Bijan Robinson eclipses 2,000-yard mark at Texas
Texas running back Bijan Robinson passed the 2,000-yard rushing mark in the second quarter of tonight’s game versus UTSA on Saturday from Texas-DKR Memorial Stadium.
Robinson eclipsed the mark in only 15 games in a Texas uniform.
Robinson moved to 19th all-time in rushing yards in Austin, passing Marty Akins (1973-75), and is only 44 yards behind Darren Norris (1985-88), 18th all-time.
Robinson is the 20th Longhorn to surpass 2,000 yards rushing. Robinson has a touchdown in 14 of his last 15 games at Texas. He’s scored a rushing touchdown in all three games in 2022 and now has 25 career scores – 18 rushing, 7 receiving. Robinson has 181 yards rushing in two and half games for the Longhorns in 2022.
Robinson is a 6-foot, 220-pounder from Salpointe Catholic in Tucson, AZ. He was a part of UT’s Class of 2020. Robinson was a legend on high school football fields across the state of Arizona.
He finished his career as the state’s all-time leader in touchdowns with 114 and rushing yards with 7,036. He rushed for over 2,000 yards in his sophomore, junior and senior season. Robinson is the first player to win the Ed Doherty Award — given to Arizona’s best high school football player — twice. His grandfather, Cleo Robinson, was an all-state linebacker in high school and was a track and field athlete at Northern Arizona. He later became a official and worked in the Pac-12. His great uncle, Paul Robinson, played six NFL seasons as a running back and was a consensus first team All-Pro as a rookie.
