Senior (2021)
Honorable mention All-American by Phil Steele … first-team All-Conference USA pick on the offensive line … Dave Campbell’s Texas Football All-Texas College First Team selection … participated in the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine … received invitations to play in the Reese’s Senior Bowl, East-West Shrine Bowl and NFLPA Collegiate Bowl … accepted the Senior Bowl invite and earned the start at left tackle for the American Team … started 12 games on the line — 11 at left tackle — to help lead UTSA to a 12-2 record, the Conference USA title and the program’s second straight and third overall bowl game appearance … helped pave the way for an offense that set school records for total yards (6,146), total yards per game (439.0), passing yards (3,577), passing yards per game (255.5), points scored (516) and points per game (36.9) … allowed only two sacks and one hit on the quarterback in 420 pass-blocking snaps according to Pro Football Focus … helped clear paths for All-America running back Sincere McCormick, who rushed for 1,479 yards and 15 touchdowns … drew starts in six contests where UTSA piled up 200-plus rushing yards including a season-high 304 in the 49-41 win over WKU (Dec. 3) in the C-USA Championship Game … started in the 52-46 road triumph over WKU (Oct. 9) that saw the Roadrunners tally a season-best 564 yards of offense … helped the offense rack up 561 total yards — 275 on the ground and 286 through the air — in the 44-23 victory at UTEP (Nov. 6).
Junior (2020)
Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Texas College First Team pick … second-team All-Conference USA selection … appeared in 11 games and drew 10 starts … saw action at right tackle for the first two games before making the move to left tackle for the remainder of the season … allowed just three hits on the quarterback and four sacks in 388 pass-blocking snaps, according to Pro Football Focus … helped the offense break UTSA single-season records for rushing yards (2,585), rushing yards per game (215.4) and yards per rush (5.21) … helped pave the way for All-America running back Sincere McCormick, who rushed for a school-record 1,467 yards and 11 touchdowns … started in the record-setting regular season finale that saw the offense pile up a program-record 624 yards of offense, including a school-record 443 on the ground, in a 49-17 rout of North Texas (Nov. 28) … started in the 52-21 victory over UTEP (Nov. 14) that saw the Roadrunners tally 600 yards of offense … started at right tackle and helped the offense pile up 330 rushing yards in the 51-48 double-overtime win at Texas State (Sept. 12).
Sophomore (2019)
Honorable mention all-conference selection on the offensive line … appeared in all 12 games and earned 11 starts at left guard … key part of a unit that helped UTSA post 4,139 yards of offense, including a ground attack that tallied 1,950 yards and a passing offense that produced 2,189 … started in the 35-7 season-opening victory over UIW (Aug. 31) and helped the Roadrunners churn out 284 rushing yards … helped UTSA register 320 yards on the ground behind two 100-yard rushers in the 26-16 road win at UTEP (Oct. 5) … helped pave the way for Freshman All-America running back Sincere McCormick, who rushed for 983 yards and eight touchdowns.
Freshman (2018)
Started all 10 games he played as a true freshman ... helped the offense accumulate 2,570 total yards of offense with 1,918 coming through the air and 1,052 on the ground … helped UTSA pile up a season-high 400 yards of offense in the season finale against North Texas (Nov. 24) … started at right guard in victories against Texas State (Sept. 22) and UTEP (Sept. 29) …part of a unit that held NCAA career sacks leader Jaylon Ferguson to just two assisted tackles in the Louisiana Tech contest (Oct. 13).
Prior to UTSA
UTSA’s first-ever four-star signee … earned first-team all-area and all-district accolades as a senior at Wagner High School … posted 88 knockdowns and 28 pancake blocks in 2017 … selected to compete in the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl in December at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas … played in the San Antonio Sports All-Star game in January at the Alamodome … earned first-team All-District 27-6A honors on the offensive line as a junior … registered 87 knockdowns and 12 pancakes in 2016.
Personal
Born July 19, 2000, in San Antonio ... son of Barretta Burford and John Watts ... has one brother, Andre ... cousins include LaAdrian Waddle (NFL offensive tackle) and Sam Hurd (NFL wide receiver) … criminal justice major.
Honorable mention All-American by Phil Steele … first-team All-Conference USA pick on the offensive line … Dave Campbell’s Texas Football All-Texas College First Team selection … participated in the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine … received invitations to play in the Reese’s Senior Bowl, East-West Shrine Bowl and NFLPA Collegiate Bowl … accepted the Senior Bowl invite and earned the start at left tackle for the American Team … started 12 games on the line — 11 at left tackle — to help lead UTSA to a 12-2 record, the Conference USA title and the program’s second straight and third overall bowl game appearance … helped pave the way for an offense that set school records for total yards (6,146), total yards per game (439.0), passing yards (3,577), passing yards per game (255.5), points scored (516) and points per game (36.9) … allowed only two sacks and one hit on the quarterback in 420 pass-blocking snaps according to Pro Football Focus … helped clear paths for All-America running back Sincere McCormick, who rushed for 1,479 yards and 15 touchdowns … drew starts in six contests where UTSA piled up 200-plus rushing yards including a season-high 304 in the 49-41 win over WKU (Dec. 3) in the C-USA Championship Game … started in the 52-46 road triumph over WKU (Oct. 9) that saw the Roadrunners tally a season-best 564 yards of offense … helped the offense rack up 561 total yards — 275 on the ground and 286 through the air — in the 44-23 victory at UTEP (Nov. 6).
Junior (2020)
Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Texas College First Team pick … second-team All-Conference USA selection … appeared in 11 games and drew 10 starts … saw action at right tackle for the first two games before making the move to left tackle for the remainder of the season … allowed just three hits on the quarterback and four sacks in 388 pass-blocking snaps, according to Pro Football Focus … helped the offense break UTSA single-season records for rushing yards (2,585), rushing yards per game (215.4) and yards per rush (5.21) … helped pave the way for All-America running back Sincere McCormick, who rushed for a school-record 1,467 yards and 11 touchdowns … started in the record-setting regular season finale that saw the offense pile up a program-record 624 yards of offense, including a school-record 443 on the ground, in a 49-17 rout of North Texas (Nov. 28) … started in the 52-21 victory over UTEP (Nov. 14) that saw the Roadrunners tally 600 yards of offense … started at right tackle and helped the offense pile up 330 rushing yards in the 51-48 double-overtime win at Texas State (Sept. 12).
Sophomore (2019)
Honorable mention all-conference selection on the offensive line … appeared in all 12 games and earned 11 starts at left guard … key part of a unit that helped UTSA post 4,139 yards of offense, including a ground attack that tallied 1,950 yards and a passing offense that produced 2,189 … started in the 35-7 season-opening victory over UIW (Aug. 31) and helped the Roadrunners churn out 284 rushing yards … helped UTSA register 320 yards on the ground behind two 100-yard rushers in the 26-16 road win at UTEP (Oct. 5) … helped pave the way for Freshman All-America running back Sincere McCormick, who rushed for 983 yards and eight touchdowns.
Freshman (2018)
Started all 10 games he played as a true freshman ... helped the offense accumulate 2,570 total yards of offense with 1,918 coming through the air and 1,052 on the ground … helped UTSA pile up a season-high 400 yards of offense in the season finale against North Texas (Nov. 24) … started at right guard in victories against Texas State (Sept. 22) and UTEP (Sept. 29) …part of a unit that held NCAA career sacks leader Jaylon Ferguson to just two assisted tackles in the Louisiana Tech contest (Oct. 13).
Prior to UTSA
UTSA’s first-ever four-star signee … earned first-team all-area and all-district accolades as a senior at Wagner High School … posted 88 knockdowns and 28 pancake blocks in 2017 … selected to compete in the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl in December at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas … played in the San Antonio Sports All-Star game in January at the Alamodome … earned first-team All-District 27-6A honors on the offensive line as a junior … registered 87 knockdowns and 12 pancakes in 2016.
Personal
Born July 19, 2000, in San Antonio ... son of Barretta Burford and John Watts ... has one brother, Andre ... cousins include LaAdrian Waddle (NFL offensive tackle) and Sam Hurd (NFL wide receiver) … criminal justice major.