Roy Roundtree Roy Randolph Roundtree ( born March 7 , 1989 ) is an American football wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals , who played his redshirt senior season in 2012 for the Michigan Wolverines football team . In 2012 , he was an All - Big Ten honorable mention selection . He was a 2011 Fred Biletnikoff Award preseason watchlist honoree . He was a Fred Biletnikoff Award preseason watchlist honoree in 2010 , and set Michigan ' s single - game receiving record with nine catches for 246 yards against Illinois that November . Roundtree was the team ' s leading receiver in both the 2009 and 2010 seasons . He finished first in the Big Ten Conference in receiving yards in 2010 for Conference games , and was a second team All Conference selection . While in high school , he was named the 2007 Ohio Division II Offensive Player of the Year . Early life and high school . Roundtree started playing football on the Pee - Wee Dayton Flames in first grade . He played on the team until junior high , joined by his Michigan teammate Michael Shaw , who , because he was eight months older than Roundtree , played in a different level . Roundtree was a two - year starter at Belmont High School in before he transferred to Trotwood - Madison High School , where the team ' s head football coach was retired National Football League player Maurice Douglass . As a freshman , he earned " Dayton Daily News " Athlete of the Week honors , but in 2004 – 05 , Belmont was classified as an " academic emergency " by the state of Ohio because over a 25 % of the students were considered to be " students with disabilities " , and the school ' s standardized test scores were over 50 percent lower than the state benchmarks . With the dismal academic situation and a mediocre athletic program , Belmont left Roundtree dissatisfied , and he transferred to Trotwood before his junior year , where coach Douglass had earned a reputation for developing college ready football players , and where former Flames teammate Domonick Britt was playing quarterback . At Trotwood , he was a teammate of Shaw and Brandon Moore who would later join him at Michigan . As a junior in 2006 , he posted 48 receptions for 851 yards , and as a senior , he totalled 868 on 52 catches . His four - year totals were 165 receptions for 2 , 637 yards and 28 touchdowns . As a senior , he was selected to the Division II first - team all - state squad , and named Ohio ' s offensive player of the year . He was also chosen to play in the Big 33 Football Classic , and ranked as the number 44 , 89 , and 104 wide receiver in the nation by Rivals . com , Scout . com , and ESPN , respectively . In that same year , Trotwood won their first playoff game since 1981 , led by Roundtree ' s 13 receptions , 203 yards , and game - winning touchdown . Roundtree feels that his best game in high school was a 12 - reception , 221 - yard , 2 - touchdown performance that helped his team overcome a 21 – 0 deficit . Roundtree had scholarship offers from Eastern Michigan , Illinois , Purdue , Nebraska and Miami . He was considered a Purdue commit until getting a late scholarship offer from Michigan , which was his preferred school . On signing day , his uncle convinced him to go to Michigan because of its winning tradition . The late switch led Purdue head coach Joe Tiller to cast aspersions on Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez , referring to him as a snake oil salesman . College . Roundtree redshirted for the 2008 season . He made his college debut on September 5 , 2009 against the Western Michigan Broncos at Michigan Stadium as a slot receiver . That year he roomed with Trotwood teammates Shaw and Moore . He had just two receptions in the first eight games of the season while playing as a backup . He became a starter for the team ' s final four games , and finished as the leading receiver for the 2009 Michigan Wolverines football team in terms of both yards and receptions per game , despite the limited playing time . One of the two early - season receptions occurred on October 3 against Michigan State in the Paul Bunyan Trophy game when he caught the game - tying touchdown with two seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime . He made his first start on October 31 against the Illinois Fighting Illini as a slot receiver . On November 7 , against Purdue he had ten receptions for 126 yards . He also had nine receptions for 116 yards in the November 21 , 2009 game against the rival Ohio State Buckeyes . Following the season , he was named a CollegeFootballNews . com Freshman All - America honorable mention , and a " Sporting News " Freshman All - Big Ten selection . Roundtree made the 2010 preseason watchlist for the Biletnikoff Award , which honors the nation ' s top wide receiver . He led Michigan ' s 2010 team in both receptions , and receiving yards . In the September 11 game versus the rival Notre Dame Fighting Irish , his 15 - yard reception late in the fourth quarter put the ball on the Notre Dame 2 - yard - line . On the next play , Denard Robinson ran in for the game - winning touchdown with 27 seconds remaining . He posted back - to - back 100 - yard receiving games on September 25 , and October 2 , 2010 , recording nine receptions for 119 yards in a home game against the Bowling Green Falcons , and five receptions for 126 yards and a touchdown versus the Indiana Hoosiers . At the midpoint of Michigan ' s 12 - game regular season schedule , he ranked fifth in the Big Ten in receptions per game , and seventh in receiving yards . In Michigan ' s 67 – 65 victory over Illinois on November 6 , Roundtree broke Jack Clancy ' s all - time Michigan single - game receiving yards record when he caught nine passes for 246 yards and two touchdowns , including a 75 - yard touchdown reception on the game ' s first play from scrimmage . The performance raised him to fourth in the conference in both yards and receptions ( tied ) per game , and earned him Co - Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors . He ended the 2010 regular season third in the Conference in receiving yards , and fourth in receptions for all games . After a slow start , which included negative one yards receiving in the team ' s first game , and a total of less than 100 yards in their first three contests , Roundtree led the Big Ten with 83 . 9 receiving yards per conference game . After the regular season , he was named to the All Conference second team by the media . He finished the year , third in the conference in receiving yards per game ( 71 . 92 ) and fourth in receptions per game ( 5 . 54 ) for all games . Roundtree repeated as a Biletnikoff Award preseason watchlist honoree in 2011 . On September 10 , against Notre Dame , during the first night game ever played at Michigan Stadium , his only reception was the game - winning 16 - yard touchdown with two seconds remaining in the game . After leading Michigan in pass receptions in 2009 and 2010 , his production fell off in 2011 . In 2011 , Roundtree ranked fourth in receptions for Michigan with 19 catches and third in receiving yards with 355 yards . Following the season , he had offseason knee surgery . Roundtree followed Junior Hemingway as the second person to wear Desmond Howard ' s " Michigan Football Legend " jersey number 21 . On November 10 , 2012 , Roundtree recorded 139 receiving yards against Northwestern , including a 53 yard reception to set up the game tying field goal and then a 17 - yard reception on the game - winning drive in overtime . Playing in his final game at Michigan Stadium , a 42 - 17 victory over Iowa , Roundtree caught five passes for 83 yards and a touchdown . Roundtree was an All - Big Ten honorable mention by both the coaches and the media . He posted his four highest receiving yardage totals of the season after Devin Gardner replaced Denard Robinson at quarterback . Roundtree was the second leading receiver on the team with 31 receptions for 580 yards , leading the team with an average of 18 . 7 yards per catch . Following the season , Roundtree participated in the January 19 , 2013 Raycom College Football All - Star Classic , making a 39 - yard catch and returning 2 punts . Professional career . Roy Roundtree signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Cincinnati Bengals following the 2013 NFL Draft . Personal . His father was one of his pee wee football coaches . His mother is Sheila Roundtree . Some of his Michigan teammates call him " Tree " , for short . He is the nephew of Jeff Graham .