WATCH: Wan'Dale Robinson scores first NFL touchdown vs Baltimore Ravens
Kentucky football’s success has bled over into Sunday. Former UK superstar Wan’Dale Robinson has scored his first touchdown in a NFL uniform Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens.
Giants QB Daniel Jones found the rookie out of Frankfort, Kentucky in the flats near the goal line before barreling his way into the end zone – something he was all too familiar in his lone season in Lexington.
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Robinson rewrote record books last season, hauling in 104 receptions for 1,334 yards and 14 total touchdowns. The Giants drafted him with the 43rd selection in the 2022 NFL Draft, where the team is hoping he becomes a staple of the New York offense.
Will Levis on Wan’Dale Robinson: ‘I miss having him, he misses having me’
After breaking out together at Kentucky in 2021 after transferring from Big Ten schools, Will Levis and Wan’Dale Robinson created a special connection. Ahead of his first NFL season with the New York Giants, the wide receiver returned to Lexington to catch his old quarterback in action before returning to make his professional debut this week.
Wan’Dale Robinson started his career at Nebraska while Will Levis was at Penn State, but Kentucky brought both in on the way to posting a 10-win season including a Citrus Bowl win over Iowa. After catching up in Week 1, Levis broke down what the conversation sounded like between them.
“We talked a little bit before and after the game,” said Levis. “He said we looked good, and I know that he knew that we thought we could’ve played better, but he was very impressed with how we were able to play. And I was able to get the balls to the new guys.
“I miss having him, he misses having me, but he’s doing his thing. Got to have some fun with him after the game too which was cool.”
Robinson could find himself hoping for a reunion between the two by the 2023 NFL Draft as his team’s new coaching staff takes this year to evaluate the future of current quarterback Daniel Jones with an eye on the available prospects coming out of college and free agents who could become available.