Army West Point Athletics
2021 Football Roster
Roster
Tyrell Robinson
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 180
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Ga.
- High School:
- East Paulding (USMAPS)
Career Accolades:
- Named 2023 Phil Steele Preseason All-Independent first-team punt returner
- Selected as 2022 Phil Steele Postseason All-Independent first-team punt returner
- Named to the Hornung Award Watch List prior to the 2022 season
- Named a 2022 Phil Steele Preseason first-team special teamer and second-team player for offense
- Named a first-team Phil Steele Postseason All-Independent in 2021
2024: vs. East Carolina (10/19): Made his season debut rushing once for 23 yards...vs. Air Force (11/2): Rushed twice for five yards and caught a pass for four yards…at North Texas (11/9): Recorded three carries for 18 yards...vs. Notre Dame (11/23): Ran three times for 10 yards…vs. UTSA (11/30): Hauled in his first touchdown of the season, a 41-yarder from Daily in the first quarter.
2023: Returned from an injury sustained in 2022 to play in eight games with two starts…Rushed for 187 yards on 39 carries with two touchdowns…Also caught six passes for 77 yards…vs. Boston College (10/7): Made his season debut, his first game since October 8, 2022. In his return, he scored on a 10-yard touchdown run, rushing seven times for 31 yards and catching one pass for 21 yards... vs. Troy (10/14): Made his first start since his return from injury and rushed for 28 yards on six carries and lost a fumble. Added two receptions for 17 yards in the pass game... at LSU (10/21): Rushed seven times for seven yards...vs. UMass (10/28): Rushed for 36 yards on 5 attempts, had a team-high average of 7.2 yards per carry, and had his season-best carry of 25 yards... at Air Force (11/4): Caught one pass for 23 yards... vs. Holy Cross (11/11): Rushed six times for 45 yards and a touchdown. His touchdown came on a 14-yard run to give Army a 14-0 lead in the second quarter...vs. Coastal Carolina (11/18): Rushed seven times for 35 yards…vs. Navy (12/9): Rushed one time for five yards.
2022: Played in five games rushing for 321 yards and a touchdown. Also hauled in seven passes for 135 yards and a touchdown. Returned five punts for 67 yards and a touchdown…Was named a First Team Special Teams Phil Steele All-Independent selection…Prior to the season was named to the Watch List for the Paul Hornung Award, given annually to the most versatile player in college football...at Coastal Carolina (9/3): Started and scored Army’s first touchdown of the season, with a 70-yard run midway through the first quarter…Rushed for 123 yards on six carries in the first half alone, marking his third career game eclipsing over 100 rushing yards…Finished the game rushing nine times for 135 yards (second most of his career) and a TD…Also returned one kickoff for 21 yards...vs. UTSA (9/12): Hauled in four passes for 76 yards and a TD. Also added eight carries for 25 yards...vs. Villanova (9/17): Logged six carries for 89 yards. Returned a punt 73 yards for a TD, marking Army’s first punt or kickoff return for a TD since 2007…vs. Georgia State (10/1): Rushed nine times for 37 yards and caught one pass for 11 yards…at Wake Forest (10/8): Hauled in two receptions for 48 yards and rushed six times for 39 yards.
2021: Played in all 13 games, rushing for 609 yards and three touchdowns on 72 carries (8.5 avg)…Also caught 12 passes for 340 yards (28.3 avg.) with three receiving touchdowns…Named a first-team Phil Steele All-independent Team as a punt returner…at Georgia State (9/4): Rushed three times for 12 yards...hauled in one reception for a 40-yard touchdown...returned one punt for three yards…vs. Western Kentucky (9/11): Rushed seven times for 81 yards and one touchdown...averaged 11.6 yards per carry...hauled in one pass for five yards...vs. UConn (9/18): Rushed three times for 84 yards...including a 70-yard rushing touchdown...averaged 28 yards per carry...vs. Miami (OH) (9/25): Rushed six times for 38 yards…at Ball State (10/2): Rushed six times for 26 yards and hauled in one pass for 21 yards...at Wisconsin (10/16): Rushed six times for 46 yards...vs. Wake Forest (10/23): Rushed 11 times for 98 yards...hauled in one reception for a 39-yard touchdown...vs. Air Force (11/6): Rushed four times for 18 yards...hauled in two receptions for 118 yards and marked his first 100-scrimmage set of back-to-back games...vs. Bucknell (11/13): Posted 25 yards on a pair of carries … Finished the day with three punt returns for 85 yards, including a long of 55 yards … Returned one kickoff for 14 yards…vs. UMass (11/20): Recorded a career-long, 87-yard touchdown run … Rushed for a career-best 137 yards on nine carries … Added one punt return (three yards)…at Liberty (11/27): Finished with 51 yards off one reception. Recorded an additional 22 yards on a pair of carries for 73 total yards of offense … Started at running back…at Navy (12/11): Notched 21 yards on seven carries. Recorded two catches for 30 yards … Posted an 11-yard punt return…Armed Forces Bowl vs. Missouri (12/22): Rushed six times for 12 yards. Hauled in one reception for 42 yards.
2020: His average of 8.8 yards per punt return ranks 22nd nationally... He has the eighth most rushing yards (298) by a freshman in the nation ...His average of 8.7 yards per punt return ranks 22nd nationally... Had a 10-yard touchdown reception at Tulane (Nov. 14) ... Also ran the ball five times for a total of 22 yards against the Green Wave ...Picked up 34 yards on eight rushing attempts in his first career start at UTSA (Oct. 17) ... Had 11 rushing yards on five attempts vs. The Citadel (Oct. 10) ... Rushed for 126 yards on just seven attempts vs. Abilene Chris an (Oct. 3) ... Became just the 15th player in program history have a 100-yard game with seven or fewer rushing attempts... His average of 18.0 yards per carry was the 11th-best average in a 100-yard rushing game in program history ... Picked up seven yards on his lone rushing attempt at Cincinnati (Sept. 26) and hauled in his first career reception ... Had 26 yards on three carries vs. Louisiana- Monroe (Sept. 12) ... Rushed for 94 yards on just nine carries in his debut for the Black Knights against Middle Tennessee State (Sept. 5) ... Exploded for a 37-yard run, which was the longest play of the game on either side.
Prior to West Point/Personal: Played at East Paulding in Dallas, Ga. …Following his senior season in 2018, named Athlete/All Purpose Player of the Year in Region 7-AAAAA…Led the state in rushing during his junior season in 2017, running for 1,338 yards and 15 touchdowns…Named the Region 7-5A All-Purpose Player of the Year, Paulding County Offensive Player of the Year, and named to the All-County team and was named Honorable Mention to the All-State team…Also played baseball…Spent the 2019 season at USMAPS.
