CB · Los Angeles Rams · #35
Jaylen Watson
LCB1- College
- Ventura
- Height
- 6'2"
- Weight
- 197 lb
- Experience
- 5th season
Passer rating allowed
71.2▼ 11.3 vs '25
22nd of 86 CBs
Y/TGT
5.5▼ 1.9 vs '25
13th of 86 CBs
Completion % allowed
47.2%▼ 14.5 vs '25
8th of 86 CBs
Passes defended
9▲ 3 vs '25
3rd of 86 CBs
Tackling
20 tkl
4 stops · 3 mtkl · 0 ff
Ranks compare against the 86 qualifying cornerbacks on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Targets allowed by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 vs SFL | 65 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 60.0 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 vs NYGW | 55 | 94.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 80.0 | 13.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 3 @ DENL | 20 | 29.9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 3.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Wk 5 vs BUFL | 64 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 1.3 | 1 | 2 |
| Wk 6 vs ARIL | 72 | 100.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 66.7 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 @ LVW | 65 | 95.6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 | 1.7 | 0 | 4 |
| Season | 341 | 86.5 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 47.2 | 5.5 | 1 | 9 |
How he compares
2026 cornerbacks who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2026 with Rams
$51Mover 3 years
- Avg. per year
- $17M
- Guaranteed
- $26.5M 52%
- 2026 cap hit
- $6.9M 2.2% of the cap
- Signed
- 2026
- Runs through
- 2028
2026 · now
2027
2028
Year 1 of 3 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 6 | 341 | 86.5 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 71.2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 15 | 867 | 95.7 | 64 | 24 | 3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 82.5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 341 | 90.5 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 15.8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 75.4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15 | 440 | 45.8 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 5.7 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 103.6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 16 | 605 | 56.3 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 103.9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Career | 58 | 2,594 | 69.9 | 194 | 61 | 10 | 8.4 | 4.0 | 4 | 4 | 232 | 90.8 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 1 |