- Among players with 100-plus receptions, ranks No. 2 in the NFL since entering the league in 2022 with an average of 17.0 yards per catch.
- Is one of only three players in team history to post 125-plus catches and average 17.0-plus yards per catch in his first four NFL seasons (WRs Billy Howton and James Lofton).
- Is one of only five NFL players since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to register 125-plus catches, 20-plus receiving TDs, an average of 17.0-plus yards per catch and multiple rushing TDs in his first four seasons (WRs Louis Lipps, Jerry Rice, DeSean Jackson and Jameson Williams).
- Is one of four players in team history with five-plus receiving TDs in three of his first four NFL seasons, joining WRs Don Hutson (four), Antonio Freeman (three) and Max McGee (three).
- Has posted first downs on 97 of his 133 career receptions, a 72.9 percentage that ranks No. 3 in the NFL since 2022 (min. 100 rec.). Of his 133 catches, 50 have been explosive gains (16-plus yards), a 36.7 percentage that ranks No. 9 in the league since 2022 (min. 100 rec.).
- Ranks No. 5 in the NFL with eight receptions of 50-plus yards since 2022.
- Ranked No. 2 in the league with an average of 17.5 yards per catch last season and 17 of his 35 catches were explosive gains (16-plus yards), a 48.6 percentage that ranked No. 3 in the NFL (min. 30 rec.).
- Ranked No. 2 in the league in yards per catch in 2024 (min. 25 rec.), posting an average of 21.4 yards that was the top mark by a Packer (min. 25 rec.) since Lofton's 22.0-yard average in 1984.
- Of his 29 catches in 2024, 14 were explosive gains (16-plus yards), a 48.3 percentage that ranked No. 2 in the NFL among players with 25-plus catches in '24 and was the top single-season percentage by a Packer dating back to 2000.
- Led the team with seven TD catches in 2022, the fourth most in team history by a rookie behind only Howton (13 in 1952), McGee (nine in 1954) and Jayden Reed (eight in 2023).
- In 2022, became only the third player in franchise history to that point to post seven-plus receiving TDs and multiple rushing TDs in a season, joining Johnny "Blood" McNally (1931) and Hutson (1941).
- Posted eight TDs from scrimmage in Weeks 10-13 in 2022, tied for the most over a four-game span by a rookie WR in league history (Randy Moss, 1998).
- Posted 41 receptions for 611 yards (14.9 avg.) in 2022, tying for No. 1 in the NFL among rookies in TD catches and ranking No. 5 among rookies in receiving yards.
- Was tied for No. 1 among NFL rookies in 2022 with three 100-yard receiving games, the second most by a rookie in team history (Howton, five in 1952).
- Was selected by the Packers in the second round (No. 34 overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft, a pick obtained from the Minnesota Vikings for the Packers' two second-round selections in 2022 (Nos. 53 and 59 overall).
- Became the highest-drafted wide receiver out of North Dakota State, topping the previous high set by WR Stacy Robinson (second round, No. 46 overall) in 1985.
2025 SEASON: Started all 10 games he appeared in and posted 35 receptions for 611 yards (17.5 avg.) and six TDs (tied for team lead)…Ranked No. 2 in the league with an average of 17.5 yards per catch…Of his 35 receptions, 17 were explosive catches (16-plus yards), a 48.6 percentage that ranked No. 3 in the NFL (min. 30 rec.)…Ranked No. 6 in the league with a receiving first-down percentage of 80.0 (28-35)…Had 12 catches for 233 yards (19.4 avg.) and three TDs on third down, with all 12 receptions picking up first downs…Was on reserve/physically unable to perform (knee) for the first six games before being activated on Oct. 25…At Pittsburgh (Oct. 26): Played 36 snaps in his season debut, leading the WRs with four receptions for 85 yards (21.3 avg.). On a third-and-7 late in the third quarter, caught a deep ball down the middle for a 33-yard gain to the Pittsburgh 7, setting up RB Josh Jacobs' 3-yard TD run two plays later…Vs. Carolina (Nov. 2): Hauled in two passes for 58 yards (29.0 avg.), highlighted by a season-long 52-yard grab on a third-and-12 early in the second quarter…At N.Y. Giants (Nov. 16): Posted four receptions for 46 yards (11.5 avg.) and a season-high two TDs, becoming the first Packer since WR Philip Epps (Oct. 6, 1985) to have a receiving TD from two different QBs in the same game as he hauled in a 1-yard pass from QB Malik Willis early in the second quarter and a 17-yard pass from QB Jordan Love with 4:02 remaining in the game for what proved to be the game-winning TD in the 27-20 victory…At Detroit (Nov. 27): Hauled in four passes for 80 yards (20.0 avg.), highlighted by a 51-yard TD grab early in the third quarter when he got behind CB Amik Robertson to make the catch near the Detroit 5 and take it in for the score…Vs. Chicago (Dec. 7): Led the team with 89 receiving yards on four receptions (22.3 avg.) while matching his season high with two TD catches. Posted two TD catches of 20-plus yards (23, 41) for the second time in his career (vs. Dallas on Nov. 13, 2022)…Vs. Baltimore (Dec. 27): Paced the team with a season-high 113 yards and a TD on five receptions (17.5 avg.), picking up first downs on all five catches. On Green Bay's second offensive play, caught a deep ball down the middle from Willis for a 39-yard TD…At Chicago (NFC Wild Card, Jan. 10): Posted three receptions for 36 yards (12.0 avg.), including a 7-yard TD grab to cap off Green Bay's opening drive, his first career postseason TD catch.
2024: Started all 15 games he appeared in and posted 29 catches for a career-high 620 yards (21.4 avg.) and two TDs...Ranked No. 2 in the league in yards per catch among players with 25-plus receptions…His average of 21.4 yards per catch was the top mark by a Packer (min. 25 rec.) since Lofton's 22.0-yard average in 1984…Of his 29 catches, 14 were explosive gains (16-plus yards), a 48.3 percentage that ranked No. 2 in the NFL among players with 25-plus catches and was the top single-season percentage by a Packer dating back to 2000…Was sidelined in Week 5 (ankle) and Week 17 and the team's playoff contest (knee)…At Tennessee (Sept. 22): Led the team with 67 yards receiving on two catches (33.5 avg.), posting a 37-yard grab down to the Tennessee 13 late in the first half on third-and-18 and a 30-yard leaping grab to the Tennessee 6 on third-and-6 on Green Bay's opening drive that helped set up a Willis TD run two plays later…Vs. Arizona (Oct. 13): Paced the team with 68 yards receiving on three catches (22.7 avg.), highlighted by a 44-yard TD reception on a long pass from Love with 4:32 remaining in the first half to give the Packers a 24-0 lead…At Chicago (Nov. 17): Led the team with a career-high 150 receiving yards on four catches, a 37.5-yard average that was the top mark posted by a Packer with four-plus receptions since WR Carroll Dale on Sept. 27, 1970 (46.5 avg., four catches for 186 yards). Posted a season-long 60-yard reception down to the Chicago 14 late in the fourth quarter to set up the Packers' game-winning TD. Added a 48-yard catch earlier in the fourth quarter, becoming the first Packer dating back to 2000 to register two receptions of 45-plus yards in a fourth quarter…At Detroit (Dec. 5): Registered a team-high 114 yards on four catches (28.5 avg.), the first Packer since the 1970 merger to average 33.0-plus yards per catch over a four-game span (min. 10 rec.) with 10 catches for 331 yards (33.1 avg.)…Vs. Chicago (Jan. 5): Started and played 10 snaps before departing the game early in the second quarter (knee).
2023: Started all nine games he played in and posted 28 receptions for 422 yards (15.1 avg.) and five TDs (No. 3 on the team)…Was inactive for the first three games and the final five games (hamstring)...Appeared in both playoff contests, posting two receptions for 20 yards (10.0 avg.)…Vs. Detroit (Sept. 28): Played 26 snaps in his season debut, posting two receptions for 25 yards (12.5 avg.), including a 1-yard TD grab midway through the third quarter…At Las Vegas (Oct. 9): Finished with a team-high 91 yards on three receptions (30.3 avg.), highlighted by a career-long 77-yard catch down to the Las Vegas 6 midway through the third quarter…Vs. L.A. Chargers (Nov. 19): Posted two receptions for 21 yards (10.5 avg.), highlighted by an 11-yard TD catch in the back of the end zone late in the third quarter that gave Green Bay a 16-13 lead…At Detroit (Nov. 23): Paced the team with five receptions for a season-best 94 yards (18.8 avg.) and a TD (16-yarder in the third quarter). Caught four passes for 78 yards (19.5 avg.) in the first quarter alone, the most by a Packer in a first quarter since WR Allen Lazard registered 80 yards on two catches at the N.Y. Giants on Dec. 1, 2019…Vs. Kansas City (Dec. 3): Recorded a career-high seven receptions for 71 yards (10.1 avg.) and two TDs before sustaining a hamstring injury on a 10-yard reception with just over three minutes remaining in the game. Caught a 9-yard TD pass from Love early in the second quarter and added another score on a 12-yard catch with 5:23 remaining in the third quarter.
2022: Played in 14 games with 11 starts and posted 41 receptions for 611 yards (14.9 avg.) and a team-high seven TDs…Was tied for No. 1 in the NFL among rookies in TD catches and ranked No. 5 among rookies in receiving yards…Had two TD receptions of 50-plus yards (63, 58), the first Green Bay rookie to post multiple TD receptions of 50-plus yards since Howton (six) in 1952…Was tied for No. 1 among NFL rookies with three 100-yard receiving games on the season, the second most by a Green Bay rookie in team history (Howton, five in 1952)…Also had seven carries for 80 yards (11.4 avg.) and two TDs and returned two kickoffs for 35 yards (17.5 avg.)...Became only the third player in franchise history to that point to post seven-plus receiving TDs and multiple rushing TDs in a season, joining McNally (1931) and Hutson (1941)…Became just the second NFL rookie WR to accomplish that feat (Chase Claypool, 2020)…Became just the fourth WR since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to post 40-plus catches, 600-plus receiving yards, seven-plus receiving TDs and multiple rushing TDs in a season, joining Claypool (2020), Tyreek Hill (2020) and Rice (1994)…Was inactive (hamstring) for three contests (Weeks 3, 6-7)…At Minnesota (Sept. 11): Became the first rookie WR to start for the Packers in Week 1 since James Jones in 2007 and finished with two receptions for 34 yards (17.0 avg.) and a 7-yard run…Vs. New England (Oct. 2): Posted his first NFL touchdown, scoring on a 15-yard run early in the second quarter…Vs. Dallas (Nov. 13): Led the team with 107 receiving yards and a career-best three TDs on four catches (26.8 avg.), becoming the first Green Bay rookie to post 100-plus receiving yards and three receiving TDs in a game since Lofton on Sept. 10, 1978. Tied the single-game team rookie record for receiving TDs as he matched Lofton, Howton (Nov. 27, 1952) and McGee (Oct. 30, 1954). Became the first NFL rookie to catch three TD passes against the Cowboys since Moss on Nov. 26, 1998…Vs. Tennessee (Nov. 17): Finished with four receptions for 48 yards (12.0 avg.) and two TDs as he became the first Green Bay rookie to register multiple TD catches in back-to-back-games since McGee in 1954 (Oct. 30-Nov. 7). His five TD grabs in his last two games matched McGee's mark for the most by a Green Bay rookie over a two-game span and were tied for the most by an NFL rookie over a two-game span since 2000 with Falcons WR Calvin Ridley (2018) and Giants WR Odell Beckham Jr. (2014)…At Philadelphia (Nov. 27): Led the team with a season-high 110 receiving yards and a TD on four receptions (27.5 avg.). With nine minutes remaining in the game, caught a short pass over the middle from Love and took it 63 yards for a TD, the longest reception by a Green Bay rookie since Jones' 79-yard TD catch at Denver on Oct. 29, 2007…At Chicago (Dec. 4): Posted three catches for 48 yards (16.0 avg.) and a TD while adding a 46-yard rushing TD with 1:51 remaining that clinched the win. Became only the second rookie WR in NFL history to post 45-plus rushing yards and a rushing TD and 45-plus receiving yards and a receiving TD in a game (Joey Galloway on Nov. 12, 1995). His two TDs on the day gave him eight from scrimmage over his last four games, tied for the most over a four-game span by a rookie WR in NFL history (Moss, 1998). Became the first rookie in team history with seven TD catches over a four-game span and the first NFL rookie to do so since Beckham in 2014. Brought his streak of consecutive games with a TD catch to four, the second-longest streak by a rookie in team history behind Howton (five in 1952)…Vs. Detroit (Jan. 8): Paced the team with 104 receiving yards on five receptions (20.8 avg.). Added 12 yards on two carries (6.0 avg.) as he finished the night with a season-high 116 yards from scrimmage…2022 Draft: Selected by Green Bay in the second round (No. 34 overall), a pick obtained from the Minnesota Vikings for the Packers' two second-round selections in 2022 (Nos. 53 and 59 overall). Became the first NDSU player to be drafted by the Packers since RB Tim Mjos (eighth round) in 1970.
COLLEGE: Played in 52 games with 31 starts in four seasons (2018-21) for the Bison, finishing his career with 105 receptions for 2,140 yards (20.4 avg.) and 14 TDs with 392 rushing yards and two TDs on 49 carries (8.0 avg.)…Returned 26 kickoffs for 686 yards (26.4 avg.) and two TDs…Finished his career at NDSU ranked No. 2 in school history (min. 50 rec.) in yards per reception (20.4 avg.) and yards per kickoff return (26.4 avg.), No. 8 in receiving yards (2,140) and No. 10 in receptions (105)…Played for NDSU teams that won the FCS national championship in 2018, 2019 and 2021, with the Bison posting a 52-4 record during his four seasons…Earned his degree in university studies…2021: Appeared in 12 games with 10 starts, earning second-team All-America honors from The Associated Press at WR after leading the team with a career-high 43 catches for a career-best 801 yards (18.6 avg.) and seven TDs…Earned first-team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference recognition as both a WR and an all-purpose player…Ranked No. 2 in the conference in yards per catch…Also carried the ball 15 times for 114 yards (7.6 avg.) and a TD…Returned 10 kickoffs for 227 yards (22.7 avg.), finishing the season with 1,142 all-purpose yards…Was sidelined for three playoff games before returning for the FCS title game…Hauled in three passes for 79 yards (26.3 avg.), including a 67-yard TD grab, and posted a season-long 48-yard kickoff return at Towson (Sept. 18)…Posted a career-high 163 receiving yards on five catches (32.6 avg.) vs. Northern Iowa (Oct. 9), highlighted by a career-long 85-yard TD reception…Hauled in four passes for 91 yards (22.8 avg.) at Youngstown State (Nov. 13), including a 71-yard TD grab…Racked up a season-high 52 rushing yards on three carries (17.3 avg.) vs. South Dakota (Nov. 20), including a season-long 43-yard TD…2020/21: Played in 10 games with eight starts, earning first-team All-America recognition as a kickoff returner from AP, Athlon and Phil Steele…Averaged 33.8 yards on 10 kickoff returns and was the only FCS player to register two kickoff return TDs (100, 94 yards) on the season as he tied the NDSU single-season and career records…Led the team with 19 receptions for 442 yards (23.2 avg.) and a TD…Added 116 rushing yards on 21 carries (5.5 avg.) to finish with a team-high 896 all-purpose yards…Posted a season-high 93 yards on four receptions (23.3 avg.) vs. Illinois State (March 13)…Accounted for 229 all-purpose yards on his way to earning MVFC Offensive Player of the Week honors at Northern Iowa (April 10), posting two receptions for 86 yards (43.0 avg.) and a 100-yard kickoff return for a TD…Scored on a 94-yard kickoff return in an NCAA quarterfinal game at Sam Houston (May 2)…2019: Played in all 16 games with 11 starts, leading the team with 34 receptions for 732 yards (21.5 avg.) and six TDs on his way to earning second-team All-MVFC honors…Ranked No. 4 in the nation in yards per catch…Carried the ball 13 times for 162 yards (12.5 avg.) and a TD and returned four kickoffs for 70 yards (17.5 avg.)…Posted a 69-yard TD reception at Youngstown State (Nov. 2)…Registered a season-high 121 receiving yards on four grabs (30.3 avg.) vs. Western Illinois (Nov. 9), including a 51-yard TD catch…Recorded a career-high seven receptions for 107 yards (15.3 avg.) in an NCAA quarterfinal win vs. Illinois State (Dec. 14)…Scored TDs on back-to-back offensive plays in the NCAA semifinal victory vs. Montana State (Dec. 21) with a 75-yard reception and a career-long 70-yard run bookending a Montana State three-and-out…2018: Appeared in 14 games with two starts as a redshirt freshman, catching nine passes for 165 yards (18.3 avg.) and returning two kickoffs for 51 yards (25.5 avg.)…Posted a season-long 48-yard reception vs. Southern Illinois (Nov. 17).
PERSONAL: Given name Christian Justus Watson…Born in Phoenix, Ariz. …He and his wife, Lakyn, have an infant son, Keaton…His father, Tim, was drafted by the Packers in the sixth round of the 1993 NFL Draft and went on to play defensive back for the Kansas City Chiefs (1993-95), N.Y. Giants (1995) and Philadelphia Eagles (1997)…His older brother, Tre, played linebacker at the University of Illinois (2015-17) and the University of Maryland (2018)…High school: Averaged 17.1 yards per catch with eight receiving TDs as a senior at H.B. Plant High School (Tampa, Fla.), helping his team to a 13-1 record and a state runner-up finish in 2016…Posted 587 all-purpose yards as a senior…Was a two-year letterman, playing WR and safety…Also competed in track and field, participating in the long jump and triple jump as well as the 200-meter and 4x100-meter events…Community involvement: Hosted a free youth football camp at Plant High School in Tampa in June 2026 and also hosted a youth football camp at Southwest High School in Green Bay in June 2026...Visited with patients at Green Bay's Bellin Cancer Center in September 2025.
