Dallas Cowboys draft 2023: RB Bijan Robinson scouting report

Scouting report collection on this 12 months’s draft prospects with participant projections and comparisons. This assessment is on Texas Longhorns working again Bijan Robinson.

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  Mike_Poland
  
• on March 4, 2023 5:00 pm

We proceed with our 2023 NFL Draft draft prospect assessment of gamers that might curiosity the Dallas Cowboys. Immediately we take a look at a working again Bijan Robinson from the Texas Longhorns.

Earlier prospect critiques:

DT Bryan Bresee
CB Kelee Ringo
LB Andre Carter II
CB Joey Porter Jr
WR Jalin Hyatt
OG O’Cyrus Torrence

Bijan Robinson was given a 5-star recruit ranking from 247 Sports activities having set information in his highschool for each touchdowns and speeding yards. He had many excessive profile gives from groups like Alabama and Ohio State, however selected the Texas Longhorns for his collegiate profession.

As a freshman in 2020, Robinson made his identify identified instantly and had many pundits speaking about his expertise. He completed the 12 months with 899 complete yards, six complete touchdowns and averaged 8.2 yards per keep on 86 makes an attempt.

In his sophomore season, Robinson performed 10 video games and had 1,422 complete yards from scrimmage scoring 15 touchdowns. He averaged 5.8 yards per keep on 195 carries but additionally had three fumbles. He missed time throughout the season after a daunting neck harm. He additionally missed the remainder of the 12 months with an elbow harm.

In Robinson’s third 12 months as a junior he exhibited his elite abilities. Throughout 12 video games at Texas he completed with 1,894 complete scrimmage yards (314 receiving yards and 1,580 speeding yards), 20 complete touchdowns and averaged 6.1 yards per keep on 258 makes an attempt. Throughout his time in Texas he managed 18 video games of over 100 yards speeding. He additionally has the fourth-most profession touchdowns in Longhorn historical past, and third-most speeding touchdowns. He received the Doak Walker Award for the most effective working again in faculty and was nominated for the Heisman Trophy, ending ninth.

RB Bijan Robinson
Texas Longhorns
Junior
5-star highschool recruit
Top- 6”0
Weight- 220

Awards- 2022 Doak Walker Award
2022 All-American
2022 First-team BIG 12
2021 First-team BIG 12

Scorecard:
General- 91.1/100
Ball Carrying- 99
Contact Steadiness- 81
Receiving- 82
Blocking- 66
Pace- 83/100
Power- 87/100
Acceleration- 85/100
Agility- 99/100

THE GOOD

• From the beginning of the sport to the very finish, Robinson brings the identical power and ferocity on each snap.
• Relishes contact and can maintain his legs driving for further yards.
• Exhibits excessive ranges of imaginative and prescient to search out the opening or open area.
• Good acceleration when breaking outdoors the tackles.
• Dependable on third down with loads of versatility on brief distance conditions.
• A nasty and efficient stiff-arm.
• Extraordinarily elite ranges of agility to get round defenders with an efficient vary of instruments to make tacklers miss.
• Good within the passing recreation and finds good area out extensive on check-downs and wheel routes.
• After-the-catch expertise are elite.
• Prime finish pace is sweet
• Keen as a blocker and makes use of good instincts and intelligence to search out move rushers.

THE BAD

• Doesn’t have elite breakaway pace.
• Doesn’t have an influence runner mentality or angle.
• Contact steadiness is barely classed pretty much as good.
• Will look to continually run outdoors when he wants run inside with energy and hit the protection within the mouth.
• Exhibits hesitation when working to the a-gaps.
• Runs tall and upright making him each simpler to sort out at instances, but additionally prone to harm.
• Will run away from his blockers and into defenders resulting from impatience and never permitting his blocks to develop.
• Will interact blocks within the move recreation however struggles to maintain them.

THE FIT

Bijan Robinson is an elite playmaker and the most effective in his class throughout a 12 months that may be very deep at working again. His versatility to play on any offense and elite working means will make him a game-changing participant within the NFL. His is ready to play on all three downs which makes him much more engaging. He comes with harm issues and longevity questions resulting from working type and problems with all the time on the lookout for the homerun when he wants to stay with the ability run recreation.

Prime-five expertise and one the most effective working again evaluations from the previous few years.

(CBS Rank: 7)

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