Game Highs
Receiving
- Receptions: 14, at NOV 4/18/04
- Yards: 159, at NOV 4/18/04
- Touchdowns: 4, at DAL 5/22/04
- Yds/Rec: 41, vs. CLB 4/29/06
- Long: 47, vs. GEO 6/9/07
Kickoff Returns
- Returns: 10, twice, last at SJS 6/14/08
- Yards: 256, at DET 5/11/03
- TDs: 3, vs. NYD 5/18/02
- Long: 58, six times, last at ORL 6/7/08
Enters his eighth season in the AFL and first with the Storm…Started professional football career in 1999 with the Peoria Pirates of the Indoor Football League…Pirates went 17-0 and won the 2000 IFL Gold Cup Championship and Robinson was named MVP…Earned All- Ironman and All-Rookie honors in 2001…First all-time in AFL with 28 kickoff return touchdowns (28)…2004 Columbus Destroyers MVP… Named AFL Offensive Player of the Month for May 2004…Owns numerous records with the now defunct Austin Wranglers, including Kickoff returns for a touchdown, all-purpose yards in a game and season and combined kick returns in a season.
Robinson appeared in 12 games and started five at WR for Tampa Bay, he missed four games due to injury…Led the team in kickoff return yards, all-purpose yards, third in receptions, fourth in receiving yards and sixth in scoring (non-kicker)…Finished season with six 100-yard KO return games, fifth most in the AFL, he was sixth in KO returns and KO return yards…Named Ironman of the Game in Weeks 2 and 15, ArenaFan.com Ironman of the Week (Week 15) and OurSportsCentral. com Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 2)…3/1 at Kansas City: New return man made immediate impact as he average 23.8 yards a return, a dual threat he also caught five passes and touchdown pass, led team in all-purpose yards… 3/7 vs. Georgia: Broke 9,000 career return yards, making him only the third player in the AFL to do so (Hunkie Cooper and George LaFrance), second consecutive 100-yard return game, second on team in receptions and receiving yards…3/16 at New Orleans: Third consecutive 100-yard return game, sprained ankle in third quarter… 3/27: Place on Injured Reserve… 3/29 at Philadelphia: Injured reserve… 4/5 at Columbus: Injured Reserve… 4/13 vs. Arizona: Injured Reserve… 4/18 vs. New York: Injured Reserve… 4/26 at Orlando: Three kickoff returns for 45 yards and four catches for 39 yards… 5/5 vs. Chicago: One catch with touchdown, six kickoff returns for 109 yards… 5/9 vs. New Orleans: Five returns for 81 yards… 5/16 at Grand Rapids: Five catches for just over 100 yds…Three kick-off returns for 51 yds… 5/23 vs. Cleveland: Started at WR, also recorded first tackle of the season…Four catches for 51 yds…Three KO returns for 56 yards…5/31 at Georgia: Started at WR, made second tackle of season…Six catches for 45 yards…6/7 vs. Orlando: Started at WR, named Ironman of the Game…Returned kick for touchdown with 0:00 left in the second quarter…defensively he had one forced fumble that he recovered…6/14 at San Jose: Started at WR, had 10 KO returns for 208 yards, making him the all-time kickoff return leader in the AFL surpassing Hunkie Cooper…208 KO return yards is the fourth highest single-game total in franchise history…6/21 vs. Los Angeles: Played WR, five catches for 53 yards and six KO returns for 99 yards…added on tackle on defense.
Appeared in 12 games with the Austin Wranglers… Led team in kick returns (64) and kick return yards (1,300), tied for most fumble returns (2), second on team in rushing yards (69), third on team in all-purpose yards (1,623) and points scored, non-kicker (84) and fourth on team with 16 receptions for 254 yards… Had six 100-yard return games and one 200-yard return game… Scored two touchdowns on the ground at Georgia 3/11… Longest kickoff return for a touchdown was 58 yards at New York 6/2…Game Highs: Rushes – 3, twice, last at Arizona (5/12)… Rush Yards – 21, vs. Las Vegas (3/4)… Receptions – 4, three times, last at Tampa Bay (6/23)… Receiving yards – 83, vs. Georgia (6/9)… Kick Returns – 9, vs. Philadel¬phia (5/27)… Kick Return Yards – 238, vs. Philadelphia (5/27)… Fumble Returns – 2 at Orlando (3/16)… Total Tackles – 3 at Orlando (3/16).
Played in all 16 games…Totaled six kick return touchdowns during the season at Dallas (2/17), at Georgia (3/4), against New York (3/12), two against San Jose (4/22) and at Orlando (5/12)… Named US Army Ironman of the Game four times…Set Wranglers’ record of 78 kickoff returns in a season…Set franchise record of six kickoff return touchdowns in a season…Set Wranglers’ record of combined kick returns during the season of 84…Set franchise record of all-purpose yards gained in a season of 2,235 and 279 in a game…Finished the season ranked tops in the AFL all-time in kickoff return touchdowns with 24.
Played in 12 games, starting 10 for the Columbus Destroyers…Grabbed 56 passes for 540 yards and nine touch¬downs…Threw for a nine-yard touchdown… Also returned 33 kickoffs for 683 yards and two touchdowns…Battled through various injuries during the season and was placed on injured reserve on May 5.
Played in all 16 regular season games for the Destroyers, starting 11 games…Set career-highs in receptions, kick return yards, and all-purpose yards… Named the AFL’s Offensive Player of the Month for May…Named the Destroyers 2004 MVP…Led Columbus’ special teams’ play, returning 72 kicks (second in AFL) for 1,580 yards (second in AFL) and five touchdowns (tied for first in AFL), giving him 2,716 all-purpose yards on the season (sec¬ond in AFL) his five returns for a score set a franchise record for a single season.
Played and started all 16 games for the Las Vegas Gladiators…Established himself as one of the top returners in the league after returning 73 kickoffs (fifth in AFL) for 1,581 yards (fifth in AFL) and four touchdowns (tied for third in AFL)…Finished sixth in the AFL in all-purpose yards (2,399).
Played for the New Jersey Gladiators (prior to their move to Las Vegas) starting eight out of nine games… Finished the season with 49 receptions for 554 yards and six touchdowns, which was third on the team… Also ran the ball 11 times for 32 yards and five touchdowns… Defensively, he had 10.5 tackles, one sack, one interception for 36 yards and one fumble recovery.
Started seven of the 13 games he played for the Houston Thunderbears In his rookie campaign, he led the team with 62 receptions for 807 yards and 14 touchdowns, adding two on the ground…He recovered four fumbles, including two that were returned for touchdowns…Began his domination of the AFL in kick returns with 39 for 880 yards and three touchdowns.
Began professional career in the IFL with the Peoria Pirates in 1999…In two seasons with the Pirates they went 29-1 and played in consecutive championship games…He earned MVP in the 2000 Gold Cup after scoring six touchdowns to defeat the Bismarck Blaze 63-42.
Broke 22 of 27 possible Kentucky Wesleyan records, including most career receptions (191), most career receiving yards (3,328), most career touchdowns (46) and most career all-purpose yards (5,601)… Named a first-team All-American selection as a senior… Participated in the Snow Bowl (Division II All-Star game) and was selected National Offensive Player of the Year by Football Gazette and College Football Preview… College Coach was John Johnson.
Born in Franklin, GA…Robinson cites his first AFL game in 2002, where he scored six touchdowns, as his most memorable football moment… His most embarrassing moment was when he intercepted a John Fitzgerald pass, but was then stripped of the ball by Fitzgerald himself… After college he began to baseball for the Double-A af¬filiate of the Cleveland Indians before a friend convinced him to play for the Peoria Pirates (IFL)… Wore number 25 until he signed with the Storm in honor of AFL great Hall of Famer George LaFrance, LaFrance’s number 25 is retired by the Storm…Proud father of a new baby boy, his first, Xavier Khalil Robinson, with his fiancé.
3/22/10: Re-signed with Tampa Bay Storm
6/27/08: Re-signed by Tampa Bay Storm
11/13/07: Signed by Tampa Bay Storm
10/11/05: Signed by Austin Wranglers
10/10/03: Traded to Columbus Destroyers
9/03/03: Traded to Grand Rapids Rampage
1/21/03: Re-signed in dispersal draft by New Jersey Gladiators
12/13/00: Signed by Houston Thunder Bears
1999: Began football career with Peoria Pirates (IFL)
