[2] Waters was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the third round (95th overall) of the 2007 NFL draft.

[3] After missing his entire rookie season in 2007, Waters appeared in seven games for the Chargers in 2008 and recorded three tackles.

Waters signed as a practice squad member of the Buffalo Bills on October 14, 2009.

[5] After spending eight weeks on the Bills' practice squad, Waters returned to the Saints when they signed him to their active roster on December 9, 2009.

[7] [8] In 2014, Waters coached football at Grier Middle School in Gastonia, North Carolina.