Hall of Fame
KEVIN ROBINSON
Hometown: Fresno, Calif.
Sports: Football
Years: 2004-07
One of the most dynamic playmakers in Utah State football history, Kevin Robinson earned All-American accolades from six different publications during his senior season in 2007, including first-team honors from CBSSportsline.com. He was also a first-team all-Western Athletic Conference selection as a senior as he set the then-NCAA record with 1,260 kickoff return yards. As a senior, Robinson led the WAC and was eighth in the nation with 193.08 all-purpose yards per game, and led both the WAC and the NCAA with an 18.9 yards per punt return average. Robinson also ranked third in the league and sixth in the nation in kickoff returns with a 29.3 yards per return average as a senior and had three kick returns for touchdown, one of only two players in the country to do so. He was also the only player in the country with four combined kick returns for touchdowns during the 2007 season. With 2,317 all-purpose yards as a senior, Robinson ranks No. 2 all-time in the WAC and is one of just nine players in the history of the league to top the 2,000 all-purpose yards mark. Robinson, who was also named a first-team freshman All-American by The Sporting News, ended his collegiate career as the NCAA career record holder with a 16.16 yards per play average as he notched 6,479 career yards in 401 career plays, which now ranks 16th all-time in the NCAA. Robinson also tied the NCAA record with eight combined kick and punt return touchdowns in his career. As for Utah State, Robinson is the school's career record holder with 178 receptions and eight combined kick returns for touchdowns and tied for first all-time at USU with four punt returns for touchdowns. He also ranks second all-time in school history in kickoff returns for touchdowns with four, second in all-purpose yards (6,479), second in punt return average (14.1 ypr), third in receiving yards (2,485), tied for third in receiving touchdowns with 21 and fifth all-time in kickoff return average (25.2 ypr). Overall, Robinson had six 100-yard receiving games and he accounted for 150 all-purpose yards 17 times. Following his senior season, Robinson was invited to participate in the annual East vs. West Shrine game in Houston, Texas, where he had a 72-yard punt return for a touchdown, as well as a receiving touchdown. Robinson was drafted in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL draft by the Kansas City Chiefs and then spent the 2009 season in the CFL with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
