Caleb Williams calls Duce Robinson super humble

Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams is back at USC for the 2023 season and he’ll have some talented new weapons to work with this fall. Like dual-sport athlete Duce Robinson.

Robinson will suit up at tight end for the Trojans, serving as a versatile pass-catching weapon that can be flexed all over the field.

The accolades precede him. He’s a five-star prospect who was the top tight end in the class and the No. 23 overall player in the nation in 2023. He’s also a highly regarded baseball prospect.

“As an individual he’s been on the scene for many, many years now,” Williams said. “Big 6-6 kid that has played, he’s a multi-sport kid, been drafted in the MLB and things like that. Also being here at USC, being a highly talented recruit and then a player, he has all the reasons to be something that he’s not. He’s a super, super humble kid and he could be the complete opposite.”

Duce Robinson is viewed as one of the best two-sport athletes in the game right now, a talented baseball prospect on the diamond. He wasn’t selected in this year’s MLB Draft, almost certainly because he’s expressed a desire to play football in college.

But there was definitely a time when USC coach Lincoln Riley wasn’t sure if he’d be able to land the talented two-sport star.

Duce Robinson took a little convincing, which Riley was able to do thanks to his track record with high-level two-sport stars, like Kyler Murray.

Now that he’s on campus and playing football, Robinson is just trying to soak everything in.

“He wants to learn, he enjoys ball,” Williams said. “It’s fun when you get young guys in the room and young guys like that to throw to that they get out there, want to learn, want to compete and go out there and perform and make plays for you. It’s been fun. It’s been great and he’s a great guy off the field also.”

As far as a player comparison for the talented USC freshman, On3 compared him to Jimmy Graham, writing the following:

“Duce Robinson has wide receiver athleticism and movement skills in a tight end’s body. His play style and physical traits remind us of Jimmy Graham. Both were also stars in other sports, with Graham going to play college basketball at Miami, while Robinson is a MLB Draft prospect. Robinson is a top football recruit, while Graham switched to the sport full-time in college.”