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"There's not a club or anything," he said. "For us it's like having a regular dad. Because a lot of people see it as, 'David Robinson, that must be crazy.' But that's the only dad that I've known. It's just dad to me."
Robinson said the players occasionally talk about it.
He has a simple answer for those who ask why he chose football over basketball.
The knock on Robinson as a freshman was opponents could knock him around.
Fighting Irish coaches say Robinson's cool demeanor and work ethic is helping him grow into a big-play receiver. He's second on the team with 27 catches for 539 yards and four touchdowns. He had two touchdown catches against Florida State and a key catch for a 20-yard gain on fourth-and-18 that kept alive the drive that gave Notre Dame a chance to win,Cheap Nike Air Max 90 Mens.
"I wasn't very strong mentally or physically," Robinson said. "Sometimes in big moments, I broke down a little bit."
Offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock pointed out how Robinson got into a tussle with a Florida State defender and then tapped the player on the shoulder pads afterward to compliment him.
Robinson is one of more than a half dozen players on the Irish with famous fathers. They include receiver Torii Hunter Jr., whose father plays for the Detroit Tigers; Austin Collinsworth,Cheap Nike Air Max 97 Shoes, son of former Cincinnati wide receiver and current NBC analyst Cris Collinsworth; Conor Hanratty, whose father, Terry, was a quarterback for Notre Dame and the Pittsburgh Steelers; cornerback Josh Atkinson, whose father George Atkinson Jr. was an Oakland Raiders defensive back; and walk-on cornerback Jesse Bongiovi, whose father is singer Jon Bon Jovi.
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly describes Robinson as a solid player to coach.
"Whoa, whoa. He's aging," Robinson said.
"There are no individuals trying to be above everyone else. That's one of the cool things this team has this year," he said. "We want to help each other be successful. Because we know as a team if we do well, individuals will have success. That's one of the things I learned from the Spurs."
"It's fun as a coach and teacher when you get somebody that in so many ways is learning every day that he steps on the practice field,Cheap Air Max 97 Trainers," Kelly said.
Robinson once dreamed of following in his father's footsteps and attending the Naval Academy. He began rethinking that option when he got football scholarship offers.
"That's just Corey Robinson's personality," Denbrock said.
Now he's 25 pounds heavier and success has made him more confident,Nike Air Vapor Max Flyknit 2017. Irish coaches like how he's mild-mannered off the field and fiercely competitive on it.
The 6-foot-5, 215 pound sophomore from San Antonio, Texas, could provide matchup problems when the sixth-ranked Irish (6-1) face Navy (4-4) at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland,Air Max 97 Silver Womens, on Saturday. Navy, the alma mater of Robinson's father, has only one starter in its secondary taller than 6-feet.
"At the moment I saw the flag, I said,Air Max 97, 'OK, next play,'" said the son of former NBA star David Robinson.
Robinson said this Irish team reminds him of the San Antonio Spurs teams his father played for a few decades ago.
Quarterback Everett Golson says "He'll kind of make a move on you and kind of embarrass you, but then he'll come back and pat you on your back and say, 'Good job.'"
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame receiver Corey Robinson didn't dwell on his potential game-winning touchdown against Florida State being taken away by a controversial penalty.
"I didn't have a choice. I didn't have any offers for basketball," he said.
Robinson stops short when asked whether he might be the only 6-5 college athlete who can't beat his father in basketball. |
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