84  Cole Roberts
	Class: Senior Hometown: Shallowater, Texas High School: Shallowater Height / Weight: 6-6 / 242 Position: TE Experience: 3L Major: Exercise & Sport Sciences

2000: Junior tight end who redshirted last season ... logged two catches for 23 yards and a touchdown against East Carolina … made two catches against Oklahoma State for 22 yards ... had 18-yard reception versus Texas ... made season-long 31-yard reception at 10th-ranked Kansas State, his only catch of the contest ... had one catch versus Baylor ... caught one pass at Texas A&M, and against Louisiana-Lafayette and North Texas ... had two receptions against Utah State and New Mexico.

1999: Redshirted.

1998: Started Baylor game ... saw action in all 11 games of the regular season.

1997: Played in all 11 games as a backup tight end and on special teams ... earned first career start at Nebraska ... did not catch a pass on the season ... missed most of spring drills due to a minor injury.

High School: Shallowater High School in Shallowater, Texas ... honored as the district 5-2A offensive MVP and first-team all-district selection as a defensive end as a senior ... named all-South Plains ... three-time first-team all-district as tight end ... recorded 50 receptions for 834 yards and 11 TDs as a senior ... also registered 121 total tackles, 14 sacks, 27 tackles for loss and one interception ... a member of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal's Fabulous 44, as well as the Dallas Morning News and Houston Chronicle top 100 and the Waco Tribune-Herald's top 50 ... also listed on the Austin American-Statesman's Fab 55 and a member of the Texas Football Top 75 ... called the "best pure receiving tight end in Texas" and is rated the 31st-best player in the Southwest and the 12th-best tight end in the nation by SuperPrep ... named a SuperPrep All-America selection ... selected to participate in North-South all-star game ... listed as the third-best prospect in the South Plains region by the A-J ... state champion in the discus with a throw of 176-7 ... High School Coach: Keith Kitchens, a former Red Raider basketball player.

Personal: Cole Roberts ... son of Pennie and Donald Roberts ... born 10-1-78 in Lubbock, Texas ... father played on 1976 Tech team that won 10 games and lettered from 1974-76 ... mom is also Tech Ex ... enjoys reading, hunting and fishing.