Tight end, Toledo, 2013–⁠16

Michael Roberts

Number
No. 80
Height
6′5″
Hometown
Cleveland, OH
Born
May 7, 1994

Michael Roberts played tight end at Toledo (2013–⁠16). The Detroit Lions took Roberts in round 4, No. 127 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
533
Receiving yards, 2016 (Toledo, 9–⁠4)
National rank
No. 6
In FBS in receiving touchdowns, 2016
Drafted
No. 127
Round 4, 2017 NFL Draft (Detroit Lions)

Career highs

6catches, career highvs. Bowling Green, 201694receiving yards, career highvs. Bowling Green, 20163receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Western Michigan, 2016

All-America: FWAA 2016

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014Toledo46516.3236
2015Toledo2123411.1426
2016Toledo4553311.81641
Career7083211.92241

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Toledo80TE
2014Toledo80TE
2015Toledo80TE
2016Toledo80TE6′5″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2014Toledo42.13––8.5–
2015Toledo320.8491st (n=465)0.5326.74%
2016Toledo561.0798th (n=489)0.5260.16%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 Toledo 13 games, 45 catches, 533 yards, 16 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 2atArkansas StateW 31–⁠10441222
Sep 10vs.MaineW 45–⁠3334121
Sep 17vs.Fresno StateW 52–⁠17348233
Sep 30atBYUL 53–⁠55436014
Oct 8atEastern MichiganW 35–⁠20535115
Oct 15vs.Bowling GreenW 42–⁠35694341
Oct 22vs.Central MichiganW 31–⁠17221016
Oct 27vs.OhioL 26–⁠31448021
Nov 2atAkronW 48–⁠17454118
Nov 9vs.Northern IllinoisW 31–⁠24337227
Nov 16vs.Ball StateW 37–⁠191505
Nov 25atWestern MichiganL 35–⁠55461328
Dec 17 ✦vs.App StateL 28–⁠31219115
2015 Toledo 11 games, 21 catches, 234 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 12atArkansasW 16–⁠12220013
Sep 26vs.Arkansas StateW 37–⁠7342015
Oct 3atBall StateW 24–⁠101313
Oct 10vs.Kent StateW 38–⁠71808
Oct 17vs.Eastern MichiganW 63–⁠20448115
Oct 24atMassachusettsW 51–⁠3521218
Nov 3vs.Northern IllinoisL 27–⁠32217012
Nov 10atCentral MichiganW 28–⁠231212
Nov 17atBowling GreenW 44–⁠28116016
Nov 27vs.Western MichiganL 30–⁠35120020
Dec 22 ✦vs.TempleW 32–⁠17346026
2014 Toledo 2 games, 4 catches, 65 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Oct 25vs.MassachusettsW 42–⁠35250136
Nov 28atEastern MichiganW 52–⁠16215111

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2017 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 15–⁠16); played in the 2017 East–West Shrine Game (West team, won 10–⁠3).

DrillCombine 2017Combine or pro day 2017
Height6′4⅜″
Weight270 lb
Arm length33″
Hand size11½″
40-yard dash4.86 s
10-yard split1.60 s
Vertical jump30″
Broad jump9′2″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill7.05 s
20-yard shuttle4.51 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 14 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2017Detroit Lions64460
2018Detroit Lions891003
NFL career14131463

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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