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Jersey Number 11
J.J. Roberts
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 184
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Ona, W.Va.
- High School:
- Cabell Midland
Bio
2024 College Football Network All-American Honorable Mention
2024 HERO Group of Five All-American Second Team Defense
2024 All-Sun Belt Conference First Team Selection
2024 SBC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 30)
2024 SBC Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 18)
2024: (R-Sr.): Finished No. 2 on Marshall's defense with 94 tackles while leading the Herd with 50 solo tackles. Also tied for the national lead in pass breakups with 14, which left him in the top-10 nationally in passes defended. Won Player of the Week honors twice this season - the first during a career-high matching 15-tackle performance against Western Michigan in which he had 1.5 tackles for loss and a forced fumble; the second was for Special Teams Player of the Week when he blocked a field goal attempt that was returned 65 yards for a score in the win over Coastal Carolina in the '75' game. In that game, he also had 12 tackles and four pass breakups. One of J.J.'s biggest moments came against Georgia State when he registered the first sack of his career in the game's most pivotal moment, which helped the Herd hang on for the victory. He added 5.0 tackles for loss on the year.
2023 (R-Jr.): Despite missing three games due to injury, Roberts finished 2nd on Marshall's team with 73 tackles while adding two interceptions and a forced fumble. Set a career-high with 15 tackles while adding a forced fumble against Georgia State ... had four games with double-digit tackles in 2023 (UAlbany, 10; Georgia State, 15; App State, 14; Ga. Southern 11). His two interceptions on the season came against Old Dominion and N.C. State. Started in all 10 games in which he appeared.
HERD FILE: Roberts went to Wake Forest out of Cabell Midland High School. There, Roberts spent three seasons with the Demon Deacons, finishing with 46 tackles, three forced fumbles and an interception for his career. In 2022, Roberts finished with 20 tackles and seven pass break-ups for Wake Forest. Roberts chose Marshall over offers from Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Virginia, Memphis, Georgia Southern, Charlotte, Old Dominion and Appalachian State.
PERSONAL: Parents are B.J. and Tosha Roberts. Majoring in Health Science and minoring in Management.
2024 HERO Group of Five All-American Second Team Defense
2024 All-Sun Belt Conference First Team Selection
2024 SBC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 30)
2024 SBC Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 18)
2024: (R-Sr.): Finished No. 2 on Marshall's defense with 94 tackles while leading the Herd with 50 solo tackles. Also tied for the national lead in pass breakups with 14, which left him in the top-10 nationally in passes defended. Won Player of the Week honors twice this season - the first during a career-high matching 15-tackle performance against Western Michigan in which he had 1.5 tackles for loss and a forced fumble; the second was for Special Teams Player of the Week when he blocked a field goal attempt that was returned 65 yards for a score in the win over Coastal Carolina in the '75' game. In that game, he also had 12 tackles and four pass breakups. One of J.J.'s biggest moments came against Georgia State when he registered the first sack of his career in the game's most pivotal moment, which helped the Herd hang on for the victory. He added 5.0 tackles for loss on the year.
2023 (R-Jr.): Despite missing three games due to injury, Roberts finished 2nd on Marshall's team with 73 tackles while adding two interceptions and a forced fumble. Set a career-high with 15 tackles while adding a forced fumble against Georgia State ... had four games with double-digit tackles in 2023 (UAlbany, 10; Georgia State, 15; App State, 14; Ga. Southern 11). His two interceptions on the season came against Old Dominion and N.C. State. Started in all 10 games in which he appeared.
HERD FILE: Roberts went to Wake Forest out of Cabell Midland High School. There, Roberts spent three seasons with the Demon Deacons, finishing with 46 tackles, three forced fumbles and an interception for his career. In 2022, Roberts finished with 20 tackles and seven pass break-ups for Wake Forest. Roberts chose Marshall over offers from Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Virginia, Memphis, Georgia Southern, Charlotte, Old Dominion and Appalachian State.
PERSONAL: Parents are B.J. and Tosha Roberts. Majoring in Health Science and minoring in Management.
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