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American football player (born 1993)
American football player
Allen Bernard Robinson II (born August 24, 1993) is an American football wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft, and played for the Jaguars for four seasons before signing with the Chicago Bears in 2018. He played college football at Penn State.
Early years[edit]
Robinson was born in Detroit, Michigan.[1] He attended St. Mary’s Preparatory, where he played on the football team. In his senior season, he led the Eaglets to the Division 3 State Championship, where they lost 35–27 to East Grand Rapids High School.[2] He was a teammate of former Penn State quarterback Rob Bolden.[3] In addition to football, Robinson was a competitor for the St. Mary’s Preparatory track and field team. Robinson committed to Penn State on November 29, 2010, after being recruited by Penn State assistant coach Ron Vanderlinden.[4] He had also received offers from Minnesota, Buffalo, and Toledo.[1]
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Allen Robinson WR |
Detroit, Michigan | St. Mary’s Preparatory | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 209 lb (95 kg) | Nov 29, 2010 | |
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College career[edit]
2011 season[edit]
Robinson appeared in 12 games and caught three passes for 29 yards during his freshman year in 2011 under head coach Joe Paterno.[5] On September 10, 2011, he had one reception for 12 receiving yards, the first of his collegiate career, in a 27–11 loss to #3 Alabama.[6] He made his first career start on the road against #15 Wisconsin in a vital game that would help determine the Big Ten Leaders Division champion.[3]
2012 season[edit]
After losing Justin Brown, who transferred to Oklahoma, Devon Smith, who transferred to Marshall, and Curtis Drake, who was dismissed after a violation of team rules, Robinson was quickly thrust into the spotlight as the team’s number one returning wide receiver in 2012 under new head coach Bill O’Brien.[7][8][9][10]
Robinson quickly struck an accord with new coach Bill O’Brien and quarterback Matt McGloin in the Nittany Lions’ 9–4 season.[11][12] He caught nine passes for 97 receiving yards in the team’s first game of the year, a 24–14 loss to Ohio on September 1.[13] In the following week, on September 8, he had 10 receptions for 89 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown, the first of his collegiate career, on a 30-yard reception in the 17–16 loss to Virginia.[14] In the first game since Shawney Kersey was dismissed from the team,[15] Robinson responded by catching five passes for 136 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns in a 34–7 victory over Navy.[16] After the game, Penn State assistant head coach and wide receivers coach Stan Hixon remarked, “Obviously he’s made a big improvement from the spring, and from the spring we saw that he has potential to be a really good receiver. Each and every day, he’s getting better and better at running routes, coming out of routes, and also, a much better job catching the ball in his hands. He has done a good job getting separation in certain routes, like we ask him to do, and he’s been a really good student of the game.”[17] On September 22, he had five receptions for 82 receiving yards and a receiving touchdown in a 24–13 victory over Temple.[18] On October 6, he had nine receptions for 85 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns in a 39–28 victory over #24 Northwestern.[19] On October 20, he had six receptions for 39 receiving yards and a receiving touchdown in a 38–14 victory over Iowa.[20] Robinson set a single season record for most receptions in a season on November 17 as part of an effort in which he finished with 10 receptions, 197 receiving yards, and three receiving touchdowns in a 45–22 victory over Indiana.[21] His 197 receiving yards were the most in a game by a Penn State receiver since Deon Butler had 216 in 2006. He surpassed Bobby Engram and O. J. McDuffie, who had each recorded 63 receptions in a season.[23][24]
In his sophomore season, Robinson totaled 77 receptions for 1,018 receiving yards and 11 receiving touchdowns, which all led the Big Ten Conference in 2012.[25][26] His 77 receptions were the most by a sophomore in school history. He won the Richter–Howard Receiver of the Year award for the 2012 season.
2013 season[edit]
As a junior, Robinson served as a productive anchor for the Nittany Lion offense in their 7–6 season.[27] In Penn State’s season opener against Syracuse, Robinson recorded 11 receptions for…
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