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Coaches, check out my Mid-Season HUDL HL Tape‼️ @CentralFB413 @Watson_718 @JuiceWa45 @CoachMarkCT @NE6FB_Recruits @CoachMartinESA hudl.com/v/2UU0eK

Junior Year Midseason Highlights @CoachMartinESA @Watson_718 @ValdamarTBrower @CDenson99 @JuiceWa45 @Csf9393Ferrara @CoachCollington @jackcaseysr @CentralFB413 @ESAofMass @ESAofNewEngland @NE6FB_Recruits @newftbj @One11Recruiting @on3 @on3recruits @PRZNewEngland @Rivals @ScoutingNE @ScoutNickP @sixstarfootball @TheUCReport @UANextFootball @CoachZackGoodFB @247recruiting @247Sports

Blessed to receive my 7th division 1 offer from Colgate University @TajamirTorres @ColgateFB @Watson_718 @JuiceWa45 @CoachMartinESA @ValdamarTBrower @CentralFB413

Pumped to be back on campus Saturday for a game day visit @CuseFootball ‼️ @FranBrownCuse @CoachMartinESA @JuiceWa45 @jackcaseysr @CentralFB413 @Csf9393Ferrara @NE6FB_Recruits @ScoutingNE @Watson_718 @ESAofMass @ValdamarTBrower @allpraisesdue7 @vkehres @CoachDBolden @Trenton928

Looking forward to being back at the University of New Hampshire tomorrow for Game Day! Always a great experience visiting UNH, and I appreciate the coaching staff for another opportunity to be around the program. Excited for tomorrow! @UNH_Football @CoachSamScott @CoachMartinESA @ValdamarTBrower @CDenson99 @jackcaseysr @CentralFB413 @NE6FB_Recruits @ScoutingNE @ESAofMass @JuiceWa45 @ESAofNewEngland @Watson_718

Thank you @CoachGarafola79 for the @BridgeStateU Game Day invite! @CoachMartinESA @ValdamarTBrower @CDenson99 @jackcaseysr @CentralFB413 @NE6FB_Recruits @ScoutingNE @ESAofMass @JuiceWa45 @ESAofNewEngland @Watson_718

Thank you @TajamirTorres For the game day visit! Looking forward to visiting campus and seeing what @ColgateFB is all about @CoachMartinESA @ValdamarTBrower @Watson_718 @CentralFB413

We will never forget September 2026 Pop Watson

Thank you @EvanEastburn and @AssumptionFB for the game day invite! @CoachMartinESA @ValdamarTBrower @CDenson99 @jackcaseysr @CentralFB413 @NE6FB_Recruits @ScoutingNE @ESAofMass @JuiceWa45 @ESAofNewEngland @Watson_718

Im blessed to receive an offer from University of Pennsylvania @PennFB @JuiceWa45 @CoachGilmore_2 @Watson_718 @ValdamarTBrower @CentralFB413 @CoachMartinESA @David_Josephson

POP WATSON HEISMAN

First 3!!! Shoutout to my teammates for letting me lead them. Cant wait to see what the rest of the season holds! @ValdamarTBrower @CoachMartinESA @JuiceWa45 @Watson_718 @CentralFB413 @NE6FB_Recruits @reesexeverett

Gift link for UMass Twitter because I like you guys bostonglobe.com/2026/09/25/s…

We need this for the UMass defense and special teams! @martin_tyler5

Jayden “Goldo” Rivera | C/O 2029 | RB #33 2 Carries • 35 Rushing Yards • 2 Rushing TDs 25-YD TD + 10-YD TD #AGTG @CentralFB413 @Watson_718 @SolomonBaymon @CoachMartinESA

Big game for the guys. First interception of the season to help seal the game! Onto week 3 @Coach_Fab @Watson_718 @PeddieFalconsFB @PrepRedzoneNJ

FOOTBALL SCHOOL

UMass is off to a historic start 🔥 The Minutemen are 2-0 and have won both games by double digits, including their victory over Power 4 opponent Rutgers on the road. UMass currently has a *93.5% CHANCE* to make a bowl game (ESPN), the 10th-best chance in the Group of 6 and 30th-best chance in the FBS. For reference, UMass has NEVER reached a bowl game, and never even won more than 4 games in a season at the FBS level. If they beat FCS Stonehill this week, they will already have more wins than they did in 2024 and 2025 COMBINED. So far this season: • First win since 2024 (snapped 16-game losing streak). • First win vs. FBS team since 2023 (snapped 24-game losing streak vs. FBS). • First win vs. Power 4 team since moving up to the FBS level. • First win by double digits over an FBS team in over 1,100 days. • First 2-0 start in program history at the FBS level. • Scored 30+ points in back-to-back games for the first time since 2018. • Won back-to-back games by double digits for the first time since 2014. • In good position to reach a bowl game this year for the first time ever. One key note for UMass is that they do play two FCS teams this year, which means they have to win 7 total games in order to be bowl eligible (only 1 FCS game counts toward bowl-eligibility). UMass has a major chance to make a bowl game, but ESPN analytics also have them currently favored to win 10 GAMES. They’re 2-0 and currently are only projected to lose at UConn and at Toledo in their remaining matchups. Through two games, their Virginia Tech transfer quarterback, Pop Watson III, is 28/32 for 349 yards and 4 TDs, with 80 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown as well. That 87.5% completion percentage trails just Darian Mensah’s 91.1% and is the second best in the entire FBS. Head coach Joe Harasymiak and their emerging star quarterback have the Minutemen off to an incredible start. 📈

19-of-22. 197 yards. 3️⃣ touchdowns. A historic night for Massachusetts' William "Pop" Watson III in a 37-21 win at Rutgers. @UMassFootball | #MACtion

I’m not sure people understand how big of a name Pop Watson is with his peers and current prep/MIAA athletes. He’s given UMass Football credibility it’s never had during FBS. He’s making UMass a place to check out.