Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2018-2022SMU
Nick Roberts
S • 5'11" • 175 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nick Roberts shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
65
Solid production for a safety
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Reliability
57
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · South Florida
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- South Florida • SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Player Story
Nick Roberts built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a safety from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 22, spending time with SMU and South Florida. The clearest part of Nick Roberts' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Texas Tech
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Nick Roberts, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · South Florida. Nick Roberts shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 236
- TFL
- 8
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 11
Quick Answers
Nick Roberts quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · S
- Career Tackles
- 236
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · South Florida
- Top game
- Cincinnati
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · El Campo · Texas Tech
- High school pipeline
- El Campo · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 62 tackles · S 61st (top 12%) · American Athletic 30th (top 7%) · National 340th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | South Florida | 13 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40 |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Florida | 13 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 40 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Florida | 12 | 63 | 5 | 2 | - | 5 | 0 | 63.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Florida | 6 | 39 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 19.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 12 | 62 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 32.6 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | South Florida to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 13.9 | Oct 27, 2020 |
Nick Roberts played S for South Florida and SMU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Nick Roberts recorded 236 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with South Florida.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
South Florida paired 14 primary output with 33.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 26.5 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across South Florida, SMU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · SMU
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
26.5
Usage
5.6
Consistency
13.9
Best Game by takeover score
Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 1. Lamar: 0. Maryland: 0. TCU: 0. UCF: 1. Navy: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Tulsa: 1. Houston: 2. South Florida: 0. Tulane: 0. Memphis: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Texas: 4 by 26.7. Lamar: 2 by 8.3. Maryland: 3 by 12.5. TCU: 6 by 25. UCF: 7 by 39.2. Navy: 7 by 29.2. Cincinnati: 6 by 25. Tulsa: 5 by 30.8. Houston: 6 by 45. South Florida: 5 by 20.8. Tulane: 1 by 4.2. Memphis: 10 by 51.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.7 · Games = 7 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Houston
Best efficiency game
51.7 vs Memphis
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Memphis10+ tackles | W 34-31 | 10 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 11/18 | @ Tulane | L 24-59 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ South Florida | W 41-23 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs HoustonSplash game | W 77-63 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Tulsa | W 45-34 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Cincinnati | L 27-29 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/14 | vs Navy | W 40-34 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/5 | @ UCF | L 19-41 | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs TCU | L 34-42 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Maryland | L 27-34 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Lamar | W 45-16 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | @ North Texas | W 48-10 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Nick Roberts story
Nick Roberts built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a safety from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 22, spending time with SMU and South Florida. The clearest part of Nick Roberts' career was his defensive production: 236 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 8 interceptions across 43 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with South Florida. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Nick Roberts' production has multiple signals. With 43 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across SMU and South Florida.
The arc is straightforward: Nick Roberts moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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South Florida
2018-2021
Opening stop
- 2
SMU
2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201820182019202020212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | South Florida | 9 | 30 | 6.4 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Florida | 9 | 30 | 6.4 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Florida | 14 | 33.5 | 8.2 | 5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Florida | 1 | 28.8 | 4.5 | -13 |
| 2021 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 6 | 26.5 | 5.6 | 6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Cincinnati
Week 12 · L 17-20 · Conference game
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Houston
Week 10 · W 77-63 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#3
@ Cincinnati
Week 11 · L 23-35 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#4
vs East Carolina
Week 4 · W 20-13 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
77.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.
#5
@ East Carolina
Week 9 · W 45-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · South Florida
14 primary output · 33.5 efficiency · 8.2 usage
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#2
2018 Postseason · South Florida
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9 primary · 30 efficiency · 6.4 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · South Florida
40
9 primary · 30 efficiency · 6.4 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
7
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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