Senior wide receiver for Northwestern. 2018: 2 catches, 38 receiving yards.
5′8″ · 173 lb · Owings Mills, MD
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 1641 nationally · Signed with Northwestern
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Northwestern. 2018: 2 catches, 38 receiving yards.
Jelani Roberts
He has spent four seasons in the Northwestern receiving corps. The receipt on tape: 33 rec yds, 1 receptions against Ohio State, Week 14, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Northwestern, 86 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 36-17 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / catch (94th percentile). Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 0.5 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 0.5 | 16.5 | 33.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 0.5 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 0.5 | 16.5 | 33.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.
Player standing · 2018
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Northwestern | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Northwestern | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Northwestern | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2015 | Northwestern | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 10 | 86 | 8.6 | 0 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Northwestern | 2 | 4 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Northwestern | 10 | 98 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Northwestern | 3 | -4 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2015 | Northwestern | 10 | 36 | 19 | -- | -- |
| Career | 25 | 134 | 19 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2018
W 31–20
at Utah
7 rush yds (1 car)
With J. Collins — 38 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 47 LONG · C. Thorson — 241 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · -6 rush yds (5 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 7-21vs Duke | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-16vs Illinois | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-45@ Ohio State | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 33 | Season-high 33 yds |
| Bowl | W 31-20@ Utah | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 33 |