Penn State Sports Magazine
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POWER PLAY Robinson was the Big Ten���s leading receiver last season with 77 catches for 1,013 yards. He has since added about 10 pounds through weight training and dietary changes and is hoping for another AllConference season this fall. in the trenches want to set the tempo, but we want to do the same on the edge.��� To help him bulk up, Robinson changed his eating habits after the season. Last year, if he was running late in the morning, he would skip breakfast and probably only eat lunch and dinner. He lost four or five pounds during the course of the season, and with classes, practices and games consuming most of his time, he often found himself feeling lethargic by the end of the day. ���I don���t think I was eating enough to give myself the proper energy,��� he said. Whether Robinson���s on-field performance was impacted is unclear. The statistics are anything but conclusive. In Penn State���s final six games, he totaled 36 catches for 494 yards and four touchdowns. Based on those numbers, his productivity declined only slightly from the first half of the season, in which he caught 41 passes for 519 yards. But his second-half numbers were bolstered by a career day against Indiana in which he caught 10 passes for 197 yards and three touchdowns. Subtract that game against the Hoosiers ��� who surrendered a league-worst 23 touchdown passes ��� and Robinson caught 26 passes for 297 yards and one touchdown in five late-season games. Of course, there were other factors at play as well. By the second half of the season, Brandon Moseby-Felder had emerged as a complementary threat in the passing game, a development that probably cut into Robinson���s totals but improved the offense as a whole. Also, Penn State���s schedule was backloaded last year, with the Ohio State, Nebraska and Wisconsin games all taking place in the final month of the season. Still, Robinson is looking to make sure he���s in the best possible physical shape this year, so he���s been trying to make sure he eats a good breakfast every day. It���s part of a dietary plan that features a daily target of 2,500 calories. ���I���m really just trying to be a more durable receiver, to be able to go across the middle and take those hits, and be