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Jersey Number 94
Alton Robinson
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Converse, Texas
- High School:
- Judson
Bio
Career Overview: Three-year starter at defensive end ... Joined the Orange during 2017 preseason camp and quickly moved into the starting lineup ... Two-time All-ACC selection, including earning second-team honors as a junior in 2018 ... Winner of Syracuse’s Tim Green Award as the team’s most outstanding defensive lineman in 2018 and 2019 ... Joined Arthur Jones (2007, 2009) and Chandler Jones (2010, 2011) as the only players in team history to win the award twice ... In 36 games (34 starts), had 115 tackles (72 solo) ... Finished his career No. 7 on Syracuse’s all-time sacks list with 19.5 and tied for No. 9 in team history with 32.5 tackles for loss ... Also recorded five forced fumbles, batted down five passes and recovered a pair of fumbles ... In 2018, teamed with Kendall Coleman to form the ACC’s No. 1 sack duo with 20 combined quarterback takedowns ... Both players had 10 sacks each ... Spent his freshman season at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, where he was one of the top junior-college pass rushers in the country ... Recorded two sacks for the North team in the 2020 Senior Bowl ... Attended the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine ... Three letters.
Senior Year (2019): Rated the No. 12 defensive end in the country and the best pass rusher in the ACC by Lindy’s ... All-ACC Honorable Mention choice ... Winner of the Tim Green Award as the team’s most outstanding defensive lineman for the second year in a row ... Started all 12 games for the second straight season ... Second among Orange defensive linemen with 46 tackles (23 solo) ... Tied for second on the squad in sacks (4.5) and ranked third in tackles for loss (9.5) ... Also credited with three pass breakups and one forced fumble on the season ... Tallied five tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and half a sack to help the Orange to a 24-0 shutout of Liberty (8/31) in the season opener ... Against Western Michigan (9/21), logged six tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, two sacks and forced a fumble ... Registered two tackles, including a half tackle for loss, and broke up a career-best two passes versus Holy Cross (9/28) ... At NC State (10/10), recorded two tackles, including one for lost yardage, as Syracuse’s defensive game captain ... Notched four tackles in consecutive games versus Pittsburgh (10/18) and at Florida State (10/26) ... At Duke (11/16), posted five tackles, including one sack ... At Louisville (11/23), had six tackles, including one for lost yardage ... In the final game of his career, tallied a career-high 10 tackles and one sack to help the Orange defeat Wake Forest (11/30) in overtime.
Junior Year (2018): Named to the All-ACC Second Team ... Second-team Associated Press All-ACC honoree ... All-ECAC First Team selection ... Recipient of the Tim Green Award (Most Outstanding Defensive Lineman) at the team banquet ... Started all 12 games he played … Paced all Syracuse defensive linemen in tackles (39) for the second year in a row, including 31 solo stops ... Tied for second in the ACC with 10 sacks ... Tied for first in the conference and ranked eighth nationally in sacks per game (0.83) ... Tied for third in the ACC and matched the fourth-highest season total in program history with 17 tackles for loss ... Second in the ACC in tackles for loss per game (1.42) ... Recorded at least one tackle for loss in each of his last seven games ... Led the Orange and tied for third in the ACC with three forced fumbles ... Tied for the team lead, as well as ranked third in the conference, with two fumble recoveries ... Served as SU’s defensive game captain for the season opener at Western Michigan (8/31) ... Tallied three tackles, one sack and his first career pass breakup against Florida State (9/15) ... Against Connecticut (9/22), made five tackles and recorded a personal-best three sacks to earn ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week honors for the first time in his career ... Collected three tackles and recovered a fumble at Clemson (9/29) ... Voted the ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week again for his performance at Pittsburgh (10/6) ... Against the Panthers, Robinson set personal bests in tackles for loss (4), forced fumbles (2) and had two sacks as part of an eight-tackle effort ... His four tackles for loss were the most for an Orange defender in one game since Brandon Sharpe tallied six versus Pitt in 2012 ... Defensive game captain for the second time in 2018 at Wake Forest (11/3) ... Registered four tackles, including three for a loss, one sack and broke up a pass against the Demon Deacons ... Had two sacks and one fumble recovery versus Louisville (11/9) ... Carded three tackles, including a sack, and forced a fumble at Boston College (11/24) ... Did not play in the Camping World Bowl versus West Virginia (12/28) … Member of the Fall 2018 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. Â
Sophomore Year (2017): Played in 12 games, starting 10 ... Led all Orange down linemen with 30 tackles (18 solo), including six for a loss, and a team-high five sacks … Forced one fumble ... Eight multi-tackle games … In his Syracuse debut against Central Connecticut State (9/1), notched two solo tackles … Moved into the starting lineup versus Central Michigan (9/16) two weeks later and recorded one tackle ... At NC State (9/30), logged a season-high six tackles, including one for a loss … Followed up the performance with five tackles, one sack and one forced fumble versus Pittsburgh (10/6) ... Against Clemson (10/13), notched a sack for the second game in a row and carded five solo tackles ... At Florida State (11/4), posted a season-best two sacks … Against Wake Forest (11/11), logged two tackles, including a sack.
Freshman Year (2016 at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M): Played in all 10 games for the 5-5 Golden Norsemen ... Named to the All-Southwest Junior College Conference Second Team ... Made 67 tackles (31 solo) … Ranked third nationally with 14 sacks ... Forced three fumbles ... Six multi-sack games ... Two 10+ tackle games, including a season-high 11 stops and 1.5 sacks against Tyler Junior College (9/17) ... Had a season-high three sacks at Trinity Valley Community College (11/5).
High School: Played linebacker and defensive end for four years for Coach Sean McAuliffe ... 2015 Associated Press 6A Honorable Mention All-State selection … Named to the 2015 American Family Insurance All-USA Texas Second Team by USA Today ... As a senior captain, logged 44 tackles, including 23 for a loss, 12 sacks and four forced fumbles for the Rockets ... Voted Judson’s Defensive Player of the Year as a junior ... Also played basketball and competed in track & field.
Personal: Alton Ledell Robinson ... Born in June 1998 in San Antonio, Texas ... Son of Darlene Robinson and Oscar Harviley ... Four sisters ... Sociology major.
Senior Year (2019): Rated the No. 12 defensive end in the country and the best pass rusher in the ACC by Lindy’s ... All-ACC Honorable Mention choice ... Winner of the Tim Green Award as the team’s most outstanding defensive lineman for the second year in a row ... Started all 12 games for the second straight season ... Second among Orange defensive linemen with 46 tackles (23 solo) ... Tied for second on the squad in sacks (4.5) and ranked third in tackles for loss (9.5) ... Also credited with three pass breakups and one forced fumble on the season ... Tallied five tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and half a sack to help the Orange to a 24-0 shutout of Liberty (8/31) in the season opener ... Against Western Michigan (9/21), logged six tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, two sacks and forced a fumble ... Registered two tackles, including a half tackle for loss, and broke up a career-best two passes versus Holy Cross (9/28) ... At NC State (10/10), recorded two tackles, including one for lost yardage, as Syracuse’s defensive game captain ... Notched four tackles in consecutive games versus Pittsburgh (10/18) and at Florida State (10/26) ... At Duke (11/16), posted five tackles, including one sack ... At Louisville (11/23), had six tackles, including one for lost yardage ... In the final game of his career, tallied a career-high 10 tackles and one sack to help the Orange defeat Wake Forest (11/30) in overtime.
Junior Year (2018): Named to the All-ACC Second Team ... Second-team Associated Press All-ACC honoree ... All-ECAC First Team selection ... Recipient of the Tim Green Award (Most Outstanding Defensive Lineman) at the team banquet ... Started all 12 games he played … Paced all Syracuse defensive linemen in tackles (39) for the second year in a row, including 31 solo stops ... Tied for second in the ACC with 10 sacks ... Tied for first in the conference and ranked eighth nationally in sacks per game (0.83) ... Tied for third in the ACC and matched the fourth-highest season total in program history with 17 tackles for loss ... Second in the ACC in tackles for loss per game (1.42) ... Recorded at least one tackle for loss in each of his last seven games ... Led the Orange and tied for third in the ACC with three forced fumbles ... Tied for the team lead, as well as ranked third in the conference, with two fumble recoveries ... Served as SU’s defensive game captain for the season opener at Western Michigan (8/31) ... Tallied three tackles, one sack and his first career pass breakup against Florida State (9/15) ... Against Connecticut (9/22), made five tackles and recorded a personal-best three sacks to earn ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week honors for the first time in his career ... Collected three tackles and recovered a fumble at Clemson (9/29) ... Voted the ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week again for his performance at Pittsburgh (10/6) ... Against the Panthers, Robinson set personal bests in tackles for loss (4), forced fumbles (2) and had two sacks as part of an eight-tackle effort ... His four tackles for loss were the most for an Orange defender in one game since Brandon Sharpe tallied six versus Pitt in 2012 ... Defensive game captain for the second time in 2018 at Wake Forest (11/3) ... Registered four tackles, including three for a loss, one sack and broke up a pass against the Demon Deacons ... Had two sacks and one fumble recovery versus Louisville (11/9) ... Carded three tackles, including a sack, and forced a fumble at Boston College (11/24) ... Did not play in the Camping World Bowl versus West Virginia (12/28) … Member of the Fall 2018 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. Â
Sophomore Year (2017): Played in 12 games, starting 10 ... Led all Orange down linemen with 30 tackles (18 solo), including six for a loss, and a team-high five sacks … Forced one fumble ... Eight multi-tackle games … In his Syracuse debut against Central Connecticut State (9/1), notched two solo tackles … Moved into the starting lineup versus Central Michigan (9/16) two weeks later and recorded one tackle ... At NC State (9/30), logged a season-high six tackles, including one for a loss … Followed up the performance with five tackles, one sack and one forced fumble versus Pittsburgh (10/6) ... Against Clemson (10/13), notched a sack for the second game in a row and carded five solo tackles ... At Florida State (11/4), posted a season-best two sacks … Against Wake Forest (11/11), logged two tackles, including a sack.
Freshman Year (2016 at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M): Played in all 10 games for the 5-5 Golden Norsemen ... Named to the All-Southwest Junior College Conference Second Team ... Made 67 tackles (31 solo) … Ranked third nationally with 14 sacks ... Forced three fumbles ... Six multi-sack games ... Two 10+ tackle games, including a season-high 11 stops and 1.5 sacks against Tyler Junior College (9/17) ... Had a season-high three sacks at Trinity Valley Community College (11/5).
High School: Played linebacker and defensive end for four years for Coach Sean McAuliffe ... 2015 Associated Press 6A Honorable Mention All-State selection … Named to the 2015 American Family Insurance All-USA Texas Second Team by USA Today ... As a senior captain, logged 44 tackles, including 23 for a loss, 12 sacks and four forced fumbles for the Rockets ... Voted Judson’s Defensive Player of the Year as a junior ... Also played basketball and competed in track & field.
Personal: Alton Ledell Robinson ... Born in June 1998 in San Antonio, Texas ... Son of Darlene Robinson and Oscar Harviley ... Four sisters ... Sociology major.
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