Tre Roberson

Trerein "Tre" E. Roberson (born October 22, 1992) is an American professional football defensive back for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Roberson was born on October 22, 1992, to Gajuan Roberson and Monica Highbaugh.

He began his high school career as a student at North Central High School, where he was a member of the basketball team.

After his freshman year, he transferred to Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he was a member of the football (coached by Jayson West) and basketball (coached by J.R. Shelt) teams.

In his first football season with Lawrence Central, he was thrust into the starting quarterback role in just the second game of the season after the regular starter left the game with an injury.

With his team trailing 14–0, and playing North Central, Roberson went on to lead the team to a 28–16 second half victory.

Roberson went on to be the starter for the next 3 years leading his team to a 13–2 record and an appearance in the Indiana Class 5-A football state championship game his senior season, losing 38–19 to Fishers High School.

Roberson played high school football at Lawrence Central High School, where he was a two sport athlete, and won the 2010 Indiana Mr. Football.

He committed to Indiana University on April 10, 2010, and became the first ever true freshman to start at quarterback for the Hoosiers.

With outstanding numbers during his senior season, which saw him complete 144 passes on 237 attempts for 2,611 yards, 24 touchdowns and four interceptions, while also running for 1,950 rushing yards and 21 scores, Roberson was named the 2010 Indiana Mr. Football.

He received 19 of 50 first place votes from the Indiana Football Coaches Association.

Roberson beat out Fishers High School quarterback/defensive back Koby Orris, who led his team to the 5A title over Roberson's Lawrence Central team, was second with 13 votes.

He was also named to the Associated Press All-State football team 2010.

Roberson committed to Indiana University on April 10, 2010.

Roberson was offered football scholarships by Purdue and Toledo, while also gaining interest from Oregon, Illinois and Ball State, but he quickly signed with the Hoosiers after they offered him a scholarship.

On November 28, 2010, Indiana fired their head coach Bill Lynch, who had recruited Roberson.

On December 7, the Hoosiers announced that they had hired Oklahoma's offensive coordinator, Kevin Wilson, as their new head coach.

Wilson made it clear that he wanted to keep most of the players that had committed to Lynch's staff, and Roberson did not change his mind about coming to Indiana and signed with the Hoosiers on National Signing Day.

Roberson arrived on the Indiana University campus on the summer of 2011, and was one of five candidates to replace starter Ben Chappell, who had graduated.

Within a few weeks it was between Roberson, Edward Wright-Baker and Dusty Kiel for the starting spot, and come September 3, Wright-Baker was named the team's starter with Roberson as the 3rd stringer.

For the five games of the season, Roberson appeared in two games where he was used a wildcat quarterback running for 7 yards on 3 carries.

During a October 10 game against Illinois, Roberson came in after Dusty Kiel proved to be ineffective.

Completing 11 of 17 passes for 148 yards while throwing an interception.

His play was impressive enough to cause a stir amongst the media, but with the Hoosiers next game being at No. 4 Wisconsin, it was decided that Wright-Baker would again start for the Hoosiers.

The Hoosiers lost 59–7 against the Badgers with Roberson seeing playing time in relief of Wright-Baker.

He completed two passes on just five attempts for 10 yards.

On Friday, November 21, the Hoosier program learned that top recruit, Gunner Kiel, had decommited from the program, and would explore other options.

Without Gunner's commitment, the Hoosiers seemed to place their future in Roberson's hands.

The following day Roberson was named the Hoosiers starting quarterback against the Iowa Hawkeyes.

With his first snap, he became the first true freshman to start at quarterback for the Hoosiers in program history.

In the game, he completed 16-of-24 passes for 196 yards and a touchdown.

He also rushed the ball 15 times for 82 yards.

For his efforts, he was named the Big Ten freshman of the week.

The Hoosiers began their 2012 campaign at home against Indiana State.

Roberson had one rushing touchdown and completed 26 passes for 280 yards including a 71 yard touchdown strike to wide receiver Shane Wynn.

In June 2014, Roberson announced his intentions to leave Indiana and transfer to Illinois State University of the FCS.

He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent following the 2016 NFL Draft.

He then played for the Stampeders until he signed with the Chicago Bears in 2020.

Prior to entering the NFL, Roberson was a collegiate quarterback at Indiana University and Illinois State University.

Roberson had a 3–4 record for his career as the starting quarterback at Indiana and a 23–5 record for Illinois State.