Youth career Watts spent time with North Meck SC as well as with the
IMG Soccer Academy. He would attend
Wake Forest University and was named first team All-Conference on three occasions; 2011, 2012, and 2013.
Colorado Rapids Watts was drafted in the second round (33rd overall) of the
2014 MLS SuperDraft by the
Colorado Rapids. Watts scored his first professional goal on July 11, 2015, in a 3–1 win over
Real Salt Lake. On March 28, 2018, Watts was traded to
Houston Dynamo in exchange for $100,000 of Targeted Allocation Money.
Houston Dynamo Watts made his Dynamo debut on May 30, 2018, in a 2–1 loss to Real Salt Lake. He suffered various injuries in 2018, forcing him to miss good chunks of the season. ==International career==