Ryan Roberts (American football)
Ryan Roberts (born August 11, 1980) is a former American football player who played defensive end in college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team from 1998 to 2002. He is an alumnus of Haddonfield Memorial High School. Early life Roberts was born on August 11, 1980, in Camden, New Jersey, and earned three varsity letters in gridiron football at Haddonfield Memorial High School. Lawnside, New Jersey, was his hometown. When Roberts began high school, he was a soccer player, but was urged by a friend to try football during the fall of his freshman year. He considered two conveniently located Ivy League institutions as potential colleges early in his high school career: in-state Princeton University and nearby University of Pennsylvania. Due to a congenital condition, Roberts endured back pain while playing both running back and defensive end in high school. Nonetheless, he entered his senior season as a top-100 class of 1998 football recruit according to the Prep Football Report by Tom Lemming. As a senior, Roberts rushed for over 1000 yards and had 10 quarterback sacks. His official visits included Iowa, Penn State and Notre Dame as well as invitations to visit schools such as Georgia