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Defensive End
6-3 · 270
Splendora, Texas (Splendora)
#39
Athletic, physical and tough fifth-year defender ... his tremendous athletic ability and 40-inch vertical leap makes him a valuable kick blocker ... played in 49 career contests with 36 starts ... a three-time honorable mention All-Big 12 honoree ... recorded 181 career tackles, 42 TFL, 50 pressures, 14 sacks, eight PBD, four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and an INT ... also is a special teams standout who holds UT's record for blocked place-kicks with six ... played in 12 games, starting nine, in 2006 ... missed the Sam Houston State game due to injury ... posted 37 tackles, nine TFL, 5.5 sacks, three PBD and a blocked FG ... started 12 games in 2005 ... finished the season with 58 tackles and led the team in tackles for loss with 15 and sacks with seven ... also recorded 10 pressures, four PBD, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and a blocked field goal ... made a smooth transition from linebacker to defensive end in the spring of 2004 ... started all 12 games there as a sophomore ... registered 48 tackles, 14 TFL, 18 pressures and an INT that year ... competed in football's spring game and track's 77th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays on the same day in 2004 ... played middle linebacker and on special teams in 2003 ... played in all 13 games, including three starts, at middle linebacker ... recorded 38 tackles and tied UT's single-season and career record for blocked kicks with four ... gained valuable experience working on the defensive and special teams scout teams while redshirting in 2002 ... an athletic two-sport standout who is an All-Big 12 and NCAA qualifying performer (discus and shot put) for the Longhorns track & field team ... won the Big 12 shot put title in 2005 and `06 ... also won the conference title in the shot put in `06 ... was an all-state performer in both football and track as a prepster ... drafted with the third pick in the fourth round (102nd overall) by the Minnesota Vikings in the 2007 NFL Draft.
SENIOR (2006)
Played in 12 games, starting nine ... missed the Sam Houston State game due to injury ... earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors ... helped UT give up only 61.2 yards rushing per game (third NCAA), 297.4 yards per game (22nd NCAA) and 18.3 points per game (25th NCAA) ... the 61.2 yards rushing per game ranks second on UT's all-time list ... posted 37 tackles, nine TFL, 5.5 sacks, 16 pressures, three PBD and a blocked FG ... recorded two tackles, two pressures and blocked a field goal against North Texas ... the blocked FG was the sixth blocked place-kick of his career (UT record) ... tallied four tackles, including three TFL and two sacks, a PBD and a pressure against No. 1 Ohio State ... posted five tackles, including a TFL, and a PBD at Rice ... tallied two tackles and two pressures versus Iowa State before leaving early with an injury ... notched five tackles with two TFL, a sack, three pressures and a PBD versus No. 14 Oklahoma ... made one tackle and recorded a pressure against Baylor ... added a tackle at No. 17 Nebraska ... posted three tackles and a pressure at Texas Tech ... notched a season-high six tackles, including two sacks, and a pressure against Oklahoma State ... added a tackle and two pressures at Kansas State ... recorded three tackles and a pressure against Texas A&M ... posted four tackles and a half sack versus Iowa in the Alamo Bowl.
SENIOR (TRACK, 2006)
During outdoor, finished second at the NCAA Championships in the shot put (66-5.25) ... eclipsed his own school record to win the shot put (68-3.75), while finishing fourth in the discus (186-11) at the NCAA Midwest Regional ... won Big 12 titles in both the shot put (68-3.25) and discus (195-10) ... won the discus (195-7) and finished second in the shot put (64-0) at the Penn Relays ... also claimed victories in the shot put and discus at the Texas Twiglight and the Texas Invitational ... during indoor, finished second at the Big 12 Championships (63-8.25) ... earned victories in the shot put at the Houston Indoor Opener and the Leonard Hilton Memorial.
JUNIOR (2005)
Started 12 games in 2005 ... earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors ... key member of a defense that ranked 10th nationally in total defense (302.9 ypg), eighth in scoring defense (16.4 ppg), eighth in passing defense (172.0 ypg) and 33rd in rushing defense (130.9 ypg) ... finished with 58 tackles and led the team in tackles for loss with 15 and sacks with seven ... also recorded 10 pressures, four PBD, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and a blocked field goal ... the blocked field goal tied him for UT's all-time record for blocked kicks with five ... posted a season-high eight tackles and two TFL in a season-opening victory over La.-Lafayette ... notched six tackles, a TFL, two PBD, a pressure and recovered a fumble that helped seal the victory at No. 4 Ohio State ... added six tackles, a career-high four TFL, including a sack, and two pressures against Rice ... tallied five tackles, two TFL, a sack, a pressure and forced a fumble at Missouri ... matched his season high with eight tackles, including a sack that forced a fumble which was returned for a TD against Oklahoma ... recorded three tackles, four pressures and a PBD versus No. 24 Colorado ... notched six tackles, three sacks, a PBD and a pressure against No. 10 Texas Tech ... missed most of the Oklahoma State game and all of the Baylor game due to an injury ... returned against Kansas to record six tackles, a sack, a PBD and a pressure ... posted five tackles and intercepted a two-point conversion attempt at Texas A&M ... notched four tackles, a TFL, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and blocked a field goal in the Big 12 Championship ... added one tackle in Texas' 41-38 victory over USC for the National Championship.
JUNIOR (TRACK, 2005)
During outdoor, claimed shot put victories at the Texas Invitational (60-9.50) and the Michael Johnson Invitational (59-2.75) ... finished fifth with a throw of 61-4 at the Texas Relays ... posted a regional-qualifying mark of 62-4.50 en route to a Penn Relays bronze ... won the Big 12 shot put title with a personal-best throw of 64-7.75 ... placed third at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a throw of 61-2, despite passing on his final three attempts ... took gold in the discus at the Texas Invitational (180-9.50) and the Michael Johnson Invitational (177-10) ... posted a third-place finish at the Texas Relays (178-10) ... qualified for regionals with a season-best throw of 183-0 to finish fifth in the discus at the Penn Relays ... placed third in the discus at the Big 12 Championships with a throw of 181-4 ... finished 12th at the NCAA Midwest Regional in the discus with a throw of 168-2 ... during indoor, finished first in the shot put at the Father Diamond Invitational (54-4), the Leonard Hilton Memorial (57-7.50) and the Houston Indoor Classic (57-8.50) ... notched a regional-qualifying mark (59-8.25 PR) for second place at the New Balance Invitational ... earned an eighth-place finish (57-9) at the Tyson Invitational and a 13th-place finish at the Big 12 Championships ... collected bronze medals for his weight throws at the Father Diamond Invitational (51-0) and the Houston Indoor Classic (56-9.25 PR) ... claimed the Leonard Hilton Memorial's second- place spot with a throw of 52-4.75 ... tossed 54-11.50 at the Big 12 Championship to finish 15th.
SOPHOMORE (2004)
Started all 12 games at right defensive end ... also participated on special teams ... earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors from The Associated Press ... a key part of a defense that allowed just 320.1 yards per game (23rdth NCAA), 107.4 rushing yards per game (16th NCAA) and 17.9 points per game (18th NCAA) ... registered 48 tackles and an INT ... second on the team with 14 TFL and 18 pressures ... opened the season with three tackles against North Texas ... made four tackles and a TFL at Arkansas ... posted a season-high seven tackles versus Rice ... tallied three tackles, two TFL and two pressures against Baylor ... recorded three tackles, a TFL and two pressures versus No. 2 Oklahoma ... had four tackles, two TFL, four pressures and an INT against Missouri ... the interception was a leaping grab at the line that he returned two yards for a TD and Texas' first score of the game ... posted three tackles and two pressures at Texas Tech ... registered three tackles, one TFL and two pressures at Colorado ... tallied five tackles and two pressures against No. 19 Oklahoma State ... had five tackles, a TFL and two pressures at Kansas ... recorded four tackles and 1.5 sacks versus No. 22 Texas A&M.
SOPHOMORE (TRACK, 2004)
Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the discus for the first time in his career ... finished 19th with a mark of 177-3 ... earned All-Big 12 honors at the conference championships with a third-place finish (60-8.50) in the shot put and a fifth-place showing in the discus with a personal-best 187-2 measure ... finished first in the shot put (60-7.25) and discus (170-1) at the TCU Invitational ... finished runner-up in the shot put at the 77th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a personal-best 61-5.75 (No. 7 on UT's all-time list) ... took first in the shot at the season-opening Hurricane Invitational at 59-2.75 ... reached the NCAA regional qualifying standard each time out in the shot put, while attaining the standard in the discus in each of his final five meets to close the outdoor season ... earned all-conference honors for the first time at the Big 12 Indoor Championships with a fifth-place showing in the shot put ... finished with a personal-best and NCAA provisional-qualifying mark of 58-6.75 at that meet (10th-best toss in school history) ... claimed runner-up honors in the shot at the UNI Indoor Invitational at 53-6.50.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2003)
Played in all 13 games and started three at middle linebacker (following an injury to Garnet Smith) ... earned one of UT's Whatever It Takes (W.I.T.) Awards ... registered 38 tackles (22 solo), four TFL, six QB pressures, a forced fumble and four blocked kicks ... the four blocked kicks (three FGs/one PAT) tied the UT single-season record with Shane Dronett (1991) and the UT career record with Dronett and former teammate Marcus Tubbs ... helped UT rank 25th nationally in total defense (439.2 ypg) and allow just 21.5 points per game ... notched six tackles, one TFL and a QB pressure in the season opener against New Mexico State and blocked his first field goal ... recorded a career-high nine tackles and a TFL against Rice... recorded five tackles and a QB pressure against both Arkansas and No. 16 Kansas State ... forced a fumble against Arkansas ... blocked his second field goal of the season at Iowa State ... recorded seven tackles, two pressures and a PBU at Baylor ... blocked his third field goal versus No. 12 Nebraska ... made his record-tying block of an extra point versus Texas Tech ... that block came with just over nine minutes remaining in the fourth quarter to preserve a 35-34 lead for Texas ... redshirted in 2002.
FRESHMAN (TRACK, 2003)
Earned All-Big 12 honors with a sixth-place finish in the discus at the 2003 Big 12 Outdoor Championships ... posted a season-best 183-7 at that meet ... also finished 10th in the shot put with a season-best 55-11 effort at the conference meet ... won back-to-back shot put titles at the A&M Invitational (51-3) and Longhorn Invitational (51-11 1/4) ... also claimed top honors in the discus (151-0) at the Longhorn Invitational ... was fourth in the shot put (55-8 1/4) and discus (165-1) at the Penn Relays ... posted season bests of 51-2 1/4 in the shot put and 45-11 1/4 in the 35-pound weight throw during the indoor season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Kevin Weldon at Splendora High ... a two-sport star who earned all-state honors in both football and track & field ... a four-year starter at defensive tackle (freshman) and linebacker (final three years) ... registered 66 TFL and 28 sacks in three season ... earned second-team all-state (3A) and first-team all-district honors as a senior ... registered 98 tackles, 20 TFL, eight sacks and four PBUs that year ... an honorable-mention all-state and first-team all-district selection as a junior ... posted 121 tackles, 14 TFL, eight sacks, and seven PBUs for a defense that allowed only 101 points in 2000 ... had 125 tackles, 32 TFL, 12 sacks, 12 PBUs and an interception as a sophomore ... recorded a career-high 20 tackles and an INT against Huffman that year ... also saw action at running back (averaged 11 yards per carry and scored three TDs) and tight end during his career ... one of the state's top discus and shot putters in track & field ... won both events at the district, regional and state meets as a senior ... won the 2002 UIL Championship (Class 3A) in the discus (203-1) and shot put (64-3-3/4) ... won the shot (63-0-1/2) and placed second in the discus (192-9) at the 75th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays ... recorded the top discus (215-2) and shot throws (66-2) in the state as a senior (all classes) ... his discus mark also was the best nationally among high schoolers ... won the Texas 3A discus title (184-6) and placed fourth in the shot (55-2 1/4) as a junior ... finished second in the discus at the 2000 state meet ... set the AAU Junior Olympic national record in winning the discus (202-7) in the summer of 2002 ... also finished second in the shot and sixth in the javelin ... earned the Joe Ferrell Most Outstanding Field Athlete for his performance at that meet ... also played basketball (forward) for four years and baseball (pitcher) for two years.
PERSONAL
Born 4/28/83 in Houston ... full name is Brian Gale Robison ... father, Jimmy, played linebacker on Ranger Junior College's National Championship team in the 1970s ... cousin, Casey Jones, played offensive guard at Texas Tech (1994-96) ... member of UT's Athletics Director's Academic Honor Roll ... a liberal arts major ... a prep honor roll student ... a four-year academic all-district selection ... earned second-team academic all-state honors as a senior.
CAREER STATISTICS
Defense
Year G/GS TT (Solo) Sacks TFL QBP INT (Yds-TD) PBD FC FR High
2006 12/9 37 (22) 5.5 (-47) 9 (-55) 16 0 (0-0) 3 0 0 6/OSU
2005 12/12 58 (35) 7.0 (-62) 15 (-80) 10 0 (0-0) 4 3 2 8/2x
2004 12/12 48 (27) 1.5 (-6) 14 (-26) 18 1 (2-1) 1 0 0 7/Rice
2003 13/3 38 (22) 0 (0) 4 (-7) 6 0 (0-0) 1 1 0 9/Rice
2002 Redshirted
Career 49/36 181 (106) 14 (-115) 42 (-168) 50 1 (2-1) 9 4 2 9/Rice
Special Teams
Year G TT (Solo) FC FR PBLK KBLK
2006 12 1 (1) 0 0 0 1
2005 12 0 (0) 0 0 0 1
2004 12 0 (0) 0 0 0 0
2003 13 1 (1) 0 0 0 4
2002 Redshirted
Career 49 2 (2) 0 0 0 6
High Games
Tackles: 9 at Rice (So.)
Sacks: 3 vs. Texas Tech (Jr.)
Tackles for loss: 4 vs. Rice (Jr.)
Pressures: 4 vs. Missouri (So.); vs. Colorado (Jr.)
