2022 (Junior): Named the MVP of the Sun Belt Championship Game after completing 12-of-17 passes for 318 yards and three touchdowns in Troy's 45-26 victory over Coastal Carolina … Completed 206-of-335 passes for 2,818 yards and 14 touchdowns on the year … Led the Sun Belt with nine passes of 50-plus yards, ranked third in 40-yard passes (11) and 30-plus yard passes (21) … Third nationally in 50-yard passes, 25^th in 30-plus yard passes and 19^th in 40-plus yard passes … Completed 34-of-47 passes for 275 yards and a touchdown in the opener at Ole Miss … Passed for 300-plus yards in four games … Four touchdown passes on 23-of-34 passing against Alabama A&M … Rushed for a pair of touchdowns at App State … Became the seventh player in program history to top the 5,000-yard mark … Came off the bench at South Alabama and completed all four of his pass attempts, including back-to-back passes of 36 yards and 14 yards to open a drive that resulted in a 51-yard field goal in the fourth quarter

2021 (Sophomore): Took over the starting duties in week six … Completed 140-of-228 passes for eight touchdowns and just four interceptions in seven starts … Averaged 220.6 yards per game in his seven starts, would have ranked fourth in the Sun Belt … Threw for 350 yards on 29-of-55 passing against Louisiana; passing yardage total ranks as the 33^rd most in a game in school history and the 55 attempts were the sixth most in a game since at least 2001 … Threw three touchdown passes at Coastal Carolina … Picked up his first career rushing touchdown in the Louisiana contest … Completed 11-of-14 passes (78.6 percent) against South Alabama; in his career against the Jags, has completed 83.3 percent of his attempts (45-of-54) … Receivers had 17 drops on his attempts, would have raised completion percentage to 64.1 percent compared to 61.4

2020 (Sophomore): Started nine games in his first season as Troy’s No. 1 quarterback – missed games at Arkansas State and Georgia Southern after suffering an injury against Georgia State … Led the Sun Belt averaging 237.9 yards per game through the air despite missing three quarters of the Georgia State game … Also led the league with a 70.1 completion percentage, which ranked seventh nationally … Ranked 11^th nationally averaging 23.44 completions per game, while his passing yards were the 32^nd most in the country … Completed 211-of-307 passes for 2,141 yards and 16 touchdowns with just seven interceptions … Threw four touchdown passes in Troy’s victory over Texas State and had three scoring strikes in the blowout of South Alabama … His 82.9 completion percentage against South Alabama (34-of-41) was the fifth-best in Troy history (min. 15 attempts) and the best when raising the threshold to 35 attempts … His 33 completions against Texas State rank as the 11^th most in a game in school history … Named the Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week, a Manning Award Star of the Week and to the Davey O’Brien Great 8 List following the Texas State game … Became the first Troy quarterback to win his first career start since 2010 (Corey Robinson)

2019 (RS-Freshman): Troy’s backup quarterback … Played in six different games … Played the entire second half at Missouri; completed 5-of-9 passes for 58 yards with a long of 25 yards … On the year, completed 13-of-22 passes for 89 yards

2018 (Freshman): Played in a pair of games as a reserve quarterback … Completed 5-of-8 passes for 20 yards against Florida A&M and 3-of-4 passes for 25 yards at Liberty … Redshirted

High School: Named Regional Offensive Player of the Year following his senior year at Taylor County High School … Four-year starter for the Vikings and helped lead Taylor County to a 19-5 record his final two seasons … Earned all-state honorable mention after his junior year … Threw for over 6,700 yards and 65 touchdowns in 43 games for the Vikings … Did not throw an interception during the regular season of his senior year … Selected to Georgia Class A Preseason All-State Team by Recruit Georgia … Ranked as the 23^rd best pro-style quarterback nationally by Rivals.com and as a three-star … 247 Sports rated him as the 42^nd best pro-style quarterback in the country and as a three-star … Was a two-time all-state and three-time all-region selection in baseball

Personal: Full name is Milton Gunnar Watson … Born Jan. 11, 2000, in Macon, Ga. … Son of Mindy and Jeff Watson … Has one sister, Bree ...Majoring in business; on track to graduate this fall