Josh Robinson, my new favorite prospect for Day 3

[JawnyBlaze]

All credit to CPantherKing for bringing my attention to this kid.  Robinson's story is straight out of a movie.  Dead father, crook mother, lived with his grandmother til she passed (he found her in the kitchen), lived in his car at times in HS.  He seems to have a great attitude.  On the field he's a short, stocky powerful runner who was an absolute nightmare to tackle.  How this kid hasn't been hyped up more is beyond me.  He had a slow 40 (4.7), but that's not his game.  He's got a good jump cut, good vision, good enough burst, great lower strength.  He's a very good blocker, especially for his size (important, judging by our staff's comments).  Good pass catcher.  Just watch his breakdowns.  You'll be amazed.

 

http://draftbreakdown.com/players/josh-robinson-2

[section543]

Maybe he got the "run slow in your 40" memo from the panthers.....

[Captain Morgan]

would not be mad.  We have 4 picks in the next 2 rounds, and there's a lot of value still out there.

This is going to be a fun day.

[gmonjimbo]

Reminds me a bit of Michael Turner, but i think he is a 7th round pick or might go undrafted. 

[captfluoro]

Having him, Stewart and Tolbert as our backs will cause a lot of opposing defenses to be sore after the game.  That guy refuses to be tackled.

[MedellinHeel]

he is a work horse. seems like an automatic 2-4 yards. wouldnt be mad with that pick. 

[top dawg]

Cameron Artis-Payne

[tiger7_88]

For once I agree with Top Dawg (though I am extremely biased ).

Artis-Payne is faster and was a more productive running back in the same conference.

[EMSMedic79]

I've liked him for a while. Grab him in the 5th

[mpugh6]

Reminds me of Fozzy a little bit

[Mr. Scot]

The Panthers care about game speed, not timed speed.

[Fidel Cashflow]

Good looking little RB.

[UpstatePanther]

i would be comfortable with an RB in any round from here on out. there are some great talents out there still. Buck Allen, Robinson, Mike Davis (Go Gamecocks!), etc. 

 

do work Gettleman!

[rmoneyg35]

We drafted a RB in the sixth round the past two seasons, could we do it again? They say third times a charm so maybe we will hit a HR with our next RB.