Desmond Watson is a big dude. He knows it, and so does everyone else.
He was listed at 464 pounds in college at Florida. Now an undrafted free agent with the Buccaneers, Watson has dropped his weight to 437 pounds.
But that's not all Watson is. He wants to be viewed as more.
Yes, if he plays in an NFL regular season game he'll be the heaviest player in league history, with the previous record 380 pounds.
But Watson knows if he gets on the field, that won't be the reason.
“I feel like my name is etched in history, of course, as the official heaviest player in the NFL, or whatnot,” Watson told the team website. “It’s a good story; at the same time I don’t want it to be my narrative. I want to be known as a football player, and a good football player at that. But it’s nice to be able to make history... I guess again because I did it in college, too. It’s nice to be able to make history but all in all, I am a football player and I want to be known as a good one. So it’s just a process that comes with it, I guess.”
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Watson has the potential to be a game changer on the interior of the defensive line if he can get on the field.
Especially if Tampa Bay pairs him with 350-pound star Vita Vea, it'd be a look offenses have never seen before.
There's work still to be done for Watson, and potentially a bit more weight to drop in order to get just a little quicker.
He'll never be a small man, but he plans to be a difference maker. That's how he hopes to be noticed going forward, for his actions and not his appearance.
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