Bijan Robinson

#5 · RB · Jr. · Texas6′0″ · 220 lb · Tucson, AZ

Bijan Robinson: RB · Texas · #5.

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Bijan Robinson

RB · Texas · Jr · #5

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for two head coaches at Texas: Tom Herman and Steve Sarkisian. All-America (Consensus) in 2022 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 243 rushing yards and 4 rushing TD against Kansas — Week 12, 2022.

Style of play

Style of play

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

256Carries
1577Yards
17.1%Top-5 share
13.3%Stuffed rate

Just 17.1% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 13.3% of his carries. 12 carries for 29 yds vs TCU; 24 for 239 vs Kansas.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

57.3%Carry share
32.6%Q4-lead share
77.4%In competitive games

57.3% of carries overall (254/443) → 32.6% of Q4-with-lead carries (31/95) — 77.4% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

15/213rd/4th & short
15/26Inside-5 share

15 of 21 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (71.4%). 15 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (57.7%).

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