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'''Benjamin Watson''' is a [[National Football League]] tight end for the [[New England Patriots]]. He was born on December 18, 1980 in Norfolk, Virginia. He is 6-3 and weighs 255 pounds. Benjamin wears number 84 with the Patriots.

== NFL Career ==
In 2004 the [[New England Patriots]] drafted Benjamin Watson in the first round of the [[NFL Draft]]. Ben was not expected to be picked in the first round and was thought to at the highest have middle second round value so the selection took many sports columnist and draft experts by surprise. Because Watson and the Patriots couldn't work out a deal before training camp started, Ben ended up holding out of coming to training camp until August 16, 2004 when he ended his 18 day holdout and agreed to a 6 year 13.5 million dollar deal. Watson started the first game of the regular season vs the [[Indianapolis Colts]] and had 2 receptions for 16 yards in the first half but was injured sometime after he made those catches in the game and was put on the injure reserved list for the rest of the 2004 season.           

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'''Related Websites''' 

* [http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/493107 Career Stats]

* [http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=101&p=8&c=1&nid=2451815 Ben Watson News]

'''Source Material ''' 

* [http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=28448 Patriots Bio]

* [http://sportsline.com/nfl/players/playerpage/493107 CBS Sports Bio]

* [http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=35702 NFL Players Bio]

* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/players/6791/ SI Bio]

* [http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/ben_watson Draft Bio]

* [http://www.houstonprofootball.com/draft/2004/prospects/watsonb.html Texans Ben Watson Draft Bio]

* [http://www.nfl.com/news/story/10040827 Iraq Trip: Part One of the series on it]