529 special teams snaps across four years at Stanford is the kind of number that tells you something before you watch a single offensive snap. It says the coaching staff trusted this player in every phase, that he competed fully even when his offensive usage was capped, and that he understood his role within a team rather than chasing personal production. Watching the tape confirmed all three things. Roush is a traditional in-line tight end whose value lives in the details that keep an offense functioning, and those details are consistently present.

His blocking profile is the foundation of everything. As a pass protector, he plays with a low pad level, good knee bend and a straight back, arriving in a position that lets him absorb contact from a stable base rather than getting driven upright. His hand placement is generally sound and his elbow width is a genuine asset; he can mirror faster edge rushers with enough foot quickness to stay in front of them, while also carrying the mass and core strength to survive when isolated against true defensive ends. He does not just hold on; he looks comfortable and in control in protection rather than simply enduring contact, which is a meaningful distinction for how much an offensive staff will actually trust him in critical down situations.

In the run game, his physicality is the most compelling part of the profile. He can collapse the backside of zone concepts with sustained leverage, plays through the whistle reliably and does the connective work that makes big runs possible: the chip before leaking into a route, the cross-formation block at the right depth to cut off pursuit, the late effort that extends a gain of six into twelve. His 25 bench press reps at the combine put a number to what is already visible on tape. What makes him more interesting than a standard blocking specialist is how well he moves for his size. At 6’5.5 and 267 pounds, he still shows legitimate footspeed and hip flexibility for short-area adjustments, covering ground laterally with a tidiness that heavier inline tight ends typically cannot replicate.

As a receiver, there is more nuance to the profile than his modest production suggests. His delayed releases and leak routes are well executed; he sells the block convincingly before uncovering and understands the pacing required to find space naturally without telegraphing the switch. On intermediate route stems, he shows occasional head fakes and shoulder drops that create secondary separation space, which is a level of route detail that was largely wasted behind a porous Stanford offensive line. These are encouraging signs rather than established production, but they are the kind of signs that give a coaching staff something to develop.

The receiving limitations are real and will define how he is used at the next level. His hands are inconsistent; there were too many routine opportunities across the Stanford tape where the finish was not clean enough, and while poor quarterback play did not help, the problem extended beyond a few badly placed balls. Contested catch situations represent a particular gap: he does not consistently win at the point of attack when a defender has committed coverage attention, and there is not enough explosiveness in the profile to compensate. When the run threat is removed from the equation and coverage defenders can turn their full attention toward him, he struggles to create separation.

His route tree under Frank Reich was extremely restricted, with a heavy diet of out routes and hitches that will not prepare him adequately for a full NFL receiving workload. The adjustment period to a broader scheme will require real investment from a coaching staff, and the timeline to being a trusted receiving option is longer than his blocking timeline. This is not a correctable issue in the sense that the talent is already there; it is an honest gap in his college experience that will need to be addressed through repetition at the next level.

The red zone upside is limited. His frame and contested catch profile do not combine to create a reliable end-zone target, and the lack of separation explosiveness compounds this specifically in spaces where routes become shorter and defenders can bracket more aggressively. He will contribute on possession conversions, but teams expecting him to function as a scoring threat will be consistently disappointed.