Glynn Watson Jr.

Glynn Watson Jr.
No. 5 – Nebraska Cornhuskers
Position Point guard
League Big Ten Conference
Personal information
Born (1997-03-09) March 9, 1997
Chicago, Illinois
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight 165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school St. Joseph (Westchester, IL)
College Nebraska (2015–present)

Glynn Watson Jr (born March 9, 1997) is an American college basketball player for the Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team. A consensus top 100 recruit out of high school, Watson became Nebraska's first four-star and Rivals Top 150 signee in program history.[1]

High school career

Watson played for legendary high school coach Gene Pingatore at St. Joseph High School in Westchester, IL. As a senior, he averaged 15.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 3.0 steals per game in leading the Chargers to a 29-6 record and the school's second state title.[2] In all, Watson had nine games of at least 20 points as a senior. For his efforts, he earned first-team all-state honors from the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association and Champaign News-Gazette in 2015.[3] In addition, Watson was a second-team choice by the Chicago Tribune (all classes) and Chicago Sun Times (Class 3A).[4] Watson played summer ball for the Illinois Wolves, one of the top AAU teams in the region.[5]

Recruitment

A consensus four-star prospect, Watson was ranked among the top 100 players in the country by every recruiting service and was ranked as high as 66 nationally by Scout.com, which also ranked him as the seventh-best point guard in the class of 2015, and No. 73 on ESPN.com’s top-100 seniors.[6] He received offers from Creighton, DePaul, Iowa, Marquette, Maryland, Nebraska, Penn State, Purdue, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Watson committed to Nebraska on August 31, 2014, two days after taking his first and only official visit to Nebraska.[7]

Name Home town High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Glynn Watson Jr.
PG		 Bellwood, IL Saint Joseph High School 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Aug 31, 2014 
Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN grade: 84
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 66, 7 (PG)   Rivals: 82, 12 (PG)  ESPN: 73, 10 (PG)
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

College career

Freshman year

Watson started the 2015-2016 season coming off the bench for the Cornhuskers. In his collegiate debut, Watson played 22 minutes, tallying six points, three rebounds, three assists, and two steals in Nebraska's victory over Mississippi Valley State. On December 1, 2015, in his eighth collegiate game, Watson hit a game-tying three-pointer with 18.9 seconds left to send the Cornhuskers and then 21st ranked Miami (FL) to overtime.[8][9] On December 13, 2015, Watson scored 13 of his career-high 17 points in the second half to lead the Cornhuskers back from an 11-point deficit to defeat Rhode Island.[10][11] Watson made his first career start on December 22, 2015 against Prairie View A&M and has been a fixture in the Cornhuskers' starting lineup since.[12] The Illinois native reached double figures in six of his his first 11 conference games, including an impressive 17 point performance in Nebraska's victory at Illinois.[13] On February 15, 2016, Watson was named Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Week, becoming the first Cornhusker to win the award since Shavon Shields in February 2013.[14]

College statistics

Current as of 11 March 2016

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015–16 Nebraska 34 16 24.3 .389 .267 .792 1.9 2.4 1.2 0.1 8.6
Career 34 16 24.3 .389 .267 .792 1.9 2.4 1.2 0.1 8.6

Personal

Watson is the son of Sabrina Watson and Glynn Watson Sr. He has two older brothers (DeAndre and Demetri McCamey) and two sisters (Kiera and Monique). Older bothers DeAndre and Demetri both also starred at St. Joseph High School. Demetri was a three-time All-Big Ten pick at the University of Illinois, earning first-team honors in 2009-10.[15]

St. Joseph High School has the distinction of being the only school which has produced a pair of 1,000-point scorers for Nebraska, as Clifford Scales (1988–91) and Carl Hayes (1990-92) both played for Coach Gene Pingatore. Scales and Hayes both scored 1,136 points at Nebraska and played major roles in the Huskers’ school-record 26-win team in 1990-91.[16]

References

  1. ↑ McGee, David (November 12, 2014). "Nebraska Basketball Signs Best Recruiting Class In 25 Years". Corn Nation. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ Wilcox, George (March 21, 2015). "Three senior guards lead St. Joseph to boys basketball state title". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  3. ↑ "N-G All-State Boys' Basketball: First team, second team, special mention, honorable mention". The News Gazette. April 4, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  4. ↑ Wilcox, George (March 21, 2015). "St. Joseph's Glynn Watson makes All-Area Boys Basketball First Team". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Glynn Watson '15 (Illinois Wolves MIX)". Courtside Films. April 22, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Glynn Watson Jr. Player Profile". Huskers.com. 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Huskers land commit from 2015 PG Watson". August 31, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ Patterson, Chip (December 2, 2015). "Nebraska takes Miami to OT on double-pump 3, but Canes escape". CBS Sports. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Glynn Watson Game-Tying 3 Forces OT vs. Miami". Big Ten Network. December 1, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Watson leads Nebraska's comeback over Rhode Island 70-67". Fox Sports. AP. December 13, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  11. ↑ Harvey, Josh (December 13, 2015). "Glynn Watson and Benny Parker spark Nebraska comeback over Rhode Island, 70-67". Big Red Report. Rivals. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  12. ↑ Barfknecht, Lee (December 13, 2015). "Nebraska basketball still figuring out guard rotation". Big Red Report. Omaha World Herald. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Huskers Knock Off Illinois, 78-67". NU Athletic Communications. Huskers.com. January 16, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Michigan State and Nebraska Earn Weekly Men’s Basketball Honors: Spartans’ Denzel Valentine named Player of the Week; Huskers’ Watson Jr. tabbed Freshman of the Week". BigTen.org. February 15, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  15. ↑ "2010 All Big-Ten Honorees". Big Ten. March 8, 2010. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Huskers Announce Fall Signees". Huskers.com. November 12, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016.

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