Stephon Robinson

Senior wide receiver for Northwestern. 2021: 46 catches, 625 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Northwestern · Sr. · #5

5′10″ · 180 lb · Los Angeles, CA

CFB Index 58 · #124 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceNorthwestern 2021 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Northwestern. 2021: 46 catches, 625 receiving yards, 2 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Northwestern, 1,717 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 186 yds vs Texas Tech.Texas Tech · W 37-342019

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Pat Fitzgerald

Northwestern

Played his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Kansas3-9HC: David Beaty · Balanced

2019Kansas3-9HC: Les Miles · Balanced

2020Kansas0-9HC: Les Miles · Run-leaning

2021Northwestern3-9HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

58Quality starter #124 of 468?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (95th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#13 / 273 · 95th pct

120

Receptions#121 / 557 · 77th pct

Rec yards#130 / 557 · 77th pct

625

Yards / catch#249 / 557 · 55th pct

13.6

Long catch#294 / 557 · 46th pct

Rec TDs#278 / 557 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.7	61.8	12.9	0.2
Road5g	3.6	50.8	12.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.7	70.7	15.9	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	40.2	8.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

David Braun

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

58 · #124 of 468 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Northwestern	46	625	13.6	2	--
2020	Kansas	2	35	17.5	0	--
2019	Kansas	45	727	16.2	8	--
2018	Kansas	28	330	11.8	1	--
Career		121	1,717	14.2	11	--

Season	Team
2021	Northwestern	10	120	17	--	--
2020	Kansas	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Kansas	4	13	247	--	--
2018	Kansas	--	--	--	--	--
Career		14	133	264	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2021

W 24–6

vs Indiana State

4 rec · 16 yds

With D. Adams — 43 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 53 LONG · B. Joseph — 2 SOLO · 2 TOT · 55 AVG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Michigan State · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +4.33Hunter Johnson pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 47 yds to the MchSt 25 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Rutgers · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.81Ryan Hilinski pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 47 yds to the Rutgr 26 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Wisconsin · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.07Andrew Marty pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 39 yds to the Wisc 36 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Nebraska · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.99Ryan Hilinski pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 32 yds to the Neb 28 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Purdue · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.91Andrew Marty pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 35 yds to the NORTHWSTRN 41 for a 1ST down PURDUE Penalty, Defensive Pass Interference (Jack Albers) declined for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Nebraska · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Ryan Hilinski pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 28 yds for a TD (Charlie Kuhbander KICK)
Week 1 · Michigan State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.55Hunter Johnson pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 14 yds for a TD, (Charlie Kuhbander KICK)
Week 7 · Rutgers · 3&17 · Q2 · EPA +2.37Ryan Hilinski pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 19 yds to the Nwest 38 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Ohio · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.32Ryan Hilinski pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 11 yds to the Nwest 46 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Iowa · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.30Andrew Marty pass complete to Stephon Robinson Jr. for 38 yds to the Nwest 41 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 21-38vs Michigan State	5	79	15.8	1	47
Wk 2	W 24-6vs Indiana State	4	16	4.0	0	7
Wk 3	L 23-30@ Duke	2	54	27.0	0	40
Wk 4	W 35-6vs Ohio	4	44	11.0	0	20
Wk 5	L 7-56@ Nebraska	8	116	14.5	1	32	Season-high 116 yds
Wk 7	W 21-7vs Rutgers	5	115	23.0	0	47
Wk 8	L 7-33@ Michigan	2	1	0.5	0	4
Wk 10	L 12-17vs Iowa	5	64	12.8	0	38
Wk 11	L 7-35@ Wisconsin	5	80	16.0	0	39
Wk 12	L 14-32vs Purdue	5	53	10.6	0	35
Wk 13	L 14-47@ Illinois	1	3	3.0	0	3
Total		46	625	12.6	2	47

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Stephon Robinson

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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