Player
Elandon Roberts
LB · Raiders
Elandon Roberts: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
10 seasons, 4 teams, 372 career tackles — a Patriots 6th-rounder who turned into a tackle factory.
TrendRoberts by season
| Season | Team | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | NE | 29 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2017 | NE | 41 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 |
| 2018 | NE | 36 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2019 | NE | 14 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2020 | MIA | 31 | 8 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2021 | MIA | 36 | 6 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2022 | MIA | 57 | 10 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2023 | PIT | 61 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2024 | PIT | 27 | 5 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2025 | LV | 40 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 |
A 6th-round Patriots pick in 2016 out of Houston, Roberts came in as a special-teamer and slowly grew into a starting thumper. He won Super Bowl LI as a rookie and SB LIII in his third year — two rings before age 25.
The 372 career tackles across 10 seasons is the floor of his profile. He's now in his 4th franchise (NE → MIA → PIT → LV) and is still playing meaningful base-down LB snaps at age 31.
Tackles by season
| Season | Tackles |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 29 |
| 2017 | 41 |
| 2018 | 36 |
| 2019 | 14 |
| 2020 | 31 |
| 2021 | 36 |
| 2022 | 57 |
| 2023 | 61 |
| 2024 | 27 |
| 2025 | 40 |
2023 in Pittsburgh: career-high 61 tackles, 10 TFL, 2.5 sacks — his best all-around year.
MilestoneRoberts's first year in Pittsburgh (2023) was the peak of his decade in the league: 61 tackles (career high), 10 TFL (tied career high), 2.5 sacks, 3 PD. He was the every-down ILB next to Patrick Queen and Cole Holcomb on a Steelers defense that finished top-10 in DVOA.
The 10-TFL seasons in 2022 and 2023 back-to-back are the only ones of his career — and they came in the seasons where he was given the most snaps.
Patriots era (4 yrs): 120 tackles. Last 4 yrs across 3 teams: 181 tackles. The role kept growing late.
SplitRoberts by tenure
| Tenure | Years | Tackles | TFL | Sacks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriots (2016-19) | 4 | 120 | 14 | 4.0 |
| Dolphins (2020-22) | 3 | 124 | 24 | 7.0 |
| Steelers (2023-24) | 2 | 88 | 15 | 3.5 |
| Raiders (2025) | 1 | 40 | 6 | 0.0 |
The Roberts career has a rare reverse-aging shape. The Dolphins years (2020-22) outproduced the Patriots years in tackles, TFL, and sacks — and that was supposed to be the back half of his career.
The explanation: Belichick used him as a sub/special-teams LB. Miami and Pittsburgh handed him starter snaps for the first time. The TFL count tells the story — 14 in 4 NE years, 24 in 3 MIA years.
5 forced fumbles, 1 INT (none in DB pulls — but TFL count is the real signature).
RareRoberts isn't a takeaway-heavy LB — 5 career FFs in 10 seasons is a modest count. But his 59 career TFLs is the real signature: a high-volume run-stuffer who beats blocks at the line of scrimmage.
That translates to roughly 6 TFLs per season as a starter, with peak years (2020, 2022, 2023) all hitting 8+.
2025 in Las Vegas: 40 tackles but ZERO sacks — first sack-less season since his rookie year.
AnomalyRoberts's 2025 line in Las Vegas — 40 tackles, 6 TFL, 1 PD, 0.0 sacks — is the first sack-less season of his career since 2016.
The blitz package is gone. From 2017 to 2024 he averaged ~1.7 sacks/year — 14.5 total. In 2025, 1 QB hit in 18 games suggests he's been almost exclusively a downhill run-defender on the Raiders' base ILB rotation. At age 31, the role has narrowed.
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