Bijan Robinson (born January 30, 2002) is an American football running back for the Texas Longhorns. Robinson attended Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, Arizona.
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During his career, he had an Arizona high school record of 7,036 career rushing yards and 114 touchdowns. As a senior, he was the Arizona Gatorade Football Player of the Year after rushing for 2,235 yards and 38 touchdowns on 126 carries. He was selected to play in the 2020 All-American Bowl.
A five-star recruit, Robinson committed to the University of Texas to play college football. Robinson earned immediate playing time as a freshman at Texas in 2020. He earned the 2020 Alamo Bowl MVP with 10 rushes for 183 yards and a touchdown.
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What happened to Bijan Robinson?
In November last year, Bijan Robinson missed the remaining of the football season with a dislocated elbow. Robinson, the team’s leading rusher with 1,127 yards and 11 touchdowns, was injured late in the third quarter of the Longhorns’ 57-56 overtime loss to Kansas Jayhawks at home on Saturday night.
Without Robinson, the Longhorns had to turn to junior Roschon Johnson, freshman Jonathan Brooks and Alabama transfer Keilan Robinson. Sarkisian said Robinson, who missed the Kansas game, was expected to clear COVID-19 protocols on Tuesday and should be available to play at West Virginia.
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