Denard Robinson with the Jacksonville Jaguars, 2014
With the Jacksonville Jaguars, 2014. Photo: Melissa Hillier, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Michigan, 2009–⁠12

Denard Robinson

Number
No. 16
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Deerfield Beach, FL
Born
Sep 22, 1990, in Deerfield Beach, Florida

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Denard Robinson played quarterback at Michigan (2009–⁠12). He finished sixth in the 2010 Heisman vote. The Jacksonville Jaguars took Robinson in round 5, No. 135 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2,570
Passing yards, 2010 (Michigan, 7–⁠6)
Best game
258 yards
At Notre Dame, week 2, 2010: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week
Heisman vote
6th
In the 2010 vote
Drafted
No. 135
Round 5, 2013 NFL Draft (Jacksonville Jaguars)

Career highs

338passing yards, career highvs. Notre Dame, 20114touchdown passes, career highvs. Notre Dame, 2011258rushing yards, career highat Notre Dame, 20103rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. San Diego State, 2011

Honors

All-America: FWAA 2010; AP third team 2010

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2009Michigan143145.21886.124
2010Michigan18229162.52,5708.81811
2011Michigan13324554.32,0758.52015
2012Michigan8916753.31,3197.999
Career41873456.96,1528.44939

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2009Michigan693515.1543
2010Michigan2561,7026.61487
2011Michigan2131,1305.31653
2012Michigan1771,2667.2779
Career7154,4496.24287

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Michigan16QB
2010Michigan16QB
2011Michigan16QB
2012Michigan16QB6′0″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2012 Michigan 11 games, 1,319 passing yards, 9 TD; 1,266 rushing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 1vs.AlabamaL 14–⁠4111262001227
Sep 8vs.Air ForceW 31–⁠25142520821218
Sep 15vs.MassachusettsW 63–⁠13162429131106
Sep 22atNotre DameL 6–⁠1313241380490
Oct 6atPurdueW 44–⁠1381610510235
Oct 13vs.IllinoisW 45–⁠071115920128
Oct 20vs.Michigan StateW 12–⁠1014291630196
Oct 27atNebraskaL 9–⁠23611550046
Nov 17vs.IowaW 42–⁠17–––––98
Nov 24atOhio StateL 21–⁠26–––––122
Jan 1 ✦vs.South CarolinaL 28–⁠3301000100
2011 Michigan 12 games, 2,075 passing yards, 20 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 10vs.Notre DameW 35–⁠31112433843108
Sep 17vs.Eastern MichiganW 31–⁠37189521198
Sep 24vs.San Diego StateW 28–⁠78179302200
Oct 1vs.MinnesotaW 58–⁠015191692051
Oct 8atNorthwesternW 42–⁠24172633723117
Oct 15atMichigan StateL 14–⁠289241231142
Oct 29vs.PurdueW 36–⁠149141700163
Nov 5atIowaL 16–⁠2417371942155
Nov 12atIllinoisW 31–⁠14610920130
Nov 19vs.NebraskaW 45–⁠1711181802183
Nov 26vs.Ohio StateW 40–⁠34141716730170
Jan 3 ✦vs.Virginia TechW 23–⁠209211172113

No box score in the source for Sep 3 vs. Western Michigan, so that game is not listed.

2010 Michigan 13 games, 2,570 passing yards, 18 TD; 1,702 rushing yards, 14 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 4vs.UConnW 30–⁠10192218610197
Sep 11atNotre DameW 28–⁠24244024410258
Sep 18vs.MassachusettsW 42–⁠37101424121104
Sep 25vs.Bowling GreenW 65–⁠21446000129
Oct 2atIndianaW 42–⁠35101627730217
Oct 9vs.Michigan StateL 17–⁠3417292151386
Oct 16vs.IowaL 28–⁠3813189611105
Oct 30atPenn StateL 31–⁠41112319010191
Nov 6vs.IllinoisW 67–⁠6510203053262
Nov 13atPurdueW 27–⁠1613211761268
Nov 20vs.WisconsinL 28–⁠48162523921121
Nov 27atOhio StateL 7–⁠378188700105
Jan 1 ✦vs.Mississippi StateL 14–⁠5227412542159
2009 Michigan 12 games, 351 rushing yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5vs.Western MichiganW 31–⁠724180074
Sep 12vs.Notre DameW 38–⁠34–––––21
Sep 19vs.Eastern MichiganW 45–⁠170400260
Sep 26vs.IndianaW 36–⁠3323390024
Oct 3atMichigan StateL 20–⁠26–––––−9
Oct 10atIowaL 28–⁠3034300149
Oct 17vs.Delaware StateW 63–⁠634852054
Oct 24vs.Penn StateL 10–⁠350200120
Oct 31atIllinoisL 13–⁠3811700−6
Nov 7vs.PurdueL 36–⁠38–––––−3
Nov 14atWisconsinL 24–⁠451560036
Nov 21vs.Ohio StateL 10–⁠212430031

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2013 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 16–⁠21).

DrillCombine 2013
Height5′10½″
Weight199 lb
Arm length32⅝″
Hand size9″
Wingspan77″W
40-yard dash4.43 s
10-yard split1.58 sW
Vertical jump36½″
Broad jump10′3″
3-cone drill7.09 s
20-yard shuttle4.22 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 49 games with a stat; latest team: Jacksonville Jaguars.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2013Jacksonville Jaguars140100066
2014Jacksonville Jaguars1301000582
2015Jacksonville Jaguars1200000266
2016Jacksonville Jaguars1000000144
NFL career49020001,058

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2019AAFAtlanta Legends

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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