Willie Roberts

Senior defensive back for Louisiana Tech. 2023: 1 interception, 12 pass breakups, 38 tackles.

DB · Louisiana Tech · Sr. · #1

5′11″ · 190 lb · Fort Worth, TX

CFB Index 66 · #92 of 339 cornersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamLouisiana Tech 2023 alumnus

The story

4 defensive back for Louisiana Tech. 2023: 1 interception, 12 pass breakups, 38 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Louisiana Tech, 67 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202212 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202311 games

All-Conference USAfirst

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

Louisiana Tech

2022–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM

All-Conference USA 1st team (2023)

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Sonny Cumbie, all balanced offenses — 6-18 over that span.

2022Louisiana Tech3-9HC: Sonny Cumbie · Balanced

2023Louisiana Tech3-9HC: Sonny Cumbie · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

66Quality starter #92 of 339?

Low confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (100th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#10 / 2842 · 100th pct

Solo tackles#615 / 2842 · 78th pct

Tackles#944 / 2842 · 66th pct

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

Interceptions#323 / 827 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2235 / 2842 · 18th pct

0.5

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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.8	0.1	0.0	0.7
Road5g	4.2	0.0	0.0	1.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.9	0.0	0.0	1.2
Weeks 8+3g	2.3	0.2	0.0	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Cumbie

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

66 · #92 of 339 corners

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Louisiana Tech	38	28	0.5	12	1	--
2022	Louisiana Tech	29	23	0.0	4	4	--
Career		67	51	0.5	16	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 51–21

vs Northwestern State

7 SOLO · 8 TOT · 1 INT

Dominant 30-point win at home against Northwestern State.

With K. Willis — 188 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · B. Ochsendorf — 32 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 41 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 22-17vs Florida International	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 1	L 14-38@ SMU	1	0	0.0	—	3
Wk 2	W 51-21vs Northwestern State	8	7	0.0	1	0
Wk 3	L 37-40vs North Texas	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 14-28@ Nebraska	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 24-10@ UTEP	9	5	0.0	—	3	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 6	L 28-35vs Western Kentucky	3	3	0.0	—	2
Wk 7	L 23-31@ Middle Tennessee	4	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 24-27vs New Mexico State	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 30-56@ Liberty	3	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	L 27-42vs Sam Houston	2	1	0.5	—	1
Total		38	28	0.5	1	12

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