Bijan Robinson

Former running back at Texas. 2022: 1,578 rushing yards, 18 rushing TD, 19 catches.

RB · Texas · Jr. · #5

6′0″ · 220 lb · Tucson, AZ

CFB Index 94 · #2 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceConsensus AAAtlanta — drafted 2023, Rd 1, Pick 8, #8 overall

The story

Former running back at Texas. 2022: 1,578 rushing yards, 18 rushing TD, 19 catches.

Drafted round 1 by the Atlanta in 2023.
Named All-America (AP) in 2022.
Named All-America (Consensus) in 2022.

His career, year by year

Career, closed

Gone at #8 overall.

How it ended

Three seasons at Texas, 3,408 rushing yards, a Consensus All-American season (2022) — drafted at #8 overall by Atlanta.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202110 games

All-Big 12first

202212 games

All-Americafirst · 11 selectors
All-Big 12first
Doak Walkerwinner

2023

Drafted by Atlantaround 1, pick 8

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Texas

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #8

Atlanta · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

18 honors · 2 categories

🏆

ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2022)

9 first-team selectors

🥈

ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2022)

Featured in The Canon

#35

The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

2 coaches

2020

Tom Herman

Texas

2021–2022

Steve Sarkisian

Texas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Herman → Steve Sarkisian. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

AtlantaEntering 4th NFL season

#8Rd 1 · Pick 8

AtlantaEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Texas7-3HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Texas5-7HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning

2022Texas8-5HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

94All-America level #2 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (98th percentile). Strength: rush yards (98th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#81 / 398 · 80th pct

52.8%

EPA / carry#95 / 398 · 76th pct

0.28

Yards / carry#106 / 398 · 73rd pct

5.9

TD rate#108 / 398 · 73rd pct

6.4%

Explosive rate#161 / 398 · 60th pct

7.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#5 / 346 · 98th pct

Rush yards#7 / 346 · 98th pct

1578

Carries#10 / 346 · 97th pct

258

Rec yards#9 / 338 · 97th pct

314

Long run#27 / 346 · 92nd pct

Yards / carry#46 / 346 · 86th pct

6.1

Receptions#80 / 338 · 75th pct

Fumbles lost#61 / 244 · 48th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

44th → 76th percentile

Success rate

47th → 80th percentile

Explosive rate

51st → 60th percentile

Yards / carry

59th → 73rd percentile

TD rate

43rd → 73rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	108	5.3	1.1
Road5g	165	6.9	2.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	111	5.8	1.4
Weeks 8+5g	160	6.2	1.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Steve Sarkisian

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

94 · #2 of 317 RBs

Selector Grid · 2022

AP—

FWAA1st

AFCA1st

WCFF1st

SN1st

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Texas	258	1,578	6.1	18	--
2021	Texas	195	1,127	5.8	11	--
2020	Texas	86	703	8.2	4	--
Career		539	3,408	6.3	33	--

Season	Team
2022	Texas	19	314	16.5	2	--
2021	Texas	26	295	11.3	4	--
2020	Texas	15	196	13.1	2	--
Career		60	805	13.4	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2022

W 34–27

at Kansas State

209 rush yds (30 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With Q. Ewers — 197 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.7 · D. Trejo — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · UTSA · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +6.75B.Robinson rushed to UTSA End Zone for 78 yards. B.Robinson for 78 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 10 · Kansas State · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +4.40Bijan Robinson run for 68 yds to the KanSt 9 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Texas Tech · 1&10 · Q5 · EPA -4.30Bijan Robinson run for no gain to the TexTc 25 Bijan Robinson fumbled, recovered by TexTc
Week 4 · Texas Tech · 2&12 · Q3 · EPA +4.28Bijan Robinson run for 40 yds for a TD, (Bert Auburn KICK)
Week 8 · Oklahoma State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.20Bijan Robinson run for 42 yds for a TD, (Bert Auburn KICK)
Week 8 · Oklahoma State · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.99Quinn Ewers pass complete to Bijan Robinson for 41 yds for a TD, (Bert Auburn KICK)
Week 12 · Kansas · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.97Bijan Robinson run for 32 yds for a TD, (Bert Auburn KICK)
Week 10 · Kansas State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.73Bijan Robinson run for 36 yds for a TD
Week 3 · UTSA · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.24B.Robinson rushed to UTSA End Zone for 41 yards. B.Robinson for 41 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 2 · Alabama · 1&15 · Q2 · EPA +3.07Hudson Card pass complete to Bijan Robinson for 42 yds to the Alab 20 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-10vs UL Monroe	10	71	7.1	1	21
Wk 2	L 19-20vs Alabama	21	57	2.7	1	18
Wk 3	W 41-20vs UTSA	20	183	9.2	3	78	3 rushing TDs
Wk 4	L 34-37@ Texas Tech	16	101	6.3	2	40
Wk 5	W 38-20vs West Virginia	21	101	4.8	1	16
Wk 6	W 49-0@ Oklahoma	22	130	5.9	2	18
Wk 7	W 24-21vs Iowa State	28	135	4.8	0	25
Wk 8	L 34-41@ Oklahoma State	24	140	5.8	1	42
Wk 10	W 34-27@ Kansas State	30	209	7.0	1	68	209-yard day
Wk 11	L 10-17vs TCU	12	29	2.4	0	9
Wk 12	W 55-14@ Kansas	25	243	9.7	4	32	Season-high 243 yds
Wk 13	W 38-27vs Baylor	29	179	6.2	2	23	179-yard day
Total		258	1578	6.0	18	78