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The 6-1, 203-pound Roberts reunites with ÃÛÌÒÓ°ÏñAV offensive coordinator Seth Doege, who was Marshall's offensive play-caller in 2024. Roberts didn't play in 2024 due to injury. 

Last season, the Nashville native has 90 rushes for 512 yards and four touchdowns; he averaged 5.7 yards per carry. Roberts joined Marshall after starting his collegiate career at Independence Community College in Kansas. 

Roberts bolsters a UA running backs room — now led by first-year running backs coach Lyle Moevao, who succeeds Sacramento State head coach Alonzo Carter — that is currently expected to lose senior and leading rusher Ismail Mahdi.  

Kedrick Reescano and Quincy Craig are expected to return for 2026. The Wildcats also have freshmen Cornelius Warren III and Wesley Yarbrough expected to return next season. Arizona signed four-star Fresno, California running back Brandon Smith for '26. Smith recently led Central East High School to a California state championship. 

Craig's 24-yard touchdown lifted Arizona to bowl eligibility and a win over Kansas; he also caught a touchdown in the first half, which moved quarterback Noah Fifita to a tie for the most career passing touchdowns. The following game, Reescano had a 50-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter of Arizona's upset win over No. 25 Cincinnati. 

Reescano led the Wildcats with nine rushing touchdowns this past season, the most by a UA running back since Zach Green in 2017. Seven of Reescano's touchdowns were inside the red zone. Reescano and Craig were Arizona's second- and third-leading rushers with a combined for 149 carries for 760 yards and 11 touchdowns. 

Roberts is the 20th addition in the transfer portal for Arizona. 

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