Corey Robinson (wide receiver)

{{Short description|American football player and television personality (born 1995)}}

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Corey Robinson (born January 1995) is a television personality and former American football wide receiver for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

He is now the host of World Chase Tag USA and a sideline reporter at the 2020 Olympics. He is the son of basketball superstar David Robinson.

High school

Robinson attended San Antonio Christian Schools in San Antonio, Texas.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/recruiting/football/story/_/id/7680341/corey-robinson-making-name-himself|title=Corey Robinson making a name for himself|work=ESPN.com}} As a senior, he had 67 receptions for 1,414 yards and 20 touchdowns. After the season, he was awarded the Glenn Davis Army Award, and was selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in his hometown of San Antonio, Texas.{{cite web|url=http://www.uhnd.com/articles/recruiting/corey-robinson-steve-elmer-pick-awards-12350/|title=Corey Robinson, Steve Elmer Pick Up Awards|work=UHND.com – Notre Dame Football, Basketball, & Recruiting}}

He was ranked by Scout.com as a four-star recruit, and the 43rd best wide receiver prospect of his class.{{cite web|url=http://www.scout.com/player/165077-corey-robinson?year=2012|title=Corey Robinson|work=Scout.com}} Robinson committed to play college football at the University of Notre Dame in March 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/recruiting/football/story/_/id/7745920/david-robinson-son-corey-commits-playing-football-notre-dame-fighting-irish|title=David Robinson's son, Corey, commits to playing football at Notre Dame Fighting Irish|work=ESPN.com}}

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College career

As a true freshman in 2013, Robinson played in all 13 games with three starts. He finished the year with nine receptions for 157 yards and one touchdown, a 35-yard reception against Air Force.{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-corey-robinson-notre-dame-jazz-spt-0826-20140826-story.html|title=Corey Robinson finding a rhythm for Notre Dame|author=Chicago Tribune|date=August 25, 2014|work=chicagotribune.com}} Robinson entered his sophomore season in 2014 as a starter.[http://www.elkharttruth.com/sports/college-sports/notre-dame-university/2014/10/02/Corey-Robinson-finds-his-groove-in-Notre-Dame-s-receiving-corps.html Corey Robinson finds his groove in Notre Dame's receiving corps] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20141021044121/http://www.elkharttruth.com/sports/college-sports/notre-dame-university/2014/10/02/Corey-Robinson-finds-his-groove-in-Notre-Dame-s-receiving-corps.html |date=2014-10-21 }} He caught two touchdown passes in a 31–28 defeat against Florida State, and had the potential winning touchdown called off with 13 seconds remaining due to an offensive pass interference penalty on a teammate.{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/19/florida-state-notre-dame-penalty_n_6009642.html|title=Florida State Holds Off Notre Dame After Late Penalty Negates Last-Minute Touchdown|work=The Huffington Post}} Following the regular season, he was named a First-team Academic All-American.{{cite web|url=http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120414aab.html|title=Corey Robinson Named First-Team Academic All-America|work=und.com|access-date=2014-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210204122/http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120414aab.html|archive-date=2014-12-10|url-status=dead}} However, in the 2016 offseason, Robinson decided to leave football after suffering a third concussion in his junior year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/16236209/corey-robinson-notre-dame-announces-no-longer-play-football-suffering-third-concussion-year|title=Irish's Robinson to quit football, cites concussions|website=ESPN.com|access-date=2016-06-15}}

Personal

His father is former NBA Hall of Famer David Robinson.{{cite web|url=http://www.kens5.com/story/opinion/contributors/david-flores/2014/06/24/10294628/|title=David Robinson's son looking forward to charting own course at Notre Dame|date=December 5, 2013|work=KENS 5}} His younger brother, Justin, began playing basketball for Duke in November 2015, and now plays professionally.{{cite news|url=http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/06/son-of-former-nba-great-david-robinson-to-be-on-scholarship-at-duke-next-season/ |title=Son of former NBA great David Robinson to be on scholarship at Duke next season |first=Raphielle |last=Johnson |work=College Basketball Talk |publisher=NBCSports.com |date=May 6, 2015 |accessdate=May 9, 2015}}

In 2021 Robinson became a broadcaster, serving as a studio analyst for NBC's Notre Dame football coverage.

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