
Zalen Watkins
Position coaches (Gardner-Webb, 2026): JoRaye Morrison, MyQuon Stout
Zalen Watkins is a 6'3", 290-lb Redshirt Freshman DL at Gardner-Webb from Forest City, NC. TransferPortl estimates Zalen Watkins's NIL market value at $16K, a model estimate rather than a reported contract. Zalen Watkins has a TransferPortl Transfer Vulnerability Score of 15 out of 100, a relative risk score for entering the transfer portal.
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Advanced Statistics
2026 · 30 tklPercentiles rank this season against every 2026 FBS and FCS DL with the same minimum sample. Higher is better.
| Window | Team | TVS | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Gardner-Webb | 6 Low | Did not enter |
Each score comes from a model trained only on seasons before that roster year, so it shows what TVS would have said at the time.
| Season | Team | Tackles | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PBU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Gardner-Webb | 30 | 12 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 1 |
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Will FitzpatrickOL · Gardner-Webb
Nigel LucasDB · Gardner-Webb





