young Colorado State leg with walk-on grit and upside
Luke Watkins entered Colorado State in 2024 as a walk-on kicker, redshirted, and brings a compact 6-foot-1, 190-pound frame with some proven prep accuracy: 5-of-6 on field goals and 38-of-39 on PATs in high school, plus a game-winner on his résumé. The appeal is upside and toughness more than a stat sheet right now, because there’s no meaningful college kicking sample yet; if CSU needed a steady developmental specialist with clutch DNA, Watkins fits that mold.
