Furman University

Honors & Awards
2023 Walter Payton Award Watch List 
2023 Preseason All-Southern Conference (1st Team)
2023 Team Co-Captain
2022 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2022 All-Southern Conference (2nd Team - Coaches)
2022 All-Southern Conference (2nd Team - Media)
2022 Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Week (vs. Western Carolina)
2022 FedEx Ground/Stats Perform FCS National Offensive Player of the Week (vs. Western Carolina)
2021 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2021 Southern Conference Player of the Week (vs. Western Carolina)
2020 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll

2023 - Elected by his teammates to serve as a team co-captain...named to the Preseason All-Southern Conference 1st Team as selected by the coaches...among 35 players named to the Walter Payton Award Watch List...ranked by Hero Sports’ Sam Herder as the No. 16 running back in the FCS.

2022 - Put together an outstanding season, starting in all 13 games and rushing 197 times for 1,149 yards (5.7 ypc) and 11 touchdowns... rushing total ranked as the 10th best in Furman history...honored with second team All-SoCon laurels in balloting by head coaches and media...played a pivotal role in Furman’s 10-3 season that featured a stretch of seven consecutive wins and an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs, where the Paladins claimed a 31-6 first round home win over Elon...10 wins represented the most by Furman since 2005...team finished a consensus 10th in final AFCA and Stats Perform Polls...headlined a ground attack that helped give Furman one of the most balanced offensive attacks in the FCS (212.9 rushing, 209.1 passing)...ripped Western Carolina for the second consecutive season by rushing a career high 25 times for another career high 252 yards (10.0 ypc) and two touchdowns in a 47-40 win...performance, which included a season long 62-yard scoring run and a 20-yard scoring reception, netted him both SoCon Offensive Player of the Week and FedEx Ground Stats Perform National Offensive Player of the Week honors...was joined for weekly honors against WCU by his former high school teammate, Matthew Sochovka, who was named league special teams player of the week (2 tackles, blocked FG & PAT)...252 yards represented the third highest rushing tally in program history...marked the second 200-yard rushing performance of his career...registered an 18-carry, 133-yard, two-touchdown outing at The Citadel (21-10 win), scoring both TD in a decisive third quarter...ran eight times for 104 yards and a score (57-yard run) against VMI (41-3 win)...rushed 16 times for 90 yards and two touchdowns versus Wofford (63-28 win)...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2022-23 school year.

2021 — Emerged as one of the Southern Conference’s most effective running backs, especially over the last half of the season following a injury to All-SoCon tailback Devin Wynn...saw action in all 11 games and made two starts...led Furman in rushing with 709 yards and six touchdowns...accounted for only 56 yards rushing over the first five games...ran for 653 yards and six touchdowns over the final five contests, averaging an outstanding 8.26 yards per carry...his 7.4 yards per carry average for the season marked a new school record, shattering the old mark of 7.3 ypc by Robbie Gardner in 1984...opened his impressive second half of the season by rushing for 12 times for 132 yards and a touchdown in a 24-14 win over The Citadel...performance versus The Citadel included a 90-yard touchdown run — the second longest run in program history...ran a career high 24 times for 196 yards and four touchdowns at Western Carolina, a performance that netted him SoCon Offensive Player of the Week honors...ran 17 times for 100 yards and score against 20th-ranked VMI (37-31 win)...finished off his solid campaign with a 22-carry, 216-yard outing in the Paladins’ 41-34 road win over Samford...216 yards represented the 10th highest single game tally (now 11th) at Furman and 18th 200-yard outing in program history (now 19th).

2020 — Appeared in all seven games...ran 28 times for 103 yards and a touchdown...top performance (11 rushes, 54 yards, 2-yard TD run) came in season opening, 35-7 win over Western Carolina....named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll.

2019 — Saw action in 10 games and played a role in Furman going 8-5 and earning an at-large bid playoff bid by rushing for 182 yards and three touchdowns...made his career debut against Mercer (45-10 win), rushing for 42 yards and a touchdown (2-yard run)...had seven carries for 37 yards a versus Samford (58-14 win) and a season high 11 carries for 40 yards and a score against VMI (60-21 win)...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll.

High School: 2019 graduate of Pine Forest (4A) High School...saw action at linebacker, running back, fullback, slot receiver, and rover during his prep career, which was cut short three games into the 2018 season due to a knee injury...football coach was Bill Sochovka, father of Paladin defensive lineman Matt Sochovka...career statistics included 330 rushing yards, five touchdowns; 228 tackles, three interceptions, two forced fumbles, and four sacks...served as team captain his senior year, helping lead Pine Forest to its first conference championship since 1999...competed in track in both the long jump and triple jump.

Personal: Full name is Dominic Jeshawn Roberto...born April 27, 2001, in Shape, Belgium...son of Jolyn and Jose Colon...has two sisters, Camila and Aniyah....health sciences major.