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“I actually called him (Penn State defensive line coach Deion Barnes) right after the Combine,” he said. “He was just so excited and so happy for me. He said I looked smooth in the drills.”
Robinson was among about a dozen Penn State players who worked out in front of NFL assistant coaches and scouts at Holuba Hall.
Penn State tight end Theo Johnson also has seen his stock rise considerably since the Nittany Lions ended their season with a 38-25 loss to Ole Miss in the Peach Bowl.
Johnson impressed NFL teams at the Senior Bowl in January and then ran a 4.57 in the 40 at the Combine, the second-fastest time among tight ends. He also had the fastest shuttle time among tight ends, tied for the fastest 10-second split and finished second in the broad jump (10-5) and vertical jump (39.5).
RAS, a website that determines relative athletic scores at the Combine, said Johnson scored a 9.99 out of a possible 10, the second-highest score among tight ends over the last 37 years.
“I feel really good about it,” Johnson said Friday. “This whole process is something you train for your whole life. I feel like I capitalized on the opportunity. I feel like I did the best I could. I’m in a good spot right now.”
NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah described Johnson as the best tight end at the Senior Bowl. ESPN analyst Matthew Miller said last month he could be the third tight end taken after Brock Bowers of Georgia and Cade Stover of Ohio State.
He’s projected to be taken in the second or third round.
“I think I’ve helped myself a ton,” Johnson said. “I was a guy who people had a lot of questions about. I wasn’t able to put as much as I wanted on tape. I think I’ve shown people that I can move well.
“I want to show everybody that I’m fluid in my routes and that I move a lot differently than a typical 6-6, 260-pound man. I can do anything a tight end needs to do.”
Johnson caught 34 passes for 341 yards and seven touchdowns last season, tying for second on the team in receptions with fellow tight end Tyler Warren, who returns to Penn State.
He said he’s received a lot of advice from former teammates Brenton Strange, who was a second-round pick last year by the Jacksonville the second round. Jaguars, and Pat Freiermuth, He was asked if he believed who also was a second-round he was good enough pick, in 2021 by to be a first-round pick. the Pittsburgh Steelers. “A hundred percent,” Robinson
“The lineage of tight ends said. “I’m a guy who who have come through here shows up every single day is a big part of why I came and gives everything I got. to Penn State,” Johnson said. I’m consistent with everything “As soon as I walked in the I do. I got the best getoff door I wanted to leave my and the best bend. You mark on it. I feel like I’ve can’t teach that. It’s very done that and I feel good natural to me. that I’m continuing the tradition.” “I don’t pay attention to any mock drafts. I know
Robinson has continued what type of guy I am and the outstanding tradition the type of player I am. of Penn State defensive linemen. Wherever I end up, first, After his performance second, third or fourth at the Combine, he increased round, it doesn’t matter to his chances of being a firstround me. They’re going to get the pick after some mock same player regardless of drafts had dropped him into* where I’m picked.”