Cole Watson
  • PE/Teacher Cerification
  • Laurens, SC

Laurens Student Selected to Preseason All-SAC teams

2016 Aug 4

The South Atlantic Conference (SAC) announced its 2016 preseason teams and the Newberry Wolves have eight preseason All-SAC football players,including, Cole Watson

Watson - a senior from Conway HS – earns his first career honors from the conference and does so in two categories. At wide receiver, he had 32 receptions for 428 yards and three touchdowns in his junior season. He also threw a 63-yard touchdown pass on first play of the playoff game at North Alabama, giving him a ridiculous 959.2 passer efficiency rating. He scored touchdowns against Jacksonville, North Greenville and Limestone, averaging 13.4 yards per catch. As a return man, he was the South Atlantic Conference statistical champion in punt return average last year with an average of 10.9 yards per return. He returned 15 punts for 164 yards with a long of 38 at Lenoir-Rhyne.

Newberry is picked to finish in third place in the preseason coaches' poll, which was announced Monday. The Wolves' eight preseason All-SAC honorees are tied for second-most in the league.