Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 9 | L 33-63@ Maryland | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 10 | W 55-31vs Minnesota | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | Season-high 10 yds |
| Wk 12 | L 0-63vs Iowa | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 10 |
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Austin Roberts
Senior tight end for Illinois. 2018: 2 catches, 14 receiving yards.
6′2″ · 245 lb · Rice Lake, WI
Illinois 2018 alumnus
Recruiting
3★
ILB recruit
No. 1751 nationally · Signed with Illinois
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Illinois. 2018: 2 catches, 14 receiving yards.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Illinois in 2014.
Austin Roberts
Third year in the Illinois receiving corps, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 10 rec yds, 1 receptions against Minnesota — Week 10, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- seasons on the roster
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Illinois, 19 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
2014
- Signed with Illinois3-star out of Rice Lake
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Illinois
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coach2016–2018
Illinois
Played his entire career under Lovie Smith.
2018 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Lovie Smith — 9-27 over that span.
2016Illinois3-9HC: Lovie Smith · Balanced, slow tempo
2017Illinois2-10HC: Lovie Smith · Balanced, slow tempo
2018Illinois4-8HC: Lovie Smith · Run-heavy
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+3g | 0.7 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2018
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology