51  Ian Watts
	Class: Sophomore Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa. High School: Radnor Height / Weight: 6-3 / 187 Position: Place-kicker/Punter

UW This Season: Ian Watts came all the way from Philadelphia, Pa., to join the Wyoming Football program as a walk-on in the fall of 2009. Now one year later, the sophomore not only has earned a scholarship, but he has a season of starting experience behind him and the confidence that comes from making three game-winning kicks as a true freshman last season.

2009: The story is well-known to Wyoming fans by now. Watts' father, Robert, called the Wyoming Football offices in the summer of 2009 to see if his son could walk on to the Cowboy Football team. Head coach Dave Christensen took the call, and told Ian's father that when Ian was admitted to UW to let him (Coach Christensen) know and he would give his son a chance to tryout. Not much more was known about the true freshman to be. But since he arrived on campus, Watts has made himself very well known. He took over the starting place-kicking duties in the fourth game of the season versus UNLV. In that game, he made all three of his field-goal attempts, including the game winner from 28 yards out. That was the first of three game-winning field goals by the freshman. He was named MWC Special Teams Player of the Week for his kick versus UNLV. Watts next game-winner would come late in the season when he hit a pressure-packed 43-yarder with only 23 seconds left on the clock to give the Pokes a 30-27 road win at San Diego State on Nov. 14. That kick kept Wyoming's bowl hopes alive. Watts was named MWC Special Teams Player of the Week for the second time as a freshman for his performance versus SDSU as he made two 27-yarders prior to the game winner, and he scored 12 points in the game. He hit his third game-winning field goal of the season on a pressure kick in the regular-season finale at Colorado State. Watts connected from 33 yards out with only 1:27 remaining in the game to seal a 17-16 Wyoming victory. He ranked third in the Mountain West Conference in field-goal percentage, making 12 of 15 attempts (80.0 percent). He also ranked No. 3 in the MWC and No. 43 in the nation in field goals per game, averaging 1.20 per game. Watts averaged 5.5 points per game to rank seventh in the conference in scoring and fifth in the league in scoring among kickers. At the year-end football awards banquet, Watts was awarded the Gosar Family Walk-On Award as the team's top walk-on for the season.

High School: Watts played football and soccer at Radnor High School just outside Philadelphia. He lettered in soccer as a sophomore and junior and in football as a junior and senior.

Personal: Born Nov. 19, 1990, Watts is the oldest of four children of Moira and Robert Watts. He plans on studying agricultural business at UW.