Austin Roberts (American football)
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| Position: | Tight end |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | December 3, 1995 Plano, Texas |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Carmel (Carmel, Indiana) |
| College: | UCLA |
| Undrafted: | 2018 |
| Career history | |
| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Austin Roberts (born December 3, 1995) is a former American football tight end. He played college football at UCLA.
Early years
[edit]Roberts was born in Plano, Texas, but grew up in Hollywood, Florida, where he attended Plant High School for two years before[1] moving to Indianapolis, Indiana, before his junior season, finishing his last two years of high school at Carmel High School. As a senior at Carmel, Roberts caught 50 passes for 560 yards and five touchdowns along with returning seven kickoffs for 254 yards and two touchdowns.[2] Roberts committed to play football for the UCLA Bruins in July 2013, choosing the Bruins over schools such as Alabama, Miami, and Ohio State among others.[3]
College career
[edit]Roberts tore his ACL at UCLA in July 2014, causing him to miss his freshman season at UCLA. He elected to take a medical redshirt.[4]
As a redshirt freshman in 2015, Roberts played in four games for UCLA, catching one pass for 19 yards.[5]
In 2016, as a redshirt sophomore, Roberts played in 11 of 12 games, having 15 receptions for 261 yards and one touchdown.[6]
As a redshirt junior in 2017 Roberts played in ten games, tallying 19 receptions for 220 yards and two touchdowns.[7] After the season, Roberts declared for the 2018 NFL draft.[8]
Professional career
[edit]The Los Angeles Chargers signed Roberts as an undrafted free agent on May 30, 2018.[9] Roberts became the sixth Bruin to be signed as an undrafted free agent.[10] During training camp on July 29, 2018, Roberts suffered a torn ACL.[11] He was placed on injured reserve on August 2, 2018.[12] He was waived on May 9, 2019.
Personal life
[edit]Roberts' father, Alfredo Roberts is a former NFL player who is now the tight ends coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers, having previously coached running backs and tight ends for the Los Angeles Chargers.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Indiana's top football recruit, Carmel receiver Austin Roberts, commits to UCLA". USA TODAY High School Sports. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ "Austin Roberts". UCLA Athletics. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ "Austin Roberts Commits to UCLA: Bruins Beat Alabama, Ohio State for 4-Star WR". Bleacher Report. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ "Ex-Carmel WR Austin Roberts tears ACL at UCLA". Indianapolis Stat. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ "Austin Roberts 2015 Player Statistics". cfbstats.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ "Austin Roberts 2016 Player Statistics". cfbstats.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ "Austin Roberts 2017 Player Statistics". cfbstats.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ Dragon, Tyler (January 6, 2018). "UCLA TE Austin Roberts declares for 2018 NFL Draft". PalmBeachPost.com. Palm Beach Post. Archived from the original on January 15, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ Henne, Ricky (May 30, 2018). "Bolts Sign TE Austin Roberts". Chargers.com.
- ^ Regalado, Mike. "TE Austin Roberts signs with Los Angeles Chargers". Retrieved May 30, 2018.
- ^ Alper, Josh (July 29, 2018). "Chargers rookie TE Austin Roberts tore his ACL on Saturday". Pro Football Talk. NBC Sports.
- ^ Henne, Ricky (August 2, 2018). "Bolts Sign WR Marcus Peterson and CB Channing Stribling; Place Verrett, Roberts on IR". Chargers.com. Archived from the original on August 3, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
- ^ Nguyen, Thuc Nhi (October 17, 2017). "UCLA tight end Austin Roberts hopes to keep growing into leading role". DailyNews.com. Los Angeles Daily News.