Player Dossier

2021-2023

Penn State

Chop Robinson

DE • 6'3" • 250 lbs • Germantown, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Chop Robinson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

86%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

92

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Maryland • Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers

Player Story

Chop Robinson built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a defensive end from Germantown, MD wearing No. 44, spending time with Maryland and Penn State. The clearest part of Chop Robinson's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.9698

Quince Orchard · Gaithersburg, MD

Committed To
Maryland
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2024
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 21
Overall
No. 21
NFL Team
Miami Dolphins

Chop Robinson, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Penn State. Chop Robinson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
35
TFL
10
Sacks
6
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Chop Robinson quick answers

Latest team and position
Penn State · DE
Career Tackles
35
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 18 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Penn State
Top game
Rutgers
Recruit profile
4-star · Quince Orchard · Maryland
High school pipeline
Quince Orchard · 20 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2024 · Round 1 · Pick 21 · Miami Dolphins
Latest roster
No. 44 · Junior
2023 Tackles rank
15 tackles · DE 140th (top 49%) · Big Ten 240th (top 40%) · National 2,327th (top 39%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 PostseasonMaryland8311--020.8
2021 Regular SeasonMaryland8161.51--020.8
2022 Regular SeasonPenn State11-0--037.5
2023 Regular SeasonPenn State9157.5451057.6

Related Context

Chop Robinson played DE for Maryland and Penn State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Chop Robinson recorded 35 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Penn State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Penn State paired 17.5 primary output with 26.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 15.5 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Maryland, Penn State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Postseason · Maryland

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

15.5

Usage

4

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Kent State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Virginia Tech: 2. Illinois: 0. Kent State: 2.5. Iowa: 0. Ohio State: 0. Minnesota: 0. Michigan State: 0. Michigan: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Virginia Tech: 3 by 32.5. Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Kent State: 4 by 41.7. Iowa: 2 by 8.3. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2. Michigan State: 3 by 12.5. Michigan: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.5 · Games = 3 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · -1.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kent State

Best efficiency game

41.7 vs Kent State

Result
Wed 12/29@ Virginia TechSplash gameW 54-1031110
Sat 11/20vs MichiganL 18-5922000
Sat 11/13@ Michigan StateL 21-4032000
Sat 10/23@ MinnesotaL 16-3410000
Sat 10/9@ Ohio StateL 17-6611000
Sat 10/2vs IowaL 14-5122000
Sat 9/25vs Kent StateSplash gameW 37-16431.5010
Sat 9/18@ IllinoisW 20-1731000

Player Story

Chop Robinson story

Chop Robinson built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a defensive end from Germantown, MD wearing No. 44, spending time with Maryland and Penn State. The clearest part of Chop Robinson's career was his defensive production: 35 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 18 career games in the available record. That gives Chop Robinson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Maryland

    2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Penn State

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 PostseasonMaryland4.515.54
2021 Regular SeasonMaryland4.515.540
2022 Regular SeasonPenn State04.21-4.5
2023 Regular SeasonPenn State17.526.47.817.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Rutgers

Week 12 · W 27-6 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#2

vs Iowa

Week 4 · W 31-0 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

82.8 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Massachusetts

Week 7 · W 63-0

4

Havoc Plays

79.2 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Kent State

Week 4 · W 37-16

2.5

Havoc Plays

76.7 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.

#5

@ Virginia Tech

Week 1 · W 54-10 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Penn State

17.5 primary output · 26.4 efficiency · 7.8 usage

57.6

#2

2022 Regular Season · Penn State

37.5

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 1 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · Maryland

20.8

4.5 primary · 15.5 efficiency · 4 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games