Allen Robinson the 43rd best player in Pro Football Focus Top 101
By Daniel Lago
While the Jaguars have made some splashes on the NFL Top 100 list, they don’t have as many representatives on the Pro Football Focus list.
The Jacksonville Jaguars didn’t have a very good record in 2015, but they made big strides, particularly on offense, and they appear to be on the cusp of playoff contention. The steps taken by individual players haven’t gone unnoticed, as the Jaguars have somehow managed to already have 4 representatives on the NFL top 100 list thus far, with another player still yet to be named.
That last player is almost certainly going to be wide receiver Allen Robinson.
Given the way the rankings have played out thus far, Robinson is going to be a top 40 player. It’s well deserved – by both standard statistics and analytics, Robinson is one of the best wide receivers in the NFL.
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The advanced metrics favor Robinson, and the young receiver
comes in at 43 in Sam Monson’s
rankings for Pro Football Focus.
"43. Allen Robinson, WR, JaguarsGoing back and looking at former Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg’s freshman season during the pre-draft process was a reminder of just how good Allen Robinson is. There may be nobody better in the game at winning 50/50 jump balls and attacking deep passes at the right point without alerting the defensive back to the ball’s arrival than Robinson, and he was doing the same thing for Blake Bortles in 2015. 37 of Robinson’s 142 targets came on deep (20+ air yards) passes, and he gained 672 yards on those plays. There is a lot to be said for giving your receiver a chance to make the play, but the odds swing dramatically in your favor when the receiver in question is Robinson."
Looking back, it really does appear that Hackenberg’s success as a freshman was in large part due to Robinson. If it weren’t for an injury in his rookie season, Robinson’s first and second year totals would probably rival those of the best receivers in league history.
Robinson is only going to get better (he’s somehow only 22 years old) and there’s a good chance this isn’t the highest he’s ever going to be ranked.