Two-sport standout: Robinson excels for Trojans

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For the average high school student, summer break means staying up late, sleeping even later and being fairly inactive – except for maybe the occasional part-time job.

But Central Lafourche senior standout David Robinson isn’t an average student.


Instead of resting during his break, he’s on the grind – working hard to perfect his skills so that he can impress college coaches around the country in his final year as a Trojans.

Robinson is a two-sport standout – one of the area’s top players in both football and basketball.

The 6-foot, 4-inch senior said this summer has been hectic but good, adding that he thinks he’s in the best shape of his life as we roll through to the start of the academic year in August.


“This summer is great. I’m in really good shape,” Robinson said. “It’s non-stop. We have football from 6 a.m. – 8 a.m., then basketball from 10 a.m. – noon. Then there’s basketball summer league and football 7-on-7 games – all while trying to make room to go to football camps. It’s by far the busiest summer I’ve ever had in my life, but I love the way it’s going for me and the improvement I’ve seen in myself and with both teams.”

No matter the sport, Robinson is a load for opponents to deal with.

In football, he’s arguably the area’s best returning wide receiver – a long, lanky target that is lethal in the red zone, while also owning elite route-running skills.


Trojans coach Keith Menard said Robinson is a threat to make something special happen on literally every, single play.

Teamed with fellow standout receiver Kenneth Poindexter, the Trojans’ offense soared last season, routinely hanging crooked numbers on opponents.

As a junior, Robinson had 54 catches for 826 yards and 11 touchdowns. He also generated more than 1,100 all-purpose yards.


“He’s a talented, talented kid,” Menard said. “He’s a real weapon. I think he uses his size to his advantage, but he also has really good speed and has good understanding of our offense and where to be at the right times. We’re happy to have him. He does things the right way and I think he really is a tough matchup for teams to defend.”

Robinson said his goals for the 2017 football season are very, very basic.

He said he wants the Trojans to get better daily and become a better team at the end of the season than they were in the beginning.


Last season, the Trojans started hot but struggled late, surrendering several late-season games.

“Our team goal for football is to get faster and stronger – both mentally and physically,” Robinson said. “If we do that, it can be a great year.”

Once football season ends, Robinson doesn’t get but a day or two of rest, because he’s then onto basketball where he’s also a fearsome foe.


Robinson is a dominant post player for the Trojans, which are now annually a contender under coach Mark Sanders.

Robinson’s basketball success is based on versatility – something which he has a lot of when out on the floor.

Against smaller opponents, Robinson controls the block, owning soft touch around the basket and nifty post moves, which aid his leaping ability.


But if teams have a post player who is large, Robinson also can pull him away from the basket, thanks to a consistent outside jump shot that’s gotten much better over the past few seasons.

Robinson said the Trojans have played really well throughout the summer and have a clear-cut goal of winning the Class 5A State Championship.

Last season, the Trojans earned a home playoff game but never got to play after a mass forfeiture following a halftime skirmish at the end of the team’s regular season.


“We are so ready to work in basketball,” Robinson said. “I can’t wait for the true season to start. We’ve seen so much improvement throughout summer league and we all have the same goal and that’s to win the state title. We know we have a ways to go to get there, but we’re aiming for the top.”

Because of Robinson’s success at both sports, he said he’s getting some letters from universities inquiring about his football and others which want him for basketball.

Robinson said if he could script it all, he’d have the ability to do both, touting that it’d be “impossible” for him to pick one sport over the other.


“I’ll play them all at the next level if I get the opportunity,” he said. “I don’t really have a preference. I love them all.”

But to make that dream become reality, Robinson said he knows he can’t be spread too thin, which means he has to work hard every day to continue progressing.

He said he knows his senior season is going to go by in a blur, so he wants to soak it all in and enjoy it while it lasts.


Robinson said he knows excelling at sports is a privilege – a goal others would trade anything to have. Knowing that true value of his God-given ability is what Robinson said keeps him going strong – even in those summer months where there’s literally not a second to spare.

“My goals for my senior season are to better myself in every aspect and to become a better leader – both on the field and off the field by motivating others to work harder,” Robinson said. “That, and win. We want to win. I want to win. I think we can do that, but it’s going to take work.” •

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