Deonte Roberts

Senior linebacker for Rutgers. 2018: 80 tackles, 4 tackles for loss.

LB · Rutgers · Sr. · #6

6′1″ · 235 lb · Brooklyn, NY

Rutgers 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1754 nationally · Signed with Rutgers

Statement game17 tackles · 1 TFLvs Michigan State (FBS) · L 7-40

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Rutgers. 2018: 80 tackles, 4 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Rutgers in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Rutgers, 270 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Rutgers3-star out of Erasmus Hall

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1754 national

CFB

College

Rutgers

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Chris Ash

Rutgers

Played his entire career under Chris Ash.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Chris Ash — 7-29 over that span.

2016Rutgers2-10HC: Chris Ash · Run-leaning

2017Rutgers4-8HC: Chris Ash · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2018Rutgers1-11HC: Chris Ash · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (93rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#181 / 2662 · 93rd pct

Tackles for loss#779 / 2662 · 68th pct

4.0

Solo tackles#821 / 2662 · 68th pct

QB hurries#730 / 2662 · 63rd pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Greg Schiano

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Rutgers	80	25	4.0	--	--	--
2017	Rutgers	96	35	5.5	2	--	--
2016	Rutgers	94	35	3.0	2	1	--
Career		270	95	12.5	4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 35–7

vs Texas State

3 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 TFL

Dominant 28-point win at home against Texas State.

With R. Blackshear — 62 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · A. Sitkowski — 205 yds · 1 TD · 3 INT · -9 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 35-7vs Texas State	3	1	1.0	—
Wk 2	L 3-52@ Ohio State	4	2	1.0	—
Wk 3	L 14-55@ Kansas	6	2	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 13-42vs Buffalo	8	2	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 17-24vs Indiana	14	6	0.5	—	Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 6	L 17-38vs Illinois	4	0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 7-34@ Maryland	6	3	1.0	—
Wk 8	L 15-18vs Northwestern	9	3	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 17-31@ Wisconsin	10	4	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 7-42vs Michigan	6	1	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 7-20vs Penn State	10	1	0.5	—
Total		80	25	4.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology