Dominic Roberto

HISTORY — From College Profile

Honors & Awards
2022 Preseason All-Southern Conference (2nd Team)
2021 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2021 Southern Conference Player of the Week (vs. Western Carolina)
2020 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll

2021 — Emerged as one of the Southern Conference’s most effective running backs, especially over the last half of the season following a injury to All-SoCon tailback Devin Wynn...saw action in all 11 games and made two starts...led Furman in rushing with 709 yards and six touchdowns...accounted for only 56 yards rushing over the first five games...ran for 653 yards and six touchdowns over the final five contests, averaging an outstanding 8.26 yards per carry...his 7.4 yards per carry average for the season marked a new school record, shattering the old mark of 7.3 ypc by Robbie Gardner in 1984...opened his impressive second half of the season by rushing for 12 times for 132 yards and a touchdown in a 24-14 win over The Citadel...performance versus The Citadel included a 90-yard touchdown run — the second longest run in program history...ran a career high 24 times for 196 yards and four touchdowns at Western Carolina, a performance that netted him SoCon Offensive Player of the Week honors...ran 17 times for 100 yards and score against 20th-ranked VMI (37-31 win)...finished off his solid campaign with a 22-carry, 216-yard outing in the Paladins’ 41-34 road win over Samford...216 yards represented the 10th highest single game tally at Furman and 18th 200-yard outing in program history.

2020 — Appeared in all seven games...ran 28 times for 103 yards and a touchdown...top performance (11 rushes, 54 yards, 2-yard TD run) came in season opening, 35-7 win over Western Carolina....named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll.

2019 — Saw action in 10 games and played a role in Furman going 8-5 and earning an at-large bid playoff bid by rushing for 182 yards and three touchdowns...made his career debut against Mercer (45-10 win), rushing for 42 yards and a touchdown (2-yard run)...had seven carries for 37 yards a versus Samford (58-14 win) and a season high 11 carries for 40 yards and a score against VMI (60-21 win)...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll.

High School: 2019 graduate of Pine Forest (4A) High School...saw action at linebacker, running back, fullback, slot receiver, and rover during his prep career, which was cut short three games into the 2018 season due to a knee injury...football coach was Bill Sochovka, father of Paladin defensive lineman  Matt Sochovka...career statistics included 330 rushing yards, five touchdowns; 228 tackles, three interceptions, two forced fumbles, and four sacks...served as team captain his senior year, helping lead Pine Forest to its first conference championship since 1999...competed in track in both the long jump and triple jump.

Personal: Full name is Dominic Jeshawn Roberto...born April 27, 2001, in Shape, Belgium...son of Jolyn and Jose Colon...has two sisters, Camila and Aniyah....health sciences major.

-- 6/15/23