Jashon Watkins-Perkins

Position:
DB
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 200
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Nashville, Tenn.

Honors

• 2019 AAC All-Academic Team
• Tiger 3.0 Club for the 2019 fall semester.

2021 (Redshirt Sophomore)

• Appeared in one game for the Tigers, seeing action against UTSA

2020 (Redshirt Freshman)

• Member of the 8-3 Tigers who won the 2020 Montgomery Bowl
• Appeared in one game on the season, seeing action in the victory over UCF

2019 (Freshman)

• Redshirted
• Was a member of the 12-2 American Athletic Conference Championship team who earned a berth to the 84th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

Prior to Memphis/Personal

• Four-year starter at East Nashville Magnet High School
• Played primarily at WR and DB
• Also saw some time at QB early in his prep career
• Helped the Eagles earn four-straight Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) Class 3A playoff berths
• East Nashville advanced to the second round of the playoffs his junior and senior seasons
• Led the Eagles to a 10-2 record, the program’s best record in more than a decade
• Career statistics included: 51-of-96 passing for 519 yards and five TDs, 571 rushing yards on 89 carries and 10 TDs, 43 catches for 641 yards and nine TDs, 120 total tackles, 18 PBU and six interceptions • As a senior in 2018, scored 10 TDs and had four interceptions
• 2018 honors included: Toyota East-West All-Star Game, Tnhighschoolfootball.com Metro Nashville Ultimate Team (safety 1), Metro Nashville Football Coaches Association 3A/4A All-City Team, All-Region 5-3A and Tennessean preseason Dandy Dozen (No. 11)
• Received recognition on stage at the 2019 NFL Draft held in Nashville in April
• As a junior in 2017, rolled up more than 900 total yards on offense
• Named to the Metro Nashville Football Coaches Association 3A/4A All-City Team
• Also played basketball his freshman year at East Nashville
• A reserve for the 2015-16 Eagles, which posted a 22-9 record and advanced to the TSSAA Class 3A state tournament semifinal round
• Saw action in 15 games • Member of the Eagles track and field team as a freshman
• Ran in the sprints and relays and also competed in the high jump
• Son of Vashon Watkins and John Perkins