{"id":211826,"date":"2025-10-09T13:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/211826\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:42:07","slug":"desmond-watson-wont-say-how-much-he-weighs-but-hes-proud-of-his-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/211826\/","title":{"rendered":"Desmond Watson won&#8217;t say how much he weighs, but he&#8217;s proud of his weight loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Desmond Watson weighed 464 pounds at Florida\u2019s pro day, which made him the heaviest player in NFL history when he <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/464-pound-defensive-tackle-desmond-watson-signs-with-buccaneers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">signed with the Buccaneers<\/a> as an undrafted free agent. But in training camp the Bucs deemed his obesity a non-football illness and had him working only on his conditioning, and he was cut after the preseason.<\/p>\n<p>Now Watson is back with the Buccaneers on their practice squad, and although he declined to say what he currently weighs, he said it\u2019s significantly less than 464 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pewterreport.com\/desmond-watson-bucs-break-silence-weight-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">I\u2019m proud of it<\/a>,\u201d Watson said, via PewterReport.com. \u201cIt\u2019s a good number \u2013 obviously good enough to be signed back. I don\u2019t want to say a specific number, but it\u2019s been enough to obviously get signed back. I\u2019m blessed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watson is practicing now and glad to be working on more than just conditioning, and he says he\u2019s getting himself ready if he\u2019s activated to the active roster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was the longest I\u2019ve had without practicing against people since I was like seven years old,\u201d Watson said. \u201cThat was tough. It was definitely an adjustment, but it feels great to practice now. I feel blessed to be able to help this organization any way possible, so getting back into it, it feels great.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Desmond Watson weighed 464 pounds at Florida\u2019s pro day, which made him the heaviest player in NFL history&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-211826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}