Week 8: Micah Robinson, Bowie State

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Bowie State University running back Micah Robinson has been named the DC Touchdown Club Washington Metro College Football Player of the Week after the best performance of his career led the Bulldogs to a 42-37 win at Bluefield State this past Saturday.

Robinson, a redshirt sophomore, set career highs with 31 carries for 193 yards and matched his career high with four touchdowns as Bowie State built a big lead and held on for the win.

“His running style – he’s slippery and has really good contact balance,” Bowie State offensive coordinate Matt Goggans said. “He has good vision as well. The good ballplayers don’t get squared up and form tackled very often or easily and he falls into that boat. You never see anyone get a good shot on him. He’s having a really good year.”

Robinson’s emergence has been a reward for his patience. Recruited by the previous coaching staff at Bowie, Robinson joined the team as a walk on but could only practice during the 2022 and 2023 seasons because of academic issues. Goggans said that Robinson turned things around in the classroom and he got going on the field last season, including back-to-back games with 181 yards and 171 yards rushing.

This season, Robinson has been sharing the workload with Maximus Jones, but Robinson burst through this past Saturday with four touchdown runs in the first three quarters.

“We saw glimpses of this” during his two seasons on the scout team, Goggans said. “It probably was really helpful not just for him to get the reps but also for our defense to get a look at a really good player. He didn’t complain about having to sit out. He took the bull by the horns and bought into everything we asked him to do. He’s been doing a great job academically lately and doing a great job on the football field.”

This week’s DC Touchdown Club Washington Metro College Football Player of the Week honor roll:

  • Ohio RB Sieh Bangura (DeMatha Catholic) rushed 22 times for 147 yards and three touchdowns as the Bobcats beat Northern Illinois, 48-21.

  • Christopher Newport QB Connor Barry completed 12 of 15 passes for 202 yards and four touchdowns as the Captains beat Kean, 49-0.

  • Susquehanna QB Josh Ehrlich (Broadneck) completed 24 of 28 passes for 313 yards and five touchdowns and rushed eight times for 52 yards as the River Hawks beat Juniata, 56-7.

  • Georgetown WR Jimmy Kibble (Loudoun County) caught seven passes for 141 yards as the Hoyas beat Colgate, 21-17.

  • Florida K Trey Smack (Severna Park) made all three of his field goal attempts, including from 53 and 54 yards, as the Gators beat Mississippi State, 23-21.

  • East Carolina WR Anthony Smith (Huntingtown) caught four passes for 150 yards and two touchdowns as the Pirates beat Tulsa, 41-27.

  • Catholic WR Andrew Tabor caught six passes for 95 yards and three touchdowns, including the winning score in overtime, as the Cardinals rallied to beat Moravian, 26-20.

  • Frostburg State WR Tra’Shaun Timmons (South River) caught eight passes for 152 yards and two touchdowns as the Bobcats beat Charleston, 32-30 in double overtime.