University of Oklahoma Athletics

2024 Football Roster

Jake Roberts
Jersey Number 87

Jake Roberts

  • Position:
    TE
  • Class:
    Fifth Year
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    253
  • Hometown:
    Norman, Okla.
  • Prev School:
    Baylor University
Season GP-GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG
2020^ 10-3 4 49 12.3 0 19
2021^ 13-6 11 98 8.9 0 30
2022^ 14-13 28 394 14.1 3 70
2023* 12-3 23 231 10.0 1 37
2024 13-7 12 112 9.3 2 28
Career 62-32 78 884 11.3 6 70

2024 (OKLAHOMA)
Played in all 13 games and made seven starts … started vs. Houston (9/7), at Auburn (9/28), at Ole Miss (10/26), vs. Maine (11/2), vs. Alabama (11/23), at LSU (11/30) and in the Armed Forces Bowl vs. Navy (12/27) … totaled 12 receptions for 112 yards and two touchdowns … notched two catches for 17 yards and a 10-yard touchdown vs. Navy (12/27) ... registered one catch for 12 yards vs. Texas (10/12) … tallied two receptions for 11 yards vs. Tennessee (9/21) … recorded season highs of three receptions and 51 yards and added a receiving touchdown vs. Houston.

2023 (BAYLOR)
Played in all 12 games and made three starts at tight end … totaled 231 yards and a touchdown on 23 receptions … notched three receptions for 32 yards at TCU (11/18) and at Kansas State (11/11) … tallied 36 yards on three receptions vs. Houston (11/4) … registered a season-high four receptions for 24 yards and a touchdown at Cincinnati (10/21) … caught three passes for 20 yards vs. Texas (9/23) and Long Island (9/16).

2022 (NORTH TEXAS)
A CSC Academic All-District selection … earned honorable mention All-Conference USA by the coaches and third-team All-C-USA by Phil Steele magazine … played in 14 games and made 13 starts … totaled 394 yards and three touchdowns on 28 receptions … caught two passes for 21 yards and a touchdown in the Frisco Bowl vs. Boise State (12/17) … made three receptions for 31 yards in the C-USA Championship at UTSA (12/2) … made a career-long 70-yard reception vs. FIU (11/5) … caught five passes for 47 yards and rushed once for 10 yards at Western Kentucky (10/29) … notched three receptions for 25 yards at Memphis (9/24) … scored a touchdown on a 19-yard reception at UTSA (10/22) … tallied 41 yards on three catches vs. SMU (9/3) … notched four receptions for 54 yards and a touchdown in the season opener at UTEP (8/27).

2021 (NORTH TEXAS)
Played in all 13 games and made six starts … totaled 98 yards on 11 receptions … caught a 30-yard pass vs. Miami (Ohio) in the Frisco Bowl (12/23) … made an 11-yard reception vs. UTSA (11/27) … caught two passes for 14 yards vs. UAB (9/18) … notched a season-high three receptions for 24 yards at SMU (9/11) … made a seven-yard reception in the season opener vs. Northwestern State (9/4).

2020 (NORTH TEXAS)
Played in all 10 games and made three starts … totaled four receptions for 49 yards … caught a 19-yard pass vs. Louisiana Tech (12/3) … made his first collegiate start vs. Rice (11/21) … made two receptions for 17 yards vs. SMU (9/19) … notched a 13-yard reception in the season opener vs. Houston Baptist (9/5).

HIGH SCHOOL
Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN out of Norman North High School … ranked as the No. 20 player in Oklahoma by 247Sports … rated as nation's No. 36 tight end by ESPN and No. 63 by 247Sports ... district offensive player of the year and first-team all-conference in 2019 as a senior when he was also named Norman North’s most outstanding student-athlete ... registered 27 catches for 286 yards and two touchdowns in two varsity seasons ... appeared in 10 games as a senior when he caught 18 passes for 197 yards and two touchdowns ... a National Honor Society member.

PERSONAL
Enrolled at OU in January 2024 ... major is multidisciplinary studies.
Devon Sports Science: Samaje Perine
Sunday, September 21
FB Highlights: OU 24, Auburn 17
Saturday, September 20
Brent Venables Postgame vs Auburn
Saturday, September 20
Ben Arbuckle Postgame vs Auburn
Saturday, September 20