
Cliff Watkins still owns Tarleton’s QB legacy — and the numbers are loud
In the 2003 season, Cliff Watkins led Tarleton State’s attack with 3,547 passing yards, 29 touchdown passes, and 265 completions, a school-record-level workload that still pops on the all-time charts. He’s remembered as a high-volume, high-production quarterback who could stress defenses vertically and keep an offense humming; the downside was risk, with 11 interceptions that season. If you’re asking whether he fits a team, the answer is yes for an offense that wants a confident, aggressive distributor with proven big-game passing juice.