Deonte Roberts: LB · Rutgers · #6.
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Deonte Roberts
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Three seasons in the Rutgers linebacker corps to date. On tape: 14 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Indiana, Week 5, 2018.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
80 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Detroit News Oct 29
247Sports Oct 20Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-7vs Texas State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-52@ No. 4 Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-55@ Kansas | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-42vs Buffalo | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-24vs Indiana | 14 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 17-38vs Illinois | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-34@ Maryland | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 15-18vs Northwestern | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-31@ Wisconsin | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-42vs No. 4 Michigan | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-20vs No. 16 Penn State | 10 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 80 | 25 | 4.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
80tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%4 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups80 tackles · 4 for loss.
3 seasons under Chris Ash — 7-29 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 7.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 6.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 8.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Ash
Pass share
45.3%
349 pass / 422 run
Plays / game
64.2
12 games
Team sack rate
4.2%
379 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
80 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Rutgers, 270 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 35 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kyle Flood → Chris Ash. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
