Missouri EDGE Darius Robinson rates his pro day performance
Begin t r g e r t. Oh, feels like football season is almost upon us. Our next guest was a two year captain and first team all SEC. Also an academic All American and one of the top defensive linemen in this year’s NFL draft. Please give a warm welcome. Missouri Edgeworth
Rusher Darius Robinson. Let’s go Darius let’s go baby. Woo how y’all doing yeah and we’re doing great. We’re happy to have you bringing the energy this morning. And these past few months you’ve been a busy guy. You were at the Senior Bowl the combine. Then last Friday you
Took part in Mizzou’s Pro Day. How would you rate your performance in front of scouts and coaches and NFL GMs, yeah, I would say I’ve been having a great process, I just honestly have three goals every time, you know, any any opportunity, I get to compete. My first goal always
Just to have fun. My second goal is just to be better than the last time I was on tape. So every time people see me, I want to be better. And really just my last goal is to show why I’m the best defensive lineman in the draft. But every opportunity I
Get, I’m just making the most of it and enjoying this process, I can tell. And we love this about you. You have described yourself as, quote, a mixture of Christian Jones and Max Crosby. We’re talking to Chris Crosby right now. Guys, that is the comp. What similarities do you
See in their games and yours? Yes, I would say definitely, Chris Jones at the three tech. I love how he’s webbing and he’s always uses his hands and always forklifts on the inside side like he’s never getting blocked. And then Max Crosby on the outside, he has very long arms
Like me, so he’s always turning his shoulders upper body rotation. And he plays with such a high motor. And these are two of the best guys in the NFL. And guys that I look up to. And I watch their tape all the time to find ways for myself to get
Better. That was a good breakdown. You didn’t play high school football until your junior year. The plan was to get a college scholarship, which you received from Missouri. If you didn’t get a football scholarship, what was the back up plan? So if I didn’t get a football scholarship, I honestly
Would have went to the Marines. I felt like I had a service family background, and also I just wanted a way for me to pay for college and, you know, to be able to get out of Michigan. But yeah, I would have been in the Marines. That’s awesome. That’s awesome. Things have obviously
Worked out for you and we actually have an interview you did during your high school years. It was back in 2018. Take a listen to this. Are you, utilize this year as a junior and how do you think you performed, this year? It was really just like, I feel like
Just touching the water, really? Because this is my first high school year, the past season. But now that I know, like, what I’m really capable of, this year is going to be amazing. And I can’t wait from just touching the water to about to be drafted . What do you remember about
Yourself back then and what goes through your mind when you’re listening to that clip? Yeah, I definitely think back of the process and starting at the very bottom, like I never forget like the first day lifting weights, I remember I got 135 stuck on my chest and I didn’t think like,
How much hard work I had to put into this, how much I had to grow with my teammates in high school. And then get to the college level and try to recreate the process to be the best Darius Robinson each and every day. But it’s really a blessing. And just, staying
Humble and just working hard as I possibly can each and every day and realize, you know, it’s more work to be done. You know, I’m excited for the NFL. You know, I didn’t come to participate. I came to dominate. So just making sure each and every day I’m getting better and
Be able to reach my goals. All right. Well, you’ve had you’ve had so much success on the field, but off the field you’ve started your own foundation. Tell us a little bit more about that. What’s the motivation behind that. And tell us anything that you have going on with the foundation. Yeah. So,
Going into my senior year, I had in August of 2023, I had a book bag drive where I purchased 100 book bags for the local kids in my community, and that attend my church. And after that event, and I’m so glad my teammates were able to come out. This was
All during fall camp and after that event, I thought about the inspiration that I’m going to bring other kids and other people in our community. So I filed the paperwork, started my own nonprofit, and then this past Christmas, I raised over $3,000 for three families in need. And now going forward, my
Goal is just to do three events each year and just give back my blessings to others because I’m really blessed to be in this position that I’m in. But it doesn’t help anybody if I don’t give back. And, you know, we all, as a community, continue to grow. I absolutely love that you
Understand that at a young age. And I got to imagine a lot of that started in your childhood and you growing up outside of Detroit and the 2024 NFL draft is in Detroit. As a baby, you were wearing Detroit Lions gear. Yo, man, look at that guy. You
Were later on, a huge fan of. Calvin Johnson and Matthew Stafford. Have you been invited to the NFL draft? Have you started to think about what it could possibly be if you walking across that stage in your hometown, possibly to become a Detroit Lion man? I think about
It all the time. I haven’t gotten invited yet, you know, just waiting to see how everything plays out. But that would be a huge opportunity, huge blessing to be able to walk, in my hometown on day one, so just staying the course, waiting, waiting out the process. But man, it’s a dream.
Being from Michigan, I remember last time I was home, I was driving downtown Detroit, and I just had to stop and just look at the sign and just pray about it and just think like, this is a blessing. Coming from my junior year of high school to
Mizzou to now, this is my next chapter. But this would be a huge accomplishment. And, you know, we’ll see what happens. Darius, we can’t wait. You did not come to participate. You came to dominate. We can’t wait to see where you end up, man. Thanks for coming through this
Morning. All right. Thanks for having me
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LOVE ❤❤💓💓💞💓💞💓💗💖💖💗💓💗💓💞💓💞
KAI?
He needs to be a COMMANDER!!!!
Dudes going to be a Lion and I don't think it's even a question at this point.
Chiefs go get him !🔥🔥🔥
I don't think he will land in KC but would be pumped if he did
Come to Texans work opposite Anderson Jr. 🔥
Bro look like Kai in the thumbnail 😂😂😂😂
Come to the Chiefs and join fellow MIZZOU alum Nick Bolton.
Best wishes champ!
He was a senior when I was a freshman at my high school. I got brought to varsity for playoffs, I was a 5’10 155 running back. I can remember him meeting me in c cap. It was by far the hardest hit I’ve ever taken.