Tight Ends Coach
NFL Experience: 7
Years with Buccaneers: 1
Alfredo Roberts enters his first season in Tampa Bay as tight ends coach after spending the past two seasons (2007-2008) in the same capacity with the Cleveland Browns.While on the Browns staff, Roberts tutored Pro Bowl TE Kellen Winslow, who recorded 125 receptions for 1,534 yards and eight touchdowns from 2007-2008. In 2007, Winslow was one of the most dominating tight ends in the game, setting a career high with 1,106 yards and five touchdowns. Winslow was named to his first Pro Bowl that season and ranked third among NFL tight ends with his 82 receptions and 1,106 yards.
Prior to joining the Browns, Roberts served in the same capacity with the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2003-2006. With the Jaguars, Roberts worked with veteran tight ends Kyle Brady, Brian Jones and Todd Yoder. He also worked with promising young tight ends George Wrighster (39 receptions for 353 yards in 2006) and the Jaguars first round selection Mercedes Lewis (13 receptions for 126 yards in 2006).
Prior to joining the Jaguars staff, Roberts was a member of the inaugural coaching staff at Florida Atlantic University from 1999-2002. Roberts served as wide receivers coach for his final two seasons at Florida Atlantic before exiting the college ranks for the NFL.
Roberts attended the University of Miami from 1983-1987, where he was a member of two national champion¬ship teams. The first was under Howard Schnellenberger in 1983, which was the school’s first championship, and again in 1987 under Jimmy Johnson. Roberts played on five bowl teams for the Hurricanes, including two Orange Bowls, two Fiesta Bowls and one Sugar Bowl.
Roberts was an eighth-round draft pick by Kansas City in the 1988 NFL draft, spending three seasons with the Chiefs. In 1991, he joined the Dallas Cowboys and was a part of two Super Bowl championship teams under the guidance of Jimmy Johnson, in 1992 and 1993. Roberts played in 16 straight games for five consecutive seasons until his career ended in 1994 following a foot injury. During his six-year NFL career, Roberts was considered one of the best blocking tight ends.
Roberts and his wife, Angel, have three children: twin sons Avery and Austin and daughter Alyssa.
ROBERTS AT A GLANCE
- 1983-87...University of Miami, player
- 1988-1990...Kansas City Chiefs, player
- 1991-1993...Dallas Cowboys, player
- 1999-2000...Florida Atlantic University, Assistant Coach
- 2000...Washington Redskins, Offensive Minority Internship
- 2001-02...Florida Atlantic University, Wide Receivers Coach
- 2003-06...Jacksonville Jaguars, Tight Ends Coach
- 2007-08...Cleveland Browns, Tight Ends Coach
- 2009...Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tight Ends Coach
