Duce Robinson
Duce Robinson is 6-6, led the ACC in receiving yards, and had a first-round grade in hand. He gave it back -- returning to Florida State to chase the breakout that turns a matchup nightmare into a top pick.
Buzz vs Tape
Rivals warmer than fans
The rival fanbase is unexpectedly warm on him relative to his own.
The Florida State Seminoles look to the future as Duce Robinson sets the standard for leadership, but all eyes are on Ousmane Kromah as the essential next group of FSU leaders to restore playoff ambitions. Can Kromah’s consistency and work…
— Locked On Podcast Network
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The story
Robinson's 2025 was a star turn: 56 catches, an ACC-leading 1,081 yards, six touchdowns, first-team All-ACC, a Phil Steele third-team All-America nod and a Biletnikoff semifinal berth. At 6-6, 222, the former USC transfer is a downfield and contested-catch problem few defenses can solve (18 contested grabs). He forwent the 2026 draft to come back. The forward stakes are the leap from very good to elite: he's already the ACC's most productive returning receiver, and a true breakout senior year would lock in a 2027 first-round profile. For a target this big who can run, 2026 is about consolidating the flashes into a complete season -- and being the player Florida State's offense runs through.
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-ACC
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike Norvell.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Norvell
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 3 · RecognizedR09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
All-Conference HM / 2nd team. Conference recognition has started.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-ACC
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida State | 56 | 1,074 | 19.2 | 6 | -- |
| 2024 | USC | 23 | 396 | 17.2 | 5 | -- |
| 2023 | USC | 16 | 351 | 21.9 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 95 | 1,821 | 19.2 | 13 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | USC | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | USC | -- | -- | -- | 10 | -- |
| Career | -- | -- | -- | 10 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 31–17
vs Alabama
2 rec · 18 yds
How he plays
Play style
Robinson is a big-bodied vertical weapon, and the data is emphatic on the deep ball: a 94th-percentile yards-per-catch (over 19 a grab), an 85th-percentile explosive-catch rate, and an 84th-percentile EPA per target -- a true field-stretcher despite his size. The honest counterweight is a 41st-percentile catch rate, the trade-off of a receiver who feasts on contested, downfield throws rather than easy completions -- the same profile his 18 contested catches describe. He's a back-shoulder, high-point, win-above-the-rim target rather than a quick-separation slot. At 6-6 with this kind of vertical juice, he's the matchup a defensive coordinator loses sleep over -- and the cleaner his catch rate gets, the closer he is to the first round.
Our classifier reads him the same way: beats you over the top.
2026 Outlook
Florida State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Florida State
Returning around him
- 13% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 1 Florida State player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -21 net (22 in / 43 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Florida State · Last season: 5-7 (AP #25) · Talent rank #19 · 2026 recruiting class #16
Perception vs tape
Robinson's 2025 was a star turn: 56 catches, an ACC-leading 1,081 yards, six touchdowns, first-team All-ACC, a Phil Steele third-team All-America nod and a Biletnikoff semifinal berth. At 6-6, 222, the former USC transfer is a downfield and contested-catch problem few defenses can solve (18 contested grabs).
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Player DNA
Deep Threat
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to KJ Duff’s 2025 season.
Matches KJ on
Differs from KJ on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Dennis Houston’s path through Western Illinois.
Dennis Houston
Matches Dennis on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Johnny Wilson's junior season at Florida State (2022).
Matches Johnny on
Differs from Johnny on
Player DNA
Players who play like Duce Robinson
Development
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025+206%
Up 206% from first season to most-recent.
Background
ACCOLADES: 2025: First Team All-ACC...Third Team All-American (Phil Steele)...ACC Receiver of the Week (vs. East Texas A&M and Wake Forest)...First Team CSC Academic All-American...CSC Academic All-District...All-ACC Academic Team...FSU Team Honors - Bill McGrotha Award, Offensive MVP & Bobby Bow...