1. Earl Watford played college football at James Madison, and was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the fourth round of the 2013 NFL draft.
25 Facts About Earl Watford
1. 2.
Earl Watford attended Simon Gratz High School in Philadelphia, and played high school football for the Gratz Bulldogs.
3.
Earl Watford was a first-team all-city selection as a senior, and was named to the second-team All-Decade Public Team on the defensive line by the Philadelphia News.
4.
Head coach Mickey Matthews stated that the main reason they recruited Earl Watford was his large size.
5.
Earl Watford was originally recruited as a defensive end, but the coaching staff realized he would be better suited to be an offensive linemen.
6.
Earl Watford attended James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he played for the James Madison Dukes football team from 2008 to 2012.
7.
Earl Watford started in 37 games over his college career, and was a first-team All-Colonial Athletic Association selection as a junior in 2011, and again as a senior in 2012.
8.
Earl Watford was one of 57 collegiate offensive linemen to attend the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana.
9.
Earl Watford completed all of the combine drills and finished fifth among all offensive linemen in the vertical and ninth in the 40-yard dash.
10.
On March 18,2013, Earl Watford attended James Madison's pro day, but chose to stand on his combine numbers and only perform positional and blocking drills.
11.
Earl Watford was ranked the seventh best offensive guard in the draft by NFLDraftScout.
12.
Earl Watford was the 14th player ever selected in the NFL Draft from James Madison.
13.
Earl Watford became the fourth highest selection in the school's history.
14.
Earl Watford spent the entire 2013 season on the bench and was inactive for all 16 regular season games.
15.
Earl Watford missed five games during the season after suffering a high ankle sprain.
16.
Earl Watford would replace Bobby Massie who was in the midst of serving a two-game suspension after an incident during the week of the Super Bowl.
17.
Earl Watford finished the season with two starts and appeared in eight games.
18.
Earl Watford competed for a backup guard role against Cole Toner.
19.
Earl Watford was named the starting right guard for the rest of the season prior to the Arizona Cardinals' Week 6 victory over the New York Jets.
20.
Earl Watford finished the 2016 season with ten starts in 15 games.
21.
On October 2,2017, the Cardinals signed Earl Watford after starting left guard Mike Iupati suffered a triceps injury and was placed on injured reserve.
22.
Earl Watford finished with a total of ten games and nine starts.
23.
On March 15,2019, Earl Watford signed a one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
24.
On December 15,2020, Earl Watford was signed to the New England Patriots practice squad.
25.
Earl Watford was placed on injured reserve on September 6,2021.