Willie Roberts: DB · Louisiana Tech · #1.
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Willie Roberts
Erases the deep middle of the field. Second year in the Louisiana Tech secondary. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Conference USA again in 2023. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against UTEP — Week 5, 2023.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
38 tackles. 12 passes defended. 1 interception. 0.5 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Louisiana Tech | 38 | 28 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 |
| 2022 | Louisiana Tech | 29 | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 |
| Career | 67 | 51 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 16 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 22-17vs Florida International | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 1 | L 14-38@ SMU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 2 | W 51-21vs Northwestern State | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 37-40vs North Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-28@ Nebraska | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-10@ UTEP | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 28-35vs Western Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | L 23-31@ Middle Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27vs New Mexico State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 30-56@ Liberty | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 27-42vs Sam Houston | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 38 | 28 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 |
Week 2 · 2023
W 51-21
1 interception · 8 tackles · 7 solo tackles
Dominant 30-point win at home against Northwestern State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
32%12 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
38tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL38 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 12 pass breakups · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Sonny Cumbie, all balanced offenses — 6-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
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
Head Coach
Sonny Cumbie
Pass share
52.8%
422 pass / 377 run
Plays / game
66.6
12 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
428 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons at Louisiana Tech, 67 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 28 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM
All-Conference USA 1st team (2023)
