Wan'Dale Robinson

Wan'Dale Robinson (born January 5, 2001) is an American football wide receiver who plays for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football with Kentucky. He has previously played at Nebraska from 2019 to 2020.

Wan'Dale Robinson
No. 17 – New York Giants
Position:Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (2001-01-05) January 5, 2001
Frankfort, Kentucky[1]
Height:5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight:185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school:Western Hills (Frankfort, Kentucky)
College:Nebraska (2019–2020)
Kentucky (2021)
NFL Draft:2022 / Round: 2 / Pick: 43
Career history
Roster status:Unsigned draft pick
Career highlights and awards
  • Second Team All-SEC (2021)
Player stats at PFR

High school career

Robinson played at Western Hills High School in Frankfort, Kentucky, where he won the high school version of the Paul Hornung Award and Kentucky Mr. Football as a senior in 2018.[2][3] Throughout his career, he was versatile on both offense and defense. In total, he played as a safety, linebacker, receiver, quarterback, running back, punt returner, and kickoff returner according to his high school coach.[4] Rated as the No. 87 player in the country by 247Sports.com,[5] he committed to Kentucky on November 1, 2018 before decommitting from Kentucky and committing to Nebraska on December 5, 2018.[6]

College career

Nebraska

As a freshman at Nebraska, Robinson was used as both a rusher and receiver, rushing for 340 yards on 88 rushes and recording 40 receptions for 453 yards.[7] After the season, he was named a Freshman All–American by The Athletic.[8]

Robinson's role increased in 2020, as he had almost the same amount of scrimmage yards he had in 2019 in two less games. He recorded 46 rushes for 240 yards, along with 51 receptions for 461 yards.[7] He was voted honorable mention All–Big Ten by the conference coaches after the season.[9]

Kentucky

On January 11, 2021, Robinson announced that he was entering the transfer portal and leaving Nebraska.[10] Four days later, he committed to Kentucky, where he was once committed to in high school.[11] Robinson was the No. 1 receiver for the team, accumulating 104 receptions, 1,334 yards and 7 touchdown receptions in 13 games. His season total receptions and yards broke single-season school records.

Statistics
Season Team GP Receiving Rushing
RecYdsAvgTDAttYdsAvgTD
2019Nebraska 104045311.32883403.93
2020Nebraska 8514619.01462405.21
2021Kentucky 131041,33412.87711115.90
Career301852,07811.2101416914.94

Professional career
Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span40-yard dashVertical jumpBroad jump
5 ft 8 in
(1.73 m)		 178 lb
(81 kg)		 27+5⁄8 in
(0.70 m)		 9 in
(0.23 m)		4.44 s34.5 in
(0.88 m)		9 ft 10 in
(3.00 m)
All values from NFL Combine[12][13][14]

Robinson was drafted by the New York Giants with the 43rd pick in the second round of the 2022 NFL Draft.[15]

References
  1. "Wan'Dale Robinson Kentucky". Kentucky Wildcats. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  2. Audilet, Matt. "Wan'Dale Robinson Announces He's Transferring From Nebraska". The Spun.
  3. "Wan'Dale Robinson Nebraska". Nebraska Athletics.
  4. Cox, Joe. "The long way home could lead to a memorable 2021 for UK's Wan'Dale Robinson". SaturdayDownSouth.com.
  5. "Wan'Dale Robinson 247Sports". 247Sports.com.
  6. "Wan'Dale Robinson Timeline". 247Sports.com.
  7. "Wan'Dale Robinson Stats". College Football Reference.
  8. "Robinson Named Freshman All-American". Nebraska Athletics.
  9. "Three Huskers Earn All-Big Ten Offensive Honors". Nebraska Athletics.
  10. Howe, Matt. "Wan'Dale Robinson explains transfer decision". 247Sports.com.
  11. "Former Nebraska Cornhuskers WR Wan'Dale Robinson announces transfer to Kentucky Wildcats". ESPN.com.
  12. "Wan'Dale Robinson Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  13. "NFL Combine: Official measurements for every NFL Draft prospect in Indianapolis". theathletic.com. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  14. "WanDale Robinson, Kentucky, WR, 2022 NFL Draft Scout, NCAA College Football". draftscout.com. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  15. "Giants draft Kentucky WR Wan'Dale Robinson in Round 2". Giants.com. April 29, 2022.
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