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ATHENS - During UGA Football’s comfortable 45-7 win over Marshall, Bulldog fans got a great look at a player they’ve patiently waited to see.
Cornerback Ellis Robinson.
The elite cornerback from Connecticut was ranked as the No. 2 overall prospect in the country as a high schooler in the 2024 class. He played sparingly as a freshman last season and Georgia fans are hoping to see him on the field more consistently this fall.
With Daylen Everette suffering from an ankle injury, Robinson saw the field plenty in week one, making one tackle and 0.5 TFLs. He looked strong in coverage and should only improve the more he plays.
Still, there’s a lot of room for improvement according to head coach Kirby Smart.
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“He's improved his stamina, first and foremost”, Smart said. “He can finish practices and get through practice and keep up. The pace of the practice is really high, so his ability to maintain that, compete in the realm of receivers, play after play, and play in fastball circumstances, he's done a good job doing that. He's always been very talented at covering people. There's so much more that goes into playing defensive back, and playing corners specifically, than just being able to cover people in terms of zones, checks, eyes, motions, adjustments. He has bought into that. He's said, ‘You know what, that's important. That's what's keeping me off the field and I want to work on that.’ His communication, his understanding of the defense has been really good. Tackling and physicality is always important at corner and he's not a guy that's afraid of it. He has to play big on blocks a lot of times, but he's not afraid of contact.”
Basically, it’s the little things that kept Robinson off the field last year. The fundamentals. The stamina.
But now, it all seems to be clicking. He’s playing fast, he brings outstanding length, and he’s naturally talented. If he starts to grow instinctually, continues to improve his stamina, and perfects the little details, Ellis Robinson has a chance to be as good as any cornerback across the country.
“We talked a long time about process over results, and that's probably the message that goes to every position group. Did they do the process right? Were their eyes in the right spot? Did they play with the correct leverage? Did they play the right technique? There were a lot of those things we didn't do right. The results were fine, but they knew the process right. We're really trying to hone in on not results. It doesn't matter how it came out. It matters, ‘Did you go about it the right way?’ We didn't do that a lot in a lot of positions in terms of process.”
Everette is hoping to get back on the field this week, but if he’s still not ready, look for Robinson to see the field consistently this weekend against Austin Peay.
