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
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