At first glance, one would seem that Giants second-round pick Wan’Dale Robinson has a similar skill-set to Kadarius Toney, last year’s first-round pick.
And that’s not a bad thing, as the Giants have said they’re not looking to trade Toney, and Robinson thinks that there’s no such thing as too many playmakers.
“I mean, I think we all have our separate ways and different types of games, and I think we probably do some of the things that are similar and can do things that are alike in the short game and intermediate game and things like that,” Robinson said after being selected Friday night, “but at the end of the day, we are just play-makers I think.”
Robinson describes himself as a “tough, elusive, exciting playmaker,” and he’s looking forward to being a Swiss Army Knife of sorts in Brian Daboll’s offense.
“Just come in and be a versatile piece and just do a lot of different things for the offense,” he said. “At the end of the day, I just want to come in and help the team win.”
Robinson has watched a lot of top receivers – notably Cooper Kupp, as he played a similar position in a similar offense to Kupp and the Rams at Kentucky – and tries to take parts of all of their games, but the one big concern about him is something you can’t teach: size.
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The dynamo clocks in at just 5-foot-8 and 178 pounds, but that didn’t stop him from being a second team All-SEC selection last year and catching the third-most passes in the nation (104) in an offense that wasn’t always pass-heavy – so he calls that concern “just another obstacle to overcome.”
It may have been a reason he fell to No. 41 in the second round, but then again, that just may be another chip on his shoulder.
“I always felt like I was talented enough to be picked this early. I just felt like somebody just had to believe in me and not believe in the hype thing and just believe in the football player,” he said. “I mean, at the end of the day, I just felt like everybody has their own opinion. I wasn't trying to get caught up in that. I just felt like I was going to end up where I was supposed to. I just needed one team to take that chance on me and I was going to give them all I've got.”
Indeed, the Giants took that chance, deciding on Robinson when they traded down for a second time in Round 2. They had met with Robinson at the Combine and a few times since, and made Wan’Dale’s dream come true as he sat with a “full house” of family and friends at a hotel in Lexington, Kentucky.
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And now, he’ll head to New York for just the second time ever to begin his pro career, and give Big Blue another dynamic weapon to deploy.
“(Lining up all over the field) is what I pride myself on. I like being a guy that can do all the things equally well, not just doing one thing, stand out well,” he said. “Just being able to do everything on the field so that way the defense doesn't know what I'm going to do whenever I'm in the game.”
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