Jesse Watson holds the WR-SL · Backup spot in Purdue Boilermakers’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Jesse Watson logged a 4.4% overall usage rate in 2025.

Jesse Watson is a wide receiver for the Purdue Boilermakers listed at 5'9" and 175 pounds. A consensus three-star recruit from East St. Louis High School in St. Louis, Missouri, Watson appeared in the season opener as a freshman in 2024, recording one reception for 16 yards. In 2025 as a redshirt sophomore, he played in all 12 games and caught eight passes for 80 yards with two touchdowns. His long reception measured 24 yards, achieved in a touchdown against Notre Dame on September 20, and he also scored a seven-yard touchdown versus Ohio State on November 8.