{"id":125690,"date":"2026-01-21T01:17:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/125690\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T01:17:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:17:50","slug":"usf-class-of-2026-chronicle-wr-dmari-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/125690\/","title":{"rendered":"USF Class of 2026 Chronicle: WR Dmari Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\tRoberts isn&#8217;t just a #BayMade receiver out of St Pete&#8230; This Lakewood High product means business at the next level!\t<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"47506\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/soflobulls.com\/2026\/01\/20\/usf-class-of-2026-chronicle-wide-receiver-dmari-roberts\/su0tqv06\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/soflobulls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Su0tqV06-e1768622803907.jpg?fit=1535%2C960&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1535,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dmari Roberts\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/soflobulls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Su0tqV06-e1768622803907.jpg?fit=768%2C480&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/soflobulls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Su0tqV06-e1768622803907.jpg?fit=780%2C488&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Su0tqV06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"697\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to our series chronicling the 2026 USF Recruiting Class where we cover every single recruit who signed with the Bulls during Early Signing Day! Let\u2019s welcome WR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/dmari-roberts-180712\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dmari Roberts<\/a> to the Bulls!<\/p>\n<p>WR Dmari Roberts (Lakewood \u2013 Saint Petersburg, FL)<\/p>\n<p>Committed to the Bulls on April 28, 2025, Roberts is one of two receivers committed to the 2026 class at the end of the early signing period. Via Rivals.com, Roberts received offers from UCF, FIU, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Michigan State, App State, East Carolina, Charlotte, Northern Illinois, Liberty, Georgia State, Jacksonville State, Buffalo, Toledo, Georgia Southern and Midde Tennessee State during his recruitment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Staying in the Bay \ud83c\udfdd\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Welcome home, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DmariSRoberts11?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@DmariSRoberts11<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JjK1cViyUR\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/JjK1cViyUR<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2014 USF Football (@USFFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USFFootball\/status\/1996234512334823611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Run the Tape:<\/p>\n<p>Tall and lengthy frame who dominates as a possession receiver against all coverages. Proved to be a QB\u2019s best friend in making the tough catches look easy. Utilizes a second gear to further separate from defenders at the top of his routes. Great spatial awareness to slow down on routes in zone coverage to make himself available to the QB on passing plays.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>Mike\u2019s Take:<\/p>\n<p>What I really like from Dmari\u2019s tape is how the Lakewood coaching staff utilized Roberts in a multitude of ways. Some clips show Roberts lined up wide, other clips have him inside playing as the slot, etc. There didn\u2019t seem to be a route concept that Roberts wasn\u2019t asked to execute. His ability to \u201cdo it all\u201d (per se) makes him an invaluable option at the position when taking his game to the next level and I\u2019ll be interested to see how he is utilized in Tampa. Long story short, Roberts flashes the ability to be a starting wideout for a USF offense who is looking for the next iteration of Bulls to dominate at the position for years to come. Welcome\u00a0to the Bulls Dmari!<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: -2px;\">by Mike Cusimano<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: -2px;\">Journalist &amp; Recruiting Analyst, SoFloBulls.com | Twitter:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #005941; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/micCusi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@micCusi<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Share on Social MediaLike this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><br \/>\n\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roberts isn&#8217;t just a #BayMade receiver out of St Pete&#8230; This Lakewood High product means business at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-125690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-st-pete","9":"tag-st-pete-headlines","10":"tag-st-pete-news","11":"tag-st-petersburg","12":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","13":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}