Bijan Robinson was taken eighth overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the NFL draft.
Justin Spears KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With the eighth pick in the NFL draft, the Atlanta Falcons took Tucson native and running back Bijan Robinson on Thursday.
Robinson's NFL journey began in Tucson, playing for the Tucson Broncos of the Tucson Youth Football league, before he developed into a star at Salpointe Catholic. At Salpointe Catholic, Robinson was a back-to-back Ed Doherty Award winner for Arizona's top high school football player, and the do-it-all running back ran for a big-school record 7,036 yards and 114 touchdowns.
After etching his name in Arizona football lore, Robinson took his talents to Austin, Texas to play for the Longhorns, where he became the fourth UT running back of all time to win the Doak Walker Award. Off the field, Robinson capitalized on the NIL era in college sports and earned endorsement deals with Raising Cane's, the Lamborghini dealership in Austin, among other brands, and founded a Dijon mustard chain,"Bijan Mustardson.
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