Roderick Roberson Jr.: DB · Louisiana Tech · #19.
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Roderick Roberson Jr.
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The six seasons span two programs and four head coaches: Sonny Dykes, Jim Leavitt, Rhett Lashlee and Sonny Cumbie. On tape: 7 tackles against Arkansas, Week 13, 2024.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Louisiana Tech | 28 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2023 | Louisiana Tech | 30 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2022 | SMU | 30 | 18 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2021 | SMU | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | SMU | 14 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2019 | SMU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 107 | 71 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | L 10-17vs Florida International | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-21vs Middle Tennessee | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | L 30-33@ New Mexico State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 14-10vs UTEP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-9@ Sam Houston | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 37-44vs Jacksonville State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 12-7@ Western Kentucky | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-35@ Arkansas | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 33-0vs Kennesaw State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
28tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL28 tackles · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Cumbie
Pass share
47.0%
414 pass / 467 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
Team sack rate
8.6%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #475 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at SMU and Louisiana Tech, 107 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 35 games over six seasons.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Sonny Dykes, Rhett Lashlee and Sonny Cumbie.
