“People have assumed that I have to run the ball before I can throw it most all of my career, all the way back before high school. It's a stereotype put on me for a long time because I'm African-American, and I'm a dual-threat quarterback.”

American professional football quarterback, born 1995

Deshaun Watson is an American professional football quarterback in the National Football League. Born in 1995, he has played for the Cleveland Browns and was selected in the first round of the 2017 NFL draft by the Houston Texans. He played college football for the Clemson Tigers and helped lead the team to a national championship in 2016. His public profile comes from his career as a quarterback, first at Clemson and then in the NFL, where he has been a notable figure on the field.