as the backup to starter Cole Stoudt, but still received extensive playing time.
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On October 11,2014, Deshaun Watson broke a bone in his right hand in the first quarter of a game against the Louisville Cardinals.
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Deshaun Watson returned for a game against Georgia Tech only to suffer an LCL strain, missing most of the game.
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Deshaun Watson did not play against Georgia State the following week, but led Clemson to a victory over state rival South Carolina the following week.
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Deshaun Watson underwent surgery the Friday before Clemson's bowl game against Oklahoma.
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Deshaun Watson threw for 405 yards and four touchdowns in the game and ran for 73 yards in the losing effort, though he surpassed the 4,000-yard passing mark.
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Deshaun Watson set the record for most total yards in national championship game history, with 478 yards against the nation's best defense.
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Deshaun Watson was the first player to accomplish this feat in the history of college football.
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Deshaun Watson finished third in the balloting after Heisman winner Derrick Henry, an Alabama running back, and Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey.
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Deshaun Watson won the Davey O'Brien Award, which is awarded annually to the top college quarterback.
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Deshaun Watson was named the 2015 ACC Player of the Year and ACC Offensive Player of the Year.
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Deshaun Watson was named winner of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and was the first repeat winner of the Manning Award.
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Deshaun Watson completed 36 of 56 passes for 420 yards and three touchdowns against the nation's top-ranked defense, including the last-second game-winning pass to wide receiver Hunter Renfrow.
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Deshaun Watson was projected as a first-round pick by the majority of scouts and analysts.
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Deshaun Watson was ranked as the top quarterback available in the draft by Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Focus and ESPN.
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Deshaun Watson made his first regular-season appearance on September 10,2017, against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Deshaun Watson entered the game after Tom Savage was benched at halftime and played for the remainder of the game.
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Deshaun Watson became the first rookie to pass for at least four touchdowns and rush for one touchdown in a game since Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton in 1961.
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Deshaun Watson's performance earned him AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors.
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Deshaun Watson followed up his Week 4 performance with another great outing against the Kansas City Chiefs.
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In Week 8 against the Seattle Seahawks, Deshaun Watson posted his first game with over 400 passing yards.
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In seven games during his rookie year, Deshaun Watson amassed 1,699 passing yards, 19 touchdowns and eight interceptions while rushing for 269 yards and two touchdowns.
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Deshaun Watson was ranked 50th by his peers on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2018 list.
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Deshaun Watson was named to the PFWA All-Rookie Team, becoming the second Texans quarterback to receive the award since David Carr had done so in 2002.
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Deshaun Watson led the league in average time spent in the pocket and was second in average time before throwing.
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Deshaun Watson faced the most dropbacks under pressure and tied for the fifth-most times sacked in a single season with 62.
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On January 21,2019, Deshaun Watson was named to his first Pro Bowl, replacing the Super Bowl-bound Tom Brady.
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Deshaun Watson was ranked 51st by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2019 list.
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Deshaun Watson finished the season with 3,852 passing yards, 26 passing touchdowns and 12 interceptions along with 413 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns.
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Deshaun Watson sealed the game by spinning out of a potential sack by two Bills defenders and finding Taiwan Jones, who ran to the Buffalo 10-yard line to set up the game-winning field goal in overtime.
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Deshaun Watson finished the game with 247 passing yards and a touchdown along with 55 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown.
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On September 5, Deshaun Watson signed a four-year, $177.5 million contract extension with $111 million in guarantees, keeping him under contract through the 2025 season.
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Deshaun Watson was fined $7,500 by the Texans in December 2020 for violating the league's COVID-19 protocols after he and several teammates gathered at the opening of his new restaurant without wearing face masks.
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Deshaun Watson finished the season with a pair of three-touchdown performances against the Bengals in Week 16 and the Titans in Week 18, but Houston lost both games.
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Deshaun Watson's season was, by all major statistical measures, the best in franchise history, leading in passing touchdowns, passing yards and passer rating.
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Deshaun Watson became the first player to lead the league in passing yards on a team with at least 12 losses since Jeff George of the Oakland Raiders in 1997.
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Deshaun Watson was named to the Texans' 53-man roster to start the season along with free-agent signing Tyrod Taylor and rookie Davis Mills.
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Deshaun Watson was allowed to participate in preseason activities, including preseason games.
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Two days later the NFL filed an appeal of the suspension, seeking to extend the suspension to at least a full season, as well as seeking a fine and establishing a clause in which Deshaun Watson would seek treatment for his conduct.
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On November 28,2022, Deshaun Watson was reinstated from his suspension and was officially added to the 53-man roster.
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In Week 13, Deshaun Watson started against his former team, the Texans.
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In week 10 against the Baltimore Ravens, Deshaun Watson suffered a displaced fracture to the glenoid in his right shoulder during the first half, but he was able to finish the game.
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Deshaun Watson finished the season starting in six games, finishing with seven touchdowns and four interceptions and 1,115 passing yards.
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Deshaun Watson underwent surgery on November 21, with the expectation to be fully recovered before the 2024 NFL season.
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Deshaun Watson was 0-for-10 on passes thrown 15+ yards downfield, becoming the first quarterback to have 10+ passes thrown 15 or more yards downfield with zero completions since Sportradar began tracking air yards in 2006.
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On January 9,2025, Deshaun Watson underwent surgery after he suffered a re-rupture to his right Achilles tendon, potentially keeping him out for the entire 2025 season.
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The suit claims that Deshaun Watson later reached out to the massage therapist and apologized for his actions.
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The next day, another massage therapist represented by Buzbee claimed that Deshaun Watson had met her at the Houstonian Hotel in August 2020 and completely undressed and refused to cover up, directing her to massage his anus and penis and making a movement that caused her to touch his penis.
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The therapist claims that Deshaun Watson had only paid half of the charges due for her services.
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The therapist claims that after Deshaun Watson left, she was shaken and defecated on herself.
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One of the nine new civil suits alleges that Deshaun Watson attempted to kiss a woman forcibly, and another suit alleges that he had attempted to assault the same woman on two separate occasions.
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The traveling massage therapist alleged that when she arrived at the address that Deshaun Watson had provided, he led her to a room and "locked the doors behind him".
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In 2006, when Deshaun Watson was 11, Atlanta Falcons running back Warrick Dunn donated a home to Deshaun Watson's family through Dunn's charity Homes for the Holidays, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity.
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In 2017, Deshaun Watson donated his first NFL game check of approximately $27,000 to three NRG Stadium cafeteria employees affected by Hurricane Harvey.