2021 Football Roster

Avery Roberts
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Avery Roberts
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Avery Roberts
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Avery Roberts
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Omar Speights
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Avery Roberts
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Avery Roberts
Photo by: Kylie Murphy
Avery Roberts
Photo by: Karl Maasdam
Avery Roberts
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Avery Roberts

  • Position:
    Inside Linebacker
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Year:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Wilmington, Del.
  • High School:
    Concord
  • OpenDorse:
    Avery Roberts
CAREER
• Played in 40 games at the FBS level, including 29 at Oregon State. All 28 of his career starts came with the Beavers
• Totaled 280 tackles at Oregon State with 19 tackles for loss and five sacks. Added four pass deflections and a forced fumble

2021 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
• Played in and started 12 games. Led the Pac-12 with 128 tackles - fifth-most in a season at Oregon State - with 9.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks
• Phil Steele Third-Team All-American
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• Phil Steele All-Pac-12 First Team
• Associated Press All-Pac-12 Second Team
• Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (10/4)
• Bednarik Award Watch List
• Butkus Award Watch List
• Finished with 16 tackles in the win over Washington and was named the Pac-12’s Defensive Player of the Week. Added an interception and half a sack versus the Huskies
• Picked up 16 tackles with one tackle for loss and a pass breakup in the win over Utah
• Totaled 12 tackles at California
• Opened the season with 10 tackles at Purdue, with 1.5 as tackles for loss
• Garnered 12 tackles in week two against Hawai’i, finishing with two TFLs, one sack and a pass breakup
• Posted 10 tackles in the win at USC, and forced a fumble
• Picked up 11 tackles at Washington State
• Finished with 13 tackles and one tackle for loss at Colorado
• Finished with eight tackles and half a tackle for loss against Stanford
• Totaled a team-best 13 tackles in the regular season finale at Oregon
• Recorded a sack in the win over Arizona State
• Had just three tackles versus Idaho, but 1.5 TFLs
• Preseason All-Pac-12 First Team
• Athlon Sports Preseason All-Pac-12 First Team
• Phil Steele Preseason All-Pac-12 Second Team

2020 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
• Played in and started six games
• Coaches All-Pac-12 First Team
• Led the Pac-12 with 69 tackles. Added three tackles for loss and half a sack. 
• Recorded 10 or more tackles in four straight games, versus Washington (15), California 10), Oregon (12) and Utah (21)
• Twenty-one tackles versus Utah marked third-most ever (tied) by an Oregon State player
• Posted 12 tackles in the win over Oregon
• Recorded 10 tackles with two tackles for loss and half a sack in the win over California
• Set a career-best with 15 tackles - including 12 solo - in the second game of the season, at Washington
• Phil Steele preseason All-Pac-12 Third Team
• Athlon Sports preseason All-Pac-12 Fourth Team

2019 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
• Played in 11 games, making 10 starts
• Led the Beavers with 83 tackles, including 51 solo. Added 6.5 tackles for loss and two 
sacks with four quarterback hurries and two pass breakups
• Posted a season-best 12 tackles in the win at California, adding half a tackle for loss
• Finished with 11 tackles against Washington and 10 at Washington State
• Tallied three tackles for loss and a sack with eight tackles in the win at UCLA
• Recorded at least three tackles in every game and five or more in 10 games

2018 (SOPHOMORE)
• Transferred to the program from Nebraska early in the season. Did not play due to NCAA transfer rules

NEBRASKA
• Played in 11 games and was one of two true freshmen to play for Nebraska in 2017
• Made four tackles, all on special teams
• Earned a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in his first semester

CONCORD HIGH SCHOOL
• Lettered for head coach Greg Mitchell
• Listed as the No. 6 inside linebacker nationally by 247Sports and at 13 by ESPN. Rivals.com listed him as the No. 8 outside linebacker
• Top prospect in the state of Delaware
• Rated No. 83 overall nationally by Rivals.com
• Compiled 423 career tackles, with 24 sacks, three interceptions and two defensive touchdowns
• Helped Concord to a 7-4 record as a senior. In the process, collected 135 tackles, with 18 for a loss, eight sacks, four fumble recoveries and three forced fumbles

PERSONAL
• Son of Germaine and Charles Roberts
• Graduate with a degree in sociology