Furman University

2019 — Saw action in 11 games and made two starts at tailback: vs. Mercer (45-10 win) and East Tennessee State (17-10 win)...registered 52 rushes for 463 yards and two touchdowns...averaged 8.9 ypc...ran five times for a season high 97 yards and two touchdowns against Mercer, including an 83-yard touchdown bolt -- the 13th longest in Furman history and longest since 2012 (89 yards, Jerodis Williams vs. Western Carolina)...rushed 10 times for 85 yards vs. Samford (58-14 win)...ran seven times for 72 yards against Western Carolina (28-7 win)....team went 8-5, earned an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs, and finished 16th in the AFCA Coaches final poll.

2018 — Fashioned an impact first season, seeing action in all 10 games and rushed for 420 yards and two touchdowns en route to earning SoCon All-Freshman Team honors...rushing tally ranked second on the squad behind Devin Wynn...top performance (13 rushes, 86 yards) came in the Paladins’ 35-30, SoCon title clinching win over Mercer in the season finale...ran 13 times for 78 yards and two touchdowns in a 49-13 win over VMI, including a season long run of 29 yards...ran eight times for 78 yards versus Samford...caught one pass for 15 yards in a 34-14 win over Wofford.

High School: 2018 graduate of Evans (6A) High School...football coach was Lemuel Lackey...played running back and linebacker, and also returned kicks...spent his freshman and sophomore years at Jenkins County High School in Millen, Ga., before moving to Evans for the 2016 and ‘17 football campaigns...rushed for 1,432 yards and accounted for over 2,100 all-purpose yards and 22 touchdowns as a senior in helping Evans to a 9-3 record, region championship, and second round appearance in the state playoffs...named to the preseason Augusta Chronicle “Dream 16”...selected region athlete of the year this past season after earning region player of the year honors in 2016...picked to the Scout Smart All-Academic Team...was also a 2017 All-Central Savannah River (CSRA) choice...selected to play in South Carolina-Georgia Border Bowl V...won a region championship in the 100m in the spring of 2017.

Personal: Full name is Corey Dashawn Watkins...born October 29, 1999, in Augusta, Georgia...son of Carey and Lakeshia Watkins...has four siblings: Juwaun and Malia Watkins, Briana Thompson, and Imari Jackson...undeclared major.