TOLEDO, OH – Toledo senior tight end Michael Roberts (Cleveland, OH) was today named first-team All-America by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA). The FWAA All-America Team is one of the five All-America teams in the country recognized by the NCAA in determining consensus All-America status.
Roberts caught 43 passes for 514 yards and led the nation's tight ends with 15 touchdown receptions, seven more than the next-nearest tight end. He is the eighth Rocket and the first since Eric Page to earn first-team All-America honors. Roberts joins Page (2010), Gene Swick (1975), Chuck Ealey (1971), Mel Long (1970, 1971), Curtis Johnson (1969), Tom Beutler (1967) and Dan Bukovich (1938) as UT's first-team All-Americans.