Stephon Robinson

#5 · WR · Sr. · Northwestern5′10″ · 180 lb · Los Angeles, CA

Stephon Robinson: WR · Northwestern · #5.

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Stephon Robinson

WR · Kansas · Sr · #5

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Played for three head coaches at two programs in four seasons: David Beaty, Les Miles and Pat Fitzgerald. A game that shows it: 116 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Nebraska — Week 5, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Northwestern in the news

Dante Moore out for seasonOregonLive Oct 29

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Northwestern	46	625	13.6	2	47
2020	Kansas	2	35	17.5	0	23
2019	Kansas	45	727	16.2	8	65
2018	Kansas	28	330	11.8	1	34
Career		121	1,717	14.2	11	65

Season	Team
2021	Northwestern	10	120	17
2020	Kansas	--	--	--
2019	Kansas	4	13	247
2018	Kansas	--	--	--
Career		14	133	264

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 21-38vs Michigan State	5	79	15.8	1	47
Wk 2	W 24-6vs Indiana State	4	16	4.0	0	7
Wk 3	L 23-30@ Duke	2	54	27.0	0	40
Wk 4	W 35-6vs Ohio	4	44	11.0	0	20
Wk 5	L 7-56@ Nebraska	8	116	14.5	1	32	Season-high 116 yds
Wk 7	W 21-7vs Rutgers	5	115	23.0	0	47
Wk 8	L 7-33@ No. 6 Michigan	2	1	0.5	0	4
Wk 10	L 12-17vs No. 19 Iowa	5	64	12.8	0	38
Wk 11	L 7-35@ No. 20 Wisconsin	5	80	16.0	0	39
Wk 12	L 14-32vs Purdue	5	53	10.6	0	35
Wk 13	L 14-47@ Illinois	1	3	3.0	0	3
Total		46	625	13.6	2	47

Signature game

Week 5 · 2021

L 7-56

at Nebraska

8 rec · 116 yds · 1 TD

With R. Hilinski — 256 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 28.8 · D. Adams — 48.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Michigan State · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +4.33Hunter Johnson pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 47 yds to the MchSt 25 for a
Week 7 · Rutgers · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.81Ryan Hilinski pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 47 yds to the Rutgr 26 for a
Week 11 · Wisconsin · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.07Andrew Marty pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 39 yds to the Wisc 36 for a
Week 5 · Nebraska · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.99Ryan Hilinski pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 32 yds to the Neb 28 for a
Week 12 · Purdue · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.91Andrew Marty pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 35 yds to the NORTHWSTRN 41 for a PURDUE Penalty, Defensive Pass Interference (Jack Albers) declined for a
Week 5 · Nebraska · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Ryan Hilinski pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 28 yds for a TD (Charlie Kuhbander KICK)

4 more plays

Week 1 · Michigan State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.55Hunter Johnson pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 14 yds for a TD, (Charlie Kuhbander KICK)
Week 7 · Rutgers · 3rd and 17 · Q2 · EPA +2.37Ryan Hilinski pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 19 yds to the Nwest 38 for a
Week 4 · Ohio · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.32Ryan Hilinski pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 11 yds to the Nwest 46 for a
Week 10 · Iowa · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.30Andrew Marty pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 38 yds to the Nwest 41 for a

Teams and coaches

2018Kansas3-9HC: David Beaty · Balanced

2019Kansas3-9HC: Les Miles · Balanced

2020Kansas0-9HC: Les Miles · Run-leaning

2021Northwestern3-9HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 58 (#124 of 468). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles · 2021 season

58Quality starter #124 of 468 · 2021?

7 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: rush yards (95th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#13 / 273 · 95th pct

120

Receptions#121 / 557 · 77th pct

Rec yards#130 / 557 · 77th pct

625

Yards / catch#249 / 557 · 55th pct

13.6

Long catch#294 / 557 · 46th pct

Rec TDs#278 / 557 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021, based on box-score rates.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.6	63.6	13.3	0.2
Road5g	3.6	50.8	12.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.7	70.7	15.9	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	40.2	8.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Pat Fitzgerald

Pass share

45.1%

365 pass / 444 run

Plays / game

67.4

12 games

Team sack rate

6.6%

391 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

46 catches and 10 carries in 11 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

58 · #124 of 468 WRs · 2021

Stephon Robinson

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

46 catches and 10 carries in 11 games

Five seasons at Kansas