NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo is reporting that former Detroit Lions tight end Michael Roberts is signing with Miami Dolphins.
Roberts was a dynamic player at Toledo, scoring 16 touchdowns during his senior season and eventually being drafted by the Lions in the fourth round of the ensuing draft.
Overall, his play was frustratingly inconsistent during his two years with the Lions, and over a six-day period last June, his NFL career looked like it had potentially come to a close.
After the Lions overhauled the tight end room, adding four players including first-round pick T.J. Hockenson, Roberts was traded to the New England Patriots. Unfortunately, he failed a physical in Foxborough and reverted back to the Lions. The Lions then released him. The next day, Roberts was claimed off of waivers by the Green Bay Packers, but after another failed physical, he was once again released.
The unique ordeal took its toll on Roberts who wrote on social media, “I’ve faced depression, weight gain, huge feeling of unworthiness, uncertainty and so much more.”
Then in late August, Roberts had reconstructive surgery on his left shoulder and began refocusing on rebuilding his life. His work as paid off, as now six months later, Roberts appears to be back in the NFL.
We at Lions Wire wish him the best of luck.