Georgia Tech cornerback Kenyatta Watson II named to Bruce Feldman's college football freaks list

Watson II is one of the most athletic players at Georgia Tech

Author:
Jackson Caudell
Publish date:
Aug 15, 2023 2:14 PM EDT

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Each year, Bruce Feldman of The Athletic releases his "freaks list", where he lists some of the most athletic players in the country. Here is how Feldman explains his process:

"The original idea was to spotlight the players whose athleticism blew the minds of folks inside their own college football programs. At first, there were just 10 Freaks. Now, this has turned into something so much bigger, as I’ve expanded it to try to cover all of college football beyond FBS, with submissions from schools, coaches, teammates, parents, NFL scouts and agents."

Last season, Georgia Tech defensive end Keion White made the list and he went on to become a 2nd round pick in the NFL Draft by the New England Patriots. Another Yellow Jacket made the list and this year it was cornerback Kenyatta Watson.

"The son of a former Boston College wide receiver by the same name who later played for the Dallas Cowboys, Kenyatta II began his college career at Texas and played two seasons at Texas, totaling nine tackles with two passes broken up. The 6-1 1/2, 195-pound corner has vertical-jumped 45 inches and done 11-2 in the broad jump. This year, he ran 22.94 MPH.

“He is a real athletic Freak,” says Georgia Tech strength coach A.J. Artis. “He can run a 4.2 (40) and he squats 500 pounds.”

Georgia Tech Cornerback Kenyatta Watson II made the "Freaks List"
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Watson is currently battling to be a starting cornerback for the Yellow Jackets and he clearly has the athletic traits to be an impact player in a unit that should be a strength for Georgia Tech.

Georgia Tech defensive coordinator Andrew Thacker spoke about Watson this spring and mentioned him in the cornerback battle:

"Kenan Johnson has been behind and another one that I want to make sure that I bring up is Kenyatta Watson and Rodney Shelley is playing the slot nickel position so it is corner and we have the nickel position, we also see the nickel as a corner/slot guy. For example, Rodney is playing outside of the slot corner right now because there are more jobs to be able to do and you can learn the complexities of the defense and then to kick back out and know the complexity of the defense and do a better job but maybe a tougher technique.

Georgia Tech opens its 2023 season against Louisville on Sept. 1st at 7:30 on ESPN.

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