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'{{Infobox NFL player | name = Bradley Roby | image = Bradley Roby.JPG | image_size = 225px | alt = | caption = Roby in 2014 | current_team = Denver Broncos | number = 29 | position = [[Cornerback]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|5|1}} | birth_place = [[Fort Worth, Texas]] | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lbs = 192 | high_school = [[Peachtree Ridge High School|Suwanee (GA) Peachtree Ridge]] | college = [[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]] | draftyear = 2014 | draftround = 1 | draftpick = 31 | pastteams = * [[Denver Broncos]] ({{NFL Year|2014}}–present) | status = Active | highlights = * [[Super Bowl]] champion ([[Super Bowl 50|50]]) * Second-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[2012 College Football All-America Team|2012]]) * 2× First-team All-[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] ([[2012 All-Big Ten Conference football team|2012]], [[2013 All-Big Ten Conference football team|2013]]) |statweek=13 |statseason=2016 |statlabel1=[[Tackle (football move)|Total tackles]] |statvalue1=141 |statlabel2=Sacks |statvalue2=2.0 |statlabel3=[[Fumble|Forced fumbles]] |statvalue3=4 |statlabel4=Passes defended |statvalue4=31 |statlabel5=Interceptions |statvalue5=5 |statlabel6=Defensive touchdowns |statvalue6=3 | nflnew = bradleyroby/2543505 }} '''Bradley Roby''' (born May 1, 1992) is an [[American football]] [[cornerback]] for the [[Denver Broncos]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He was drafted by the Broncos in the first round of the [[2014 NFL Draft]]. He played [[college football]] at [[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]. ==Early years== A native of [[Suwanee, Georgia]], Roby attended [[Peachtree Ridge High School]], where he was an All-State receiver and defensive back. He recorded 42 tackles and six interceptions along with 29 receptions for 526 yards as a senior. He scored 11 touchdowns: five on receptions, two on punt returns and one each via a rush and kick, interception and a fumble return. He was a four-time school scholar-athlete. He was also a standout basketball player. He was also on the school's [[track and field|track & field]] team. He won the [[100 meters]] at the 2009 Region 7 AAAAA Championships, with a career-best time of 10.72 seconds, and also finished third in the [[200 meters]] with a career-best time of 22.49 seconds.<ref>http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=165928#15935</ref> He also competed in long jump. Regarded as a three-star recruit by [[ESPN.com]], Roby was listed as the No. 42 athlete in the nation in 2010.<ref>[http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/92076/bradley-roby Bradley Roby Recruiting Profile]</ref> ==College career== Roby attended [[Ohio State University]] from 2010 to 2013. After red-shirting the 2010 season as a true freshman, Roby stepped up and started all 13 games at cornerback in 2011. He was tied for the team lead with three interceptions and also recorded 47 tackles. In 2012, Roby was the only defensive player in the nation in 2012 to score touchdowns three different ways (recovered a fumbled punt in the end zone vs. [[Miami Redhawks football|Miami]]; he recovered a blocked punt in the end zone vs. [[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana]]; and he intercepted a pass vs. [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]] and returned it for a touchdown). He was named a second-team All-American by the Associated Press,<ref>[http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121112aab.html Buckeyes earn AP All-American honors]</ref> and first-team All-Big Ten while leading the nation in passes defended with 19. He added 63 tackles and two interceptions. In 2013, he was named first-team All-Big Ten after recording 69 tackles, 16 passes defended (T3rd in the Big Ten), three interceptions and two blocked punts. On November 20, 2013, [[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]] [[head coach]] [[Urban Meyer]] announced that Roby would be leaving school early to enter the [[2014 NFL Draft]].<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000285231/article/urban-meyer-says-cb-bradley-roby-will-enter-2014-nfl-draft CB Bradley Roby will enter 2014 NFL Draft]</ref> ==Professional career== {{NFL predraft | height ft = 5 | height in = 11 | weight = 194 | dash = 4.39 | ten split = | twenty split = | shuttle = 4.04 | cone drill = | vertical = 38.5 | broad ft = 10 | broad in = 4 | bench = 17 | wonderlic = | arm span = {{fraction|31|1|2}} | hand span = {{fraction|10|1|4}} | note = All values from NFL Combine<ref>http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/bradley-roby?id=2543505</ref> }} Bradley was selected by the [[Denver Broncos]] as the 31st pick of the first round of the [[2014 NFL Draft]].<ref>[http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/08/broncos-take-cornerback-bradley-roby/ Broncos take cornerback Bradley Roby]</ref> ===2014 season=== In his NFL debut, Roby had 7 solo tackles and the game-winning deflection on fourth and 6 (guarding Reggie Wayne) to seal the victory against the Colts 24-31. On November 2, Roby picked off [[New England Patriots]] quarterback [[Tom Brady]] to get his first career interception. === 2015 season === In Week 2 of the 2015 season, Roby returned a [[Jamaal Charles]] fumble for a touchdown in the last seconds of the 4th quarter to force a 31-24 victory. In the divisional round, he forced a [[Fitzgerald Toussaint]] fumble that set up Denver's go-ahead touchdown drive. During the AFC Championship game on January 24, 2016, between the Broncos and the [[New England Patriots]], [[Aqib Talib]] tipped a two-point conversion pass by [[Tom Brady]] which Roby intercepted in the end zone. This preserved a 20-18 lead late in the 4th quarter which the Broncos won and advanced to [[Super Bowl 50]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rosenthal|first1=Gregg|title=Broncos ride defense to Super Bowl bid in win over Patriots|url=http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2016012400/2015/POST20/patriots@broncos#menu=gameinfo%7CcontentId%3A0ap3000000627711&tab=recap&recap=fullstory|publisher=NFL.com|accessdate=25 January 2016}}</ref> The Broncos defeated the [[Carolina Panthers]] 24-10 in Super Bowl 50. Roby recorded 2 tackles and 3 passes defended in the team victory. === 2016 season === In week 8 of the 2016 season, Roby intercepted a deflected [[Philip Rivers]] pass and returned it 49 yards for his second career touchdown in a 27-19 over the [[San Diego Chargers]]. Against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 13, Roby intercepted an underthrown pass from [[Blake Bortles]] and returned it 51 yards for a touchdown. This was the third of his career, and the Broncos would go on to win 20-10. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.denverbroncos.com/team/roster/Bradley-Roby/d85c2a37-fe3b-4c92-a56b-47e8048cc50a Denver Broncos bio] *[http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/roby_bradley00.html Ohio State Buckeyes bio] {{2014 NFL Draft}} {{BroncosFirstPick}} {{Broncos2014DraftPicks}} {{Super Bowl 50}} {{Denver Broncos roster navbox}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Roby, Bradley}} [[Category:1992 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:All-American college football players]] [[Category:American football cornerbacks]] [[Category:Ohio State Buckeyes football players]] [[Category:Denver Broncos players]] [[Category:People from Fort Worth, Texas]] [[Category:People from Suwanee, Georgia]] [[Category:Super Bowl champions]]'