Jacob Roberts (Canadian football)
American football player (born 2001)
Jacob Roberts (born September 20, 2001) is an American professional football linebacker. He played college football for the North Carolina A&T Aggies and Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
Early life
Jacob Roberts was born on September 20, 2001. He started playing flag football when he was five. Due to his ability to score touchdowns as a running back, he was moved up to playing against six and seven year olds. From eight years old until seventh grade, Roberts played in the Charlotte Mecklenburg League. He grew up a Wake Forest fan.
Roberts failed to make his school's football team in seventh grade. However, he was able to make the team the following year in eighth grade. As a freshman at Mallard Creek High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, he also failed to make the junior varsity team.
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