Terrell Roberts

{{Short description|American football player (1981–2019)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Terrell Roberts

| image =Terrell Roberts.jpg

| caption = Roberts with the Cincinnati Bengals

| number = 30

| position = Defensive back

| birth_date = {{birth date|1981|4|7}}

| birth_place = Berkeley, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|09|11|1981|04|07}}

| death_place = Richmond, California, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lbs = 197

| high_school = El Cerrito (El Cerrito, California)

| college = Oregon State (1999–2002)

| undraftedyear = 2003

| pastteams =

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Total tackles

| statvalue1 = 30

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 1.0

| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles

| statvalue3 = 1

| statlabel4 = Pass deflections

| statvalue4 = 3

| statlabel5 = Interceptions

| statvalue5 = 1

| pfr = R/RobeTe20

}}

Terrell Maiza Roberts (April 7, 1981 {{ndash}} September 11, 2019) was an American professional football defensive back who played two seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oregon State University.

Early life and college

Terrell Maiza Roberts was born on April 7, 1981, in Berkeley, California.{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/r/robe05340.html | title=Terrell Roberts | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=30 April 2025}} He attended El Cerrito High School in El Cerrito, California.

Roberts was a four-year letterman for the Oregon State Beavers of Oregon State University from 1999 to 2002.

Professional career

Roberts was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals on May 2, 2003 after going undrafted in the 2003 NFL draft. He played in 12 games for the Bengals in 2003, recording 17 solo tackles, three assisted tackles, one sack, one forced fumble, one interception and one pass breakup. He also returned seven kicks for 128 yards. Roberts appeared in 11 games, starting one, during the 2004 season, totaling nine solo tackles, one assisted tackle and two pass breakups.{{cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RobeTe20.htm | title=Terrell Roberts | publisher=Pro-Football-Reference | accessdate=June 11, 2024}}

He was waived/injured on August 30, 2005 and reverted to injured reserve the next day. He was waived by the Bengals on October 4, 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.kffl.com/player/6005/nfl/news |title=Terrell Roberts |publisher=kffl.com |accessdate=November 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205030002/http://www.kffl.com/player/6005/nfl/news |archivedate=December 5, 2014 }}

Death

Roberts was fatally shot while visiting his grandmother in Richmond, California, on September 11, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/09/11/terrell-roberts-shot-dead-richmond-fascination-circle/|title=Former NFL Player Terrell Roberts Shot Dead While Visiting Grandmother In Richmond – CBS San Francisco|accessdate=Sep 12, 2019|date=2019-09-11}}

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