Position: Offensive tackle Height 1.96 m Roster status: Injured reserve Weight 143 kg | Name Menelik Watson Date joined 2013 Role American football tackle Home town Manchester | |
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Date of birth: (1988-12-22) December 22, 1988 (age 27) Place of birth: Manchester, England, United Kingdom High school: Manchester (GB) Burnage NFL draft: 2013 / Round: 2 / Pick: 42 Current team Oakland Raiders (#71 / Tackle) College Florida State Seminoles football Profiles | ||
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Menelik Watson (born December 22, 1988) is an English professional American football offensive tackle for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State.
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- Menelik watson 2013 nfl draft profile
- Early and personal life
- College career
- Oakland Raiders
- Denver Broncos
- References
Menelik watson 2013 nfl draft profile
Early and personal life
Watson was born into a single-parent family of four brothers and a sister raised on the Anson Estate in Longsight, Greater Manchester, England; his mother, originally from Jamaica, worked as an office cleaner to support the family.
At Burnage High School, he excelled at sport. However, he broke his right ankle in 2001 while playing football in the park, meaning that he could not progress in his hopes of playing for Manchester City. Advised by a doctor not to play any more sports, he eventually joined the school basketball team, where he was spotted in a local tournament by American coach Rob Orellana, who signed him up for the Canarias Basketball Academy based in the Canary Islands.
Watson has a daughter Orellana—named in honour of his mentor Rob—who lives in Manchester with her mother.
College career
Watson played college basketball for Marist College, which he attended from 2009 to 2010.
However, after it became clear that even at 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) Watson was too short to play power forward, Orellana transferred Watson to Saddleback College where he played American football for the first time. Watson played right tackle, opposite of left tackle Kyle Long. After a single year at Saddleback, he transferred to Florida State University, where he started 12 of 13 games for the Florida State Seminoles football team during the 2012 season, allowing just one quarterback sack.
Watson announced that he would enter the NFL Draft after his junior season.
Oakland Raiders
Watson was drafted in the second round by the Oakland Raiders of the 2013 NFL Draft (42nd overall).
Watson dressed for 5 games while starting for 3 of them in his rookie year.
On September 28, 2014, Watson was named Raiders' honorary captain for the International Series game against the Miami Dolphins, leading the Raiders out at Wembley Stadium.
In December 2014, Watson donated his game check to a four-year-old Oakland Raiders fan with Hypoplastic left heart syndrome, which is estimated to be around $18,000.
On August 30, 2015, Watson suffered a torn Achilles tendon during the third preseason game against the Arizona Cardinals. On September 1, 2015, the Raiders placed Watson on injured reserve.
Denver Broncos
On March 10, 2017, Watson signed a three-year contract with the Denver Broncos.