Justin Spears column: Potential first-round NFL Draft pick Bijan Robinson has been scouted by many as a 'gold jacket' type of player, but the running back from Tucson is a Hall of Fame human being.
Those who have been around Robinson, whether it's in Tucson or Austin, Texas, have uttered those words or have heard someone say that a time or two or three. And there's plenty of reasons for that.
People are also reading… In my first year reporting for the Star in 2017, I was assigned to write the game story for a Salpointe Catholic-Tucson High game at Kino North Stadium. In a first-half drive, the Lancers were knocking on the door to score. Robinson took the handoff, ran just past the right tackle, cut left, then hurdled over a Tucson High defender who attempted to tackle his legs and ran for a touchdown.
As the Robinson hype grew nationally, the college offers poured in. Since Robinson wasn't active on Twitter at the time, he texted me the latest school to offer him and I would report on it. In a short amount of time, I became the"Bijan reporter," akin to ESPN's Brian Windhorst's relationship with LeBron James in Akron, Ohio.
Over the years at Texas, Robinson grew from household name in Tucson to one of the top running backs nationally — from someone who needed rides to practices at Salpointe Catholic to someone driving a Lamborghini courtesy of an NIL endorsement with the luxury car's dealership in Austin. He went from a young boy who asked his parents for money to a man who is the face of a Dijon mustard empire,"Bijan Mustardson, the official Dijon of Bijan.
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