Greg Robinson
Greg Robinson
Offensive tackle who was selected second overall in the 2014 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams. He had a standout career at Auburn University, earning All-SEC honors in 2013.
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth21 October 1992
afternoon believe carol night sat spent talking time
I told him to think about it. Well, (Tuesday) afternoon he and I sat down and talked. He told me, 'Greg, Carol (Vermeil's wife) and I spent a long time (Monday) night talking about it. We believe it is the right thing.
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Football is a tough, demanding game. If you can't laugh a little, it can really wear on you. If I didn't laugh, I'd cry. You've got to be able to enjoy what you're doing. Whenever you can find a moment to lighten up a little, it's good. Our players are understanding how to do that.
atmosphere early game
It's one thing to go the day before the game when it's empty. It's another thing to go early enough on the day of the game where you can feel the atmosphere already a little bit.
against everybody jumps kids taller
That kids jumps out. He's a monster. Against BC he kind of showed what he can do. He's so much taller than everybody else.
coaching heard
Through my coaching career, this is the most I've ever heard that I was an underdog. We ain't going down there just to play. We're going down to win. We'll see how it goes.
best bodies football forcing hitting people since starting
What we're really starting to do is get as many people around the football as possible, since the best thing for forcing turnovers is getting a lot of bodies on a guy. That, and hitting hard.
bruce impression
I'll tell you what. I keep mentioning Bruce Williams. This guy's like clockwork. He's really making an impression on me.
question run style trying
I question myself trying to get two quarterbacks ready. They're two different style quarterbacks. It's trying to run two offenses.
balls caught worked yesterday
He's still sore. He worked out yesterday and caught some balls on his own going out there with buddies. It's iffy.
balls caught worked yesterday
He's still sore, ... He worked out yesterday and caught some balls on his own going out there with buddies. It's iffy.
ready
He's still banged up and he's not ready to practice.
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I don't know how much I'll be looking across at him. I think I'll be looking across at their players more than I will him. But Bobby Bowden is obviously a great football coach. He's won a lot of football games.
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He's worked very hard. That's what I've asked him to do. His dream is to go on to pro football. He's learned. It's a process. We want him to be a very consistent back, in pass protection as well as running the football and staying healthy. I'd like to believe the process is in place and that he's going to continue to develop as the year goes on.
emphasize guy moment talking threatens
He threatens you in a lot of ways, and he also threatens you in the way he competes. That's the thing we have to emphasize to our team. Don't think at any moment that this guy is done. If he was 6-foot-1, they'd be talking about him as a Heisman candidate.