Bijan Robinson with the Atlanta Falcons, 2025
With the Atlanta Falcons, 2025. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Texas, 2020–⁠22

Bijan Robinson

Number
No. 5
Height
6′0″
Weight
220 lb
Class (2022)
Junior
Hometown
Tucson, AZ
Born
Jan 30, 2002

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Bijan Robinson played running back at Texas (2020–⁠22). He won the 2022 Doak Walker Award. He finished ninth in the 2022 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2022. The Atlanta Falcons took Robinson in the first round, No. 8 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,578
Rushing yards, 2022 (Texas, 8–⁠5)
Best game
243 yards
At Kansas, week 12, 2022: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 5
In FBS in rushing touchdowns, 2022
Drafted
No. 8
Overall, 2023 NFL Draft (Atlanta Falcons)

Career highs

243rushing yards, career highat Kansas, 20224rushing touchdowns, career highat Kansas, 20228catches, career highat Iowa State, 20212receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Colorado, 2020

Honors

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2020Texas867038.2475
2021Texas1951,1275.81162
2022Texas2581,5786.11878
Career5393,4086.33378

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2020Texas1519613.1235
2021Texas2629511.3438
2022Texas1931416.5242
Career6080513.4842

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2020Texas5RBFr.
2021Texas5RBSo.
2022Texas5RBJr.6′0″220

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2020Texas1070.3694th (n=212)0.1438.416%0.31
2021Texas2220.2880th (n=277)0.1662.533%0.27
2022Texas2860.3290th (n=470)0.1492.135%0.36

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2022 Texas 12 games, 1,578 rushing yards, 18 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.UL MonroeW 52–⁠101071121340
Sep 10vs.AlabamaL 19–⁠202157118373
Sep 17vs.UTSAW 41–⁠2020183378119
Sep 24atTexas TechL 34–⁠3716101240122
Oct 1vs.West VirginiaW 38–⁠2021101116234
Oct 8vs.OklahomaW 49–⁠022130218215
Oct 15vs.Iowa StateW 24–⁠2128135025436
Oct 22atOklahoma StateL 34–⁠4124140142141
Nov 5atKansas StateW 34–⁠2730209168234
Nov 12vs.TCUL 10–⁠17122909––
Nov 19atKansasW 55–⁠1425243432––
Nov 25vs.BaylorW 38–⁠2729179223––
2021 Texas 10 games, 1,127 rushing yards, 11 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 4vs.LouisianaW 38–⁠1820103119473
Sep 11atArkansasL 21–⁠40196912014
Sep 18vs.RiceW 58–⁠013127362114
Sep 25vs.Texas TechW 70–⁠3518137033254
Oct 2atTCUW 32–⁠2735216227222
Oct 9vs.OklahomaL 48–⁠552013715012
Oct 16vs.Oklahoma StateL 24–⁠3221135238338
Oct 30atBaylorL 24–⁠3117431914
Nov 6atIowa StateL 7–⁠301890014836
Nov 13vs.KansasL 56–⁠571470016348
2020 Texas 9 games, 703 rushing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 12vs.UTEPW 59–⁠353802929
Sep 26atTexas TechW 63–⁠5641205111
Oct 10vs.OklahomaL 45–⁠5351709239
Oct 24vs.BaylorW 27–⁠161255012––
Oct 31atOklahoma StateW 41–⁠34135902428
Nov 7vs.West VirginiaW 17–⁠1312113054238
Nov 27vs.Iowa StateL 20–⁠23165401813
Dec 5atKansas StateW 69–⁠319172375351
Dec 29 ✦vs.ColoradoW 55–⁠2310183166237

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2023
Height5′11″
Weight215 lb
Arm length31⅛″
Hand size9¾″
Wingspan74¾″W
40-yard dash4.46 s
10-yard split1.52 sW
Vertical jump37″
Broad jump10′4″

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

In the NFL

4 seasons, 56 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.

Pro Bowls: 2 (2024–⁠25) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2025

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2025; AP second team 2025.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2023Atlanta Falcons17214976458487
2024Atlanta Falcons173041,4561461431
2025Atlanta Falcons172871,478779820
2026 (so far)Atlanta Falcons5102580418152
NFL career569074,490292161,890

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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