Michael Robinson
Michael Robinson
Big Ten's Offensive Player of the Year in 2005 as a Penn State quarterback. He was selected to his first Pro Bowl in 2011 as a fullback for the Seattle Seahawks.
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth6 February 1983
CityRichmond, VA
game quarter second ten
It's the Big Ten and anything can happen, ... But I never thought I'd be out of the game before the second quarter was over.
attitude filtered freshmen good knew rare
Derrick was one of these rare freshmen who knew he was good before he got here. He would look at me and say, 'I'm going to be open,' and that attitude filtered down to all the receivers.
line player running unique
Derrick's a very unique player. He has exceptional speed. We were able to line him up at running back sometimes. I don't know if we have another player on our roster like that.
honest miss
That's probably what I'm going to miss the most, to be honest with you,
ball coming gotta guys king player players
That started everything. King coming in and making a big play like that started everything. He's a big-time player and big-time players show up in big-time situations. He's one of those guys we gotta get the ball to.
attitude ball brought football gloves run throwing
It wasn't always throwing to them. I'd put the ball down, put the receivers gloves on and go out there and run with them. And they responded to that. They soaked it all in. These kids, they all know how to win. And they brought that attitude to our football team.
bit oh respect
Oh my God. I have a lot of respect for him. Even a little bit more than I already had.
forgot joe oh
Oh man, don't say that. I forgot I had it in. It's one of those things where we're not around Joe right now.
bowl rose
No, it's not. But it's our Rose Bowl (this) week.
believe coach definitely finished gone means people
It means a lot. Coach Paterno has gone through a lot of criticism. ... I can't believe people wanted him to leave. We definitely finished it like we wanted to finish it.
finally offense opportunity throw wide
It's just finally getting the opportunity to do what I like to do. This offense being so wide open, I can throw it to any receiver.
attack certain knowing line people seeing
It's just repetition, going over it, seeing blitzes more, knowing how people are going to line up and attack us with certain blitzes.
caught everybody knew
It was emotional. It was really emotional, ... I never really knew it was going to be like this, but what a way to go out. Everybody got caught up in this game.
game great kept playing quit team
It was emotional, but what a great way to go out, playing a great team like Wisconsin. It was hard-fought and they never quit. There were a lot of times in that game where they could have quit but they kept pushing.