Former NFL wide receiver and Clemson All-American joins Ocoee High School football team's coaching staff

Sammy Watkins will enter as the wide receivers coach for the Knights.

By Megan Bruinsma
| 2:18 p.m. June 26, 2026

Sammy Watkins played nine seasons in the NFL. Now he is stepping in to become the wide receivers coach at Ocoee High School.

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Ocoee High School has hired Sammy Watkins as its football team's new wide receivers coach.

Watkins comes to the Knights after spending his college years at Clemson University where he was a two-time first-team All-American player for the Tigers. Following college, Watkins was selected fourth overall by the Buffalo Bills in the 2014 NFL Draft. He also played for the Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Ravens, Green Bay Packers and won a super bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2020.

He was born and raised in Florida, attending South Fort Myers High School, where he was the all-time leading receiver in Lee County's history with 133 catches for 2,997 yards and 36 touchdowns. He also ran track and field in high school.

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Megan Bruinsma

Megan Bruinsma is a staff writer for the Observer. She recently graduated from Florida Atlantic University and discovered her passion for journalism there. In her free time, she loves watching sports, exploring outdoors and baking.