2018 Football Roster
Jersey Number 2
Kenny Robinson Jr.
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 198
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Wilkinsburg, Pa.
- High School:
- Imani Christian HS
2018 (So.)
- All-Big 12 First Team (DB)
- Has played in 25 career games, including 20 starts
- Started 12 games in 2018 at safety
- Tied for No. 2 in the Big 12 in total interceptions (4)
- Tied for No. 2 in the Big 12 in interceptions per game (0.33)
- Ranks No. 14 in the Big 12 in total tackles per game (6.6)
- Career active WVU leader in interceptions (7)
- No. 2 on the WVU defense with 77 total tackles and 52 solo stops
- Tied for No. 3 on the WVU defense in pass breakups (4)
- Had two tackles, including assisting on a tackle for loss and an interception against Syracuse in the Camping World Bowl
- Recovered the first fumble of his career, hauled in his third interception of the season and finished with seven solo stops vs. Oklahoma
- Forced the first fumble of his career against Oklahoma State, also notched eight solo stops and a pass breakup
- Registered four solo stops vs. TCU
- Set a career high in total tackles (10) against Texas
- Recorded eight total tackles, including five solo stops, and one pass breakup, against Baylor
- Tallied eight total tackles and one pass breakup against Iowa State
- Finished three total tackles against Kansas
- WVU Defensive Co-Champion: Texas Tech
- Registered his first career multi-interception game (2 at Texas Tech) and set a career high in solo tackles (8) against Texas Tech
- Recorded four solo tackles against Kansas State, a season high
- Tallied three solo stops against Youngstown State
- Set his career-high in assisted tackles (8) against Tennessee
2017 (Fr.)
- All-Big 12 Conference Honorable Mention (coaches)
- Played in all 13 games, including eight starts
- Sixth-leading tackler for WVU with 46 tackles, including 32 solo stops, two tackles for loss, three interceptions, returning two for touchdowns and three pass breakups
- Tied for the team lead with three interceptions
- Earned a career-high eight tackles vs. Utah
- Registered five tackles at Oklahoma
- Recorded a 94-yard interception return for a touchdown vs. Texas, the fourth-longest in school history
- First Mountaineer to record multiple pick-sixes in a season since Grant Wiley in 2000
- Added four total tackles against the Longhorns
- Tied a career high with six tackles at Kansas State to go along with a 37-yard interception return
- Logged five total tackles (three solo) vs. Iowa State, to go along with 0.5 tackle for loss and a pass breakup
- Recorded first career interception vs. Oklahoma State, which was returned for a 39-yard touchdown
- Also registered five tackles against the Cowboys
- Made first career start vs. Delaware State, recording a career-best six tackles
- Also recorded first career tackle for loss vs. DSU
- Made his debut vs. Virginia Tech
High School
- Played defensive back, quarterback and wide receiver for coach Ronnell Heard at Imani Christian Academy
- Pennsylvania All-State 1A First-Team defensive back
- Pennsylvania Football News All-State First Team (DB)
- Finished with 1,250 rushing yards, 2,150 passing yards and 18 touchdowns, with only three interceptions
- Threw for 448 yards against Frazier, seventh most in WPIAL history
- WPIAL A Defensive Player of the Year
- WPIAL A All-Conference First Team (FS)
- WPIAL A All-Conference Second Team (QB)
- Pennsylvania’s “Elite 11”
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “Fabulous 22”
- Played at University Prep as a junior but only saw action in two games due a leg injury
- Had 18 catches for 287 yards and five touchdowns
Personal
- Son of Kenneth Robinson and Danielle Hudson
- One of seven children
- Majoring in multidisciplinary studies
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
RB Diore Hubbard Scores Rushing TD
Saturday, November 01
QB Scotty Fox Jr. Scores His Second Rushing TD
Saturday, November 01
Pick Six by Jordan Scruggs Puts WVU Ahead by 10
Saturday, November 01
QB Scotty Fox Jr. Throws a DIME to WR Cam Vaughn for the TD
Saturday, November 01
