Fast facts: Learn more about Dolphins’ first-round pick Chop Robinson
MIAMI GARDENS —The Miami Dolphins selected Penn State edge rusher Chop Robinson in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night.
Here are some things to know about the Dolphins’ first-round pick:
Name: Chop Robinson
Pos./round: Edge rusher/1st round (No. 21)
School: Penn State
Year: Junior
Ht: 6-3; Wt: 254
Hometown: Gaithersburg, Md.
Comment: First name is Demeioun but he was nicknamed “Pork Chop” because he was 11 pounds at birth, and the nickname was later shortened. …
“He looked like a baby sumo wrestler,” his father, John Robinson told The Athletic in 2022. “One of my neighbors was like, ‘Oh, look at Pork Chop,’ and then it kind of stuck and we kept calling him ‘Pork Chop.’ He was a fat baby. By about 4, he started to grow upward and it stretched him out. He got another nickname, which is ‘Plump.’ In Little League football and all that, he was known as ‘Plump.’ ” . …
Robinson should be a Day One starter if veterans Bradley Chubb (knee) and Jaelan Phillips (Achilles) aren’t ready following their season-ending injuries. …
Last season Robinson had 15 tackles, seven tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks. …
Robinson was a first-team All Big Ten selection last season and a third-team All-America selection. …
Robinson started his college career at Maryland at 2021 and had 19 tackles and 2.0 sacks. …
Robinson ran a 4.48-second 40-yard dash at the NFL scouting combine. …
Robinson joins a line of Dolphins defensive line products from Penn State that includes defensive ends Cam Wake and Jared Odrick. …
The Dolphins might have had their eye on other edge rushers but UCLA’s Laiatu Latu and Florida State’s Jared Verse were selected shortly before Robinson was selected.