Ellis Robinson IV
Ellis Robinson IV tied for the SEC lead in interceptions -- as a redshirt freshman. The former five-star is the centerpiece of Georgia's rebuilt secondary, and his best football is clearly ahead of him.
Ellis Robinson IV tied for the SEC lead in interceptions — as a redshirt freshman. The former five-star is the centerpiece of Georgia's rebuilt secondary, and his best football is clearly ahead of him.
Robinson's first real season was a ballhawk's debut: four interceptions to tie for the SEC lead, seven pass breakups and 20 tackles as a redshirt freshman, earning FWAA Freshman Defensive Player of the Year and second-team All-SEC. At 6-0, 180, the former five-star pairs recovery speed with the instincts to read routes and jump throws. He's a breakout candidate and the building block of a made-over Georgia secondary. The forward stakes carry a small caveat — a minor April surgery kept him out of the spring game, with a healthy return expected — but if he's right, a corner this productive this early is on a track toward being the best in the conference. For Georgia, he's the cover man the rest of the defense gets to be built around.
How he plays
Robinson is an instinctive, ball-hawking cover corner. The four-interception, seven-breakup line as a redshirt freshman is the whole pitch: that's a player who diagnoses route concepts, drives on the throw, and finishes at the catch point — ball production that usually takes corners years to develop. At 6-0, 180 with five-star recovery speed, he has the tools to carry receivers and the anticipation to undercut them. He's a route-reader and a gambler in the best sense, the kind of corner who takes the ball away rather than just defending. The polish and the physicality will round out with reps; the instincts and the takeaway ability are already elite.
The story
Robinson's first real season was a ballhawk's debut: four interceptions to tie for the SEC lead, seven pass breakups and 20 tackles as a redshirt freshman, earning FWAA Freshman Defensive Player of the Year and second-team All-SEC. At 6-0, 180, the former five-star pairs recovery speed with the instincts to read routes and jump throws. He's a breakout candidate and the building block of a made-over Georgia secondary. The forward stakes carry a small caveat -- a minor April surgery kept him out of the spring game, with a healthy return expected -- but if he's right, a corner this productive this early is on a track toward being the best in the conference. For Georgia, he's the cover man the rest of the defense gets to be built around.
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirby Smart
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Career stats
How he plays
Play style
Robinson is an instinctive, ball-hawking cover corner. The four-interception, seven-breakup line as a redshirt freshman is the whole pitch: that's a player who diagnoses route concepts, drives on the throw, and finishes at the catch point -- ball production that usually takes corners years to develop. At 6-0, 180 with five-star recovery speed, he has the tools to carry receivers and the anticipation to undercut them. He's a route-reader and a gambler in the best sense, the kind of corner who takes the ball away rather than just defending. The polish and the physicality will round out with reps; the instincts and the takeaway ability are already elite.
Our classifier reads him the same way: erases the deep middle of the field.
2026 Outlook
Georgia
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Georgia
Returning around him
- 8 Georgia players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -7 net (9 in / 16 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Georgia · Last season: 12-2 (AP #2) · Talent rank #1 · 2026 recruiting class #6
Perception vs tape
Robinson's first real season was a ballhawk's debut: four interceptions to tie for the SEC lead, seven pass breakups and 20 tackles as a redshirt freshman, earning FWAA Freshman Defensive Player of the Year and second-team All-SEC. At 6-0, 180, the former five-star pairs recovery speed with the instincts to read routes and jump throws.
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Player DNA
Centerfielder
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to OJ Frederique Jr.’s 2025 season.
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As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to OJ Frederique Jr.'s sophomore season at Miami (2025).
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Background
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 2025 FWAA Freshman Defensive Player of the Year 2025 FWAA, The Athletic Freshman All-America Team 2025 Second Team All-SEC (AP) CAREER HIGHS 4 tackles vs. Kentucky, 2025 1 INT vs. four teams (recent: at Georgia Tech, 2025) 2 pass break-ups vs. Alabama, 2025 - SECCG 2025: Played...