Watson’s ability to hurt you on the ground and with his arm helped translate to his third consecutive player of the week honor on the offensive side of the ball. He is the first player in conference history to pull off the feat three weeks in a row.
The Dragons scored in all four quarters against a stingy Ohio Dominican defense as Watson had a direct hand in all four touchdowns. He was 18-of-35 passing for 169 yards and was 3 yards shy of rushing for 100 on 15 carries.
The senior quarterback passed for a pair of scores and ran for two more while eating up clock on some key time-consuming drives. The Tiffin offense was patient while scoring touchdowns off of 16 and 17-play drives, respectively.
Watson took it in himself from 1 yard out to open the game’s scoring in the first quarter. That capped a 16 play, 90-yard drive down the field in nearly six minutes.
His first passing TD was actually a go-ahead score as the Panthers had taken a 9-7 lead in part due to a safety. He connected with Anthony Lowe on a 13-yard scoring play to finish off a drive right before halftime that elapsed eight minutes and change.
Watson then gave the Dragons a 21-9 lead as he found Lowe again, again in the red zone from 10 yards out. With 2:19 remaining, Watson showed off the wheels with a 40-yard scamper to put the game out of reach for ODU.