Austin Roberts (American football)

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Austin Roberts
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Position: Tight end
Personal information
Born: (1995-12-03) December 3, 1995 (age 28)
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
Player stats at PFR

Austin Roberts (born December 3, 1995) is a former American football tight end. He played college football at UCLA.

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Early years

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

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

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

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Indiana's top football recruit, Carmel receiver Austin Roberts, commits to UCLA". USA TODAY High School Sports. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Austin Roberts". UCLA Athletics. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Austin Roberts Commits to UCLA: Bruins Beat Alabama, Ohio State for 4-Star WR". Bleacher Report. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Ex-Carmel WR Austin Roberts tears ACL at UCLA". Indianapolis Stat. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Austin Roberts 2015 Player Statistics". cfbstats.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Austin Roberts 2016 Player Statistics". cfbstats.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Austin Roberts 2017 Player Statistics". cfbstats.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Henne, Ricky (May 30, 2018). "Bolts Sign TE Austin Roberts". Chargers.com.
  10. ↑ Regalado, Mike. "TE Austin Roberts signs with Los Angeles Chargers" . Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  11. ↑ Alper, Josh (July 29, 2018). "Chargers rookie TE Austin Roberts tore his ACL on Saturday". Pro Football Talk. NBC Sports.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ Nguyen, Thuc Nhi (October 17, 2017). "UCLA tight end Austin Roberts hopes to keep growing into leading role". DailyNews.com. Los Angeles Daily News.
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