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First time seeing Brian on video, I am impressed, he has body control and outstanding hands.
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Brian Robiskie
Highlight Video - Brian Robiskie
By Bucknuts.com Staff
Date: Feb 23, 2005
Wide receiver Brian Robiskie of Chagrin Falls (Oh.) is a player that not many fans have had the chance to see play. Today, we have a look at what Robiskie can do on the field. Click on the link to see several highlight clips of the Ohio State freshman-to-be wide receiver.
First time seeing Brian on video, I am impressed, he has body control and outstanding hands.
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Brian Robiskie
Bucknuts Mag Excerpts: "Second Generation Star"
By Bucknuts.com Staff
Date: May 19, 2005
In this week's version of Excerpts from Bucknuts the Magazine, we have a story on incoming freshman receiver Brian Robiskie. Robiskie is the son of Cleveland Browns assistant coach Terry Robiskie, and in this article by Gary Housteau, Brian discusses his decision to attend OSU as well as being the son of an NFL assistant and ex-player. Click the link to read.
As part of the redesign of the Bucknuts.com web site, we have added an area where we can publish excerpts from Bucknuts The Magazine. Each week, we will put in a new excerpt from the latest edition of Bucknuts The Magazine.
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In each issue of Bucknuts The Magazine, we have in-depth features on Ohio State football players, coaches and prospects. We also have analysis pieces on the Buckeyes as well as their opponents, the Big Ten and college football world in general. Plus, we have features on OSU athletes in a variety of sports, including men's and women's basketball, hockey, wrestling, baseball and other sports.
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This week's excerpt is a story in its entirety on Brian Robiskie that was published in the April issue. The story was written by Charles Babb. Here is the story:
It was meant to be this way. Brian Robiskie, the all-time leading receiver in the history of Chagrin Falls High School, was meant to be an Ohio State Buckeye. That’s simply the way he chooses to look at it now.
"I definitely didn’t imagine this at all," said Robiskie, who was seriously considering a scholarship offer to attend Miami (Fla.) at the time when he received an unexpected phone call from then-Ohio State assistant coach Mel Tucker. "Ohio State gave me a call the day before I was going down to Miami. That following week I was actually planning on visiting the University of Florida.
“But I got a call from Coach Tucker and Coach Tressel that Thursday, and they told me that they had an offer for me and if I wanted to, all I had to do was come down and see the campus."
Robiskie took them up on their offer and after visiting Miami, he and his entire family visited Ohio State officially the following Jan. 29 weekend instead of Florida.
"Sitting there on Sunday night, talking with my parents and comparing the options a little bit, we just thought Ohio State was a great fit, from the football side of it to the academic side of it," commented Robiskie on national signing day, just two days after he verbally committed to Ohio State. "And hopefully the location part of it will work itself out with my dad obviously. Hopefully that will be a plus."
Terry Robiskie, Brian’s father, was the interim head coach of the Cleveland Browns at the time Robiskie made his decision to attend Ohio State. Since that time, the elder Robiskie has remained on the coaching staff of the Browns as their wide receiver coach so things couldn’t have worked itself out any better for Robiskie and his family, who all were in attendance at the signing day press conference.
In hindsight, Ohio State was obviously the more convenient choice, but Robiskie ultimately believed he couldn’t go wrong with either option. Both schools had their own unique and special qualities as far as he was concerned.
"I could see where someone would say, ‘Wow this is Ohio State,’ but I think I can get that same allure from Miami, kind of," Robiskie said. "So with Ohio State, it was more or less another opportunity, and with me sitting down and making my decision, it was the better opportunity."
But Robiskie had been hoping all along to get an offer from Ohio State at some point. And on signing day, it all came to fruition for him in a roundabout way.
"That was a goal of mine," he said. "Just from being instate and being around some of these people who live and breathe Ohio State, I thought it would have been really nice to see me here today after making this decision. I had always thought about it but I didn’t know this decision would be as overwhelming as it’s been."
And now Robiskie is looking forward to finding out how rewarding his decision will actually become.
"I feel real excited about it," he said. "I talk to (receivers coach Darrell) Hazell a lot. I’ve been talking to him a lot recently. I’m real excited about getting down there and getting started early and seeing what I can do."
Ohio has become the adopted home now for Robiskie and his family. Terry Robiskie first played in the National Football League for five seasons as a running back with the Raiders and the Dolphins before he began his now 24-year coaching career in the NFL that covered lengthy stints first in Oakland with the Raiders, then in Washington with the Redskins and finally in Cleveland over the past four seasons with the Browns.
"I moved here for my freshman year and I’ve played all four years of high school here," Robiskie said. "I’ve been in contact with Ohio State for a while now, they were one of the first schools to start recruiting me. So there’s been a long interest in that school for me. And for them to come in as late as they did and show interest in me the way they did, it was just kind of funny how things ended up."
Robiskie had just about resigned himself to a future life that would not include Ohio State. At least that’s how it was looking as signing day neared. For the longest time, Ohio State seemed content with Andre Amos and Brian Hartline as their only two choices at the wide receiver position in their 2005 recruiting class.
"Through the whole time, they were honest with me," Robiskie said. "Real early in the season I knew they had two guys commit. Coach Tucker immediately called me and told me what the deal was, and I respected that and I respected what they were doing."
However, at some point late in the recruiting season, Robiskie’s fortunes changed or at least Ohio State’s thinking did.
"With a lack of recruiting, I guess, in other positions, one of those guys possibly might be playing DB and they were looking at bringing in another receiver," Robiskie was informed by Tucker. "I was the first guy he told me that he picked up the phone and called. So I just knew right then and there that there was some interest there and any way that would get me down there, I was excited about it."
Miami had offered Robiskie early on, and that meant a lot to him, but Ohio State was more than worthy of his consideration and he realized he couldn’t go wrong with either school. After all, the two teams played one another in the national championship game at the end of the 2002 season. Robiskie felt that he would have been just as comfortable if his decision was Miami.
"This was a big day for me and it makes it a little bit better because it is Ohio State," he said on signing day. "But sitting here today, I think these are two schools that I definitely could not have gone wrong with either one of them. So it was difficult based on just how close they really were in that regard. With Ohio State, like with Miami, they presented some things that I was real interested in that the other didn’t. But, like I said, this just seemed like a better fit.
"I just felt real comfortable down (at OSU). I got a chance to see the business school, that’s what I’m interested in, and we were just real excited as a whole."
Robiskie’s dad, speaking from his own experiences in dealing with the OSU football program over the years, concurred that Ohio State was a good fit for his son when he was asked at Brian’s press conference.
"I think it worked out good," Terry Robiskie said. "I’ve been going around the country to these schools now for about 25 years, going to different schools and working guys out. And like I told him, history tells me that Ohio State has been one of the best universities in the country over the years or the last 25 years that I’ve been doing it and I thought Ohio State was a better fit for him.
"I can go back to the days at Miami where there was a Michael Irvin who came out of Miami and was a great football player, and there was a guy named (Cris) Carter who came out of Ohio State and was a great football player. In the recent years, there’s been the David Bostons and the Joey Galloways and I’ve just known all of those guys over all the years I’ve been going to Ohio State. Ohio State is a tremendous football program and I just thought it was a great fit for Brian and a great program to be a wide receiver at."
As a student of the game, the younger Robiskie has obviously been around his dad a great deal and has watched some of those types of successful players prepare and perform in the NFL. His understanding of many of the intangible aspects of the game, afforded to him from being an NFL coach’s son, is likely to translate into a major advantage for Robiskie as his career evolves.
"It helps me tremendously because I get to be around the guys who have made it to the highest level, and it shows me the type of work ethic you need to make it there and the type of focus you need to have," Robiskie said. "And it’s not only being around those guys on Sunday. I’m there over the summer and in the off-season, watching those guys work and watching what they do to be successful. It’s really helped me out."
In his first-team All-Ohio senior season, the 6-4, 195-pound Robiskie had 47 catches for 754 yards and 14 touchdowns, raising his career numbers to 118 receptions for 1,905 yards and 34 TDs. He also played some on defense at cornerback and averaged 17 yards on punt returns this past year.
"I think I have a lot to offer and I think I’m well prepared for this opportunity," he said. "I’m just really excited about getting down there and seeing what I can do early."
And if a redshirt season is in his future, Robiskie has no problem with that "opportunity." Besides, he’s relatively young for his class having turned only 17 on Dec. 3.
"I know that Coach Hazell is going to do everything that he can to get me as prepared as I can to come into camp and show everything that I’m capable of," he said. "If the occasion occurs where I do redshirt, then that’s a year where I can get bigger. I can get faster and learn the system so it will be nothing but a bonus for me. And I’m young."
And he’s obviously talented. The Browns’ wide receivers coach, who attended Brian’s games whenever possible and watched film of him, evaluated his son’s ability to play that position.
"He’s worked hard to skill his game to fit his body mold," Coach Robiskie said. "His hands are excellent, and I think he goes out and attacks the ball, which is a trait that we try to find in guys, even at my level. The guys that want the football, the ball’s in the air and they want to go get it, and he’s got the ability to do that. And the thing that I think that he’s proven over the last couple of years is his ability to ward off defenders, to use his body and play physical to get guys off of him, and I think that will be an asset for him as he grows and becomes stronger."
Robiskie, who’s been preparing for this moment for most of his young life, said that he’s really proud of what he’s been able to accomplish thus far.
"I just reached a goal that I set real early in my life," he said. "Attending college on a full scholarship is something that my parents don’t have to worry about (financially) now. This is just a goal that I’m ecstatic about, and I hope that I can set a good enough for example for my two brothers, Andrew and Kyle. But even more importantly I feel really blessed about this decision."
Everything had happened so fast that Robiskie really hadn't had the time to sit back and appreciate what actually happened on signing day, but at the same time he couldn’t have been any happier that he would soon be a Buckeye.
"You probably can’t see it right now but inside I’m beaming. I’m real excited," he said at his press conference. "I’m excited about the challenge that lies ahead and I’m excited about the opportunity that I have to go down there and try to be successful."
It was meant to be this way.
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Tearing up the track...
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Future OSU WR Brian Robiskie of Chagrin Falls in the Division II 400 m dash. He finished third in this round with a time of 49.80
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Future OSU WR Brian Robiskie of Chagrin Falls in the Division II 400 m dash. He finished third in this round with a time of 49.80
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Robiskie takes second in the 400 just weeks after running it for the first time
BN Free said:Photo Gallery - State Track Final Action
By Gary Housteau
Date: Jun 5, 2005
More than a few future Ohio State Buckeyes were in action at the state track meet over the two day event and there also a couple of others participating that fans who follow OSU recruiting are aware of. To no one's surprise, Glenville won the team event in a big way and Brain Hartline came through in a similar fashion in his two meets.
Photo Gallery - State Track Meet
Brian Robiskie of Chagrin Falls just started running the 400 meters a couple of weeks ago and he finished second in his Division II race with a time of 49.63 seconds.
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Free BN article. I like this young guy more and more.
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Robiskie Proud Of Second Place In 400 At State
Brian Robiskie
By Gary Housteau
Date: Jun 10, 2005
Although he ran in the 200 meters for most of the high school track season, Brian Robiskie of Chagrin Falls decided to give the 400 meters a try when it was time for the district meet to roll around. He worked hard at it both mentally and physically in just a short period of time and turned that preparation into a second-place finish at the Division II state track meet.
Considering the amount of time that he actually had to prepare, it might come as a bit of a surprise to some people that Brian Robiskie of Chagrin Falls High School took second place in the 400 meters in Division II at the state track tournament last weekend.
“Nobody really expected this about four weeks ago when I started running it,” Robiskie said. “My first run (in the 400) was a week before conference and I had a decent time.”
So the week before his district meet Robiskie decided to see just how far he could go in the event.
“My coaches got me mentally prepared week-in and week-out trying to get me to this point. And they got me here,” he said. “I knew from here on out it was on me once we got down here. It was just mental preparation from here on out.”
To say he was excited about claiming second place overall after starting in lane eight in his preliminary heat just might be an understatement.
“I’m definitely excited. It kind of summarizes all of the hard work that you put in,” Robiskie said. “To be getting a medal like this in a year that I wasn’t even sure that I was going to run track? I’m just grateful I had this opportunity. The coaches put me in the opportunity to be here and I’m just so grateful that I could get this.”
Robiskie was running the 200 meters during the track season. And he just happened to have recorded one of the fastest times in the entire Cleveland area in that race. But the 200 meters is an extremely competitive meet if you're fortunate enough to even make it to state.
“I was running good times throughout and I got to conference (tournament) and ran a real good time. I set a school record there,” he said. “I had asked them to run in the 400 and it’s a couple of races before the 200. So it wasn’t really getting to a choice (between the two) but I knew if I was going to go for it I was going to go all out (in just one race). So it ended up being in the 400.”
His success in the 400 is sort of a testament to Robiskie’s unassuming yet prolific football career at Chagrin. Despite a very successful prep career on the gridiron, he’s kind of regarded as a throw-in member of the 2005 recruiting class at Ohio State.
“I can see that being that I came in so late and I was kind of considered a late pickup,” Robiskie said. “But I love talking to Coach Hazell and Coach Tressel, every time I talk to them they just give me a great feeling. They’re excited. They want me to get down here and start working. And that’s all I’m ready to do, get working.
“So going to a program like this, as successful as they are, it’s just a great chance for anybody. If you get a chance to come here it’s a great opportunity.”
And with track season behind him now, it’s all football for Robiskie now.
“It was all football at the start of the track season. I ran track for football, that was the point,” he said. “But midway through it, I kind of saw my times and I thought that we could have some fun with track. But definitely from here on out it’s all football. It’s all about focusing now and trying to get ready to come down here for camp.”
Robiskie will be young for his class when he reports to camp. He won’t turn 18 until December when his first Michigan game will already be behind him. But he’ll still prepare himself to play from outset regardless.
“Anybody that comes down here in their freshman year and is successful enough to have the opportunity to play here should want to play right away,” Robiskie said. “When you get down here it’s not your decision. The coaches will evaluate you and they’ll let you know how you’re playing. All that you can do is perform to the best of your ability every day.
“If they decide it’s for the best (that you play), they’re the coaches, that’s their job. If not, you don’t lose a year of eligibility but you get the opportunity to sit back and learn how it works and come back the next year and go even harder.”
The fact the Ohio State seems to be loaded at wide receiver only makes Robiskie’s desire to work and perform even greater.
“That’s just pure motivation for me knowing that I got all of these talented guys around me,” he said. “I’m going to see what I can learn from all of these guys. They learned from somebody ahead of them and it’s a process that keeps going. They’re all a great bunch of guys and good group of leaders so it’s a learning process for me when I come in. If I work hard enough to play, that’s a bonus. But it’s still a learning process.”
If his performance in the 400 meters at the state track meet is any indication, Robiskie is a quick learner.
“I didn’t know if I could prepare myself enough to get through it this weekend. But I think that once I ran that first race and came in second (in his heat), it gave me the confidence,” he said. “Running that race gave me the confidence that I needed today, to know that I could do it. So I needed that.”
Robiskie thinks that how he ran in the state meet is a pretty good gauge of his overall speed for football.
“I hope it is. My coach tells me that a lot of people have questioned that,” he said. “But the 400 is a strong race. It’s a good gauge for speed and endurance.”
Even his dad, Terry Robiskie of the Cleveland Browns, endorses the 400 in particular and running track in general.
“My dad pushes track. When I was thinking of just concentrating on football this spring he was the first guy that said ‘You’re running track,’ ” Robiskie said. “He was talking about mainly running the 400 but I kind of pushed him away from it. I was a little nervous about the 200. So I ran the 200 and ran it well. He just wanted me out there. So when I ran the 400 he was like, ‘I told you this is where you should be. This was the race for you.’ ” And with track season behind him now Robiskie will prepare to play in the Big 33 game in July before he officially becomes a member of the Buckeyes. “I’m not playing in the North-South game but I’ll be down here for (OSU’s) camp,” he said. “I’ll definitely be down here over the working out. That’s a definite. Then I’ll be going to the camp when my brother (Andrew) is down here. So I’ll be down here.”
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Robiskie Proud Of Second Place In 400 At State
Brian Robiskie
By Gary Housteau
Date: Jun 10, 2005
Although he ran in the 200 meters for most of the high school track season, Brian Robiskie of Chagrin Falls decided to give the 400 meters a try when it was time for the district meet to roll around. He worked hard at it both mentally and physically in just a short period of time and turned that preparation into a second-place finish at the Division II state track meet.
Considering the amount of time that he actually had to prepare, it might come as a bit of a surprise to some people that Brian Robiskie of Chagrin Falls High School took second place in the 400 meters in Division II at the state track tournament last weekend.
“Nobody really expected this about four weeks ago when I started running it,” Robiskie said. “My first run (in the 400) was a week before conference and I had a decent time.”
So the week before his district meet Robiskie decided to see just how far he could go in the event.
“My coaches got me mentally prepared week-in and week-out trying to get me to this point. And they got me here,” he said. “I knew from here on out it was on me once we got down here. It was just mental preparation from here on out.”
To say he was excited about claiming second place overall after starting in lane eight in his preliminary heat just might be an understatement.
“I’m definitely excited. It kind of summarizes all of the hard work that you put in,” Robiskie said. “To be getting a medal like this in a year that I wasn’t even sure that I was going to run track? I’m just grateful I had this opportunity. The coaches put me in the opportunity to be here and I’m just so grateful that I could get this.”
Robiskie was running the 200 meters during the track season. And he just happened to have recorded one of the fastest times in the entire Cleveland area in that race. But the 200 meters is an extremely competitive meet if you're fortunate enough to even make it to state.
“I was running good times throughout and I got to conference (tournament) and ran a real good time. I set a school record there,” he said. “I had asked them to run in the 400 and it’s a couple of races before the 200. So it wasn’t really getting to a choice (between the two) but I knew if I was going to go for it I was going to go all out (in just one race). So it ended up being in the 400.”
His success in the 400 is sort of a testament to Robiskie’s unassuming yet prolific football career at Chagrin. Despite a very successful prep career on the gridiron, he’s kind of regarded as a throw-in member of the 2005 recruiting class at Ohio State.
“I can see that being that I came in so late and I was kind of considered a late pickup,” Robiskie said. “But I love talking to Coach Hazell and Coach Tressel, every time I talk to them they just give me a great feeling. They’re excited. They want me to get down here and start working. And that’s all I’m ready to do, get working.
“So going to a program like this, as successful as they are, it’s just a great chance for anybody. If you get a chance to come here it’s a great opportunity.”
And with track season behind him now, it’s all football for Robiskie now.
“It was all football at the start of the track season. I ran track for football, that was the point,” he said. “But midway through it, I kind of saw my times and I thought that we could have some fun with track. But definitely from here on out it’s all football. It’s all about focusing now and trying to get ready to come down here for camp.”
Robiskie will be young for his class when he reports to camp. He won’t turn 18 until December when his first Michigan game will already be behind him. But he’ll still prepare himself to play from outset regardless.
“Anybody that comes down here in their freshman year and is successful enough to have the opportunity to play here should want to play right away,” Robiskie said. “When you get down here it’s not your decision. The coaches will evaluate you and they’ll let you know how you’re playing. All that you can do is perform to the best of your ability every day.
“If they decide it’s for the best (that you play), they’re the coaches, that’s their job. If not, you don’t lose a year of eligibility but you get the opportunity to sit back and learn how it works and come back the next year and go even harder.”
The fact the Ohio State seems to be loaded at wide receiver only makes Robiskie’s desire to work and perform even greater.
“That’s just pure motivation for me knowing that I got all of these talented guys around me,” he said. “I’m going to see what I can learn from all of these guys. They learned from somebody ahead of them and it’s a process that keeps going. They’re all a great bunch of guys and good group of leaders so it’s a learning process for me when I come in. If I work hard enough to play, that’s a bonus. But it’s still a learning process.”
If his performance in the 400 meters at the state track meet is any indication, Robiskie is a quick learner.
“I didn’t know if I could prepare myself enough to get through it this weekend. But I think that once I ran that first race and came in second (in his heat), it gave me the confidence,” he said. “Running that race gave me the confidence that I needed today, to know that I could do it. So I needed that.”
Robiskie thinks that how he ran in the state meet is a pretty good gauge of his overall speed for football.
“I hope it is. My coach tells me that a lot of people have questioned that,” he said. “But the 400 is a strong race. It’s a good gauge for speed and endurance.”
Even his dad, Terry Robiskie of the Cleveland Browns, endorses the 400 in particular and running track in general.
“My dad pushes track. When I was thinking of just concentrating on football this spring he was the first guy that said ‘You’re running track,’ ” Robiskie said. “He was talking about mainly running the 400 but I kind of pushed him away from it. I was a little nervous about the 200. So I ran the 200 and ran it well. He just wanted me out there. So when I ran the 400 he was like, ‘I told you this is where you should be. This was the race for you.’ ” And with track season behind him now Robiskie will prepare to play in the Big 33 game in July before he officially becomes a member of the Buckeyes. “I’m not playing in the North-South game but I’ll be down here for (OSU’s) camp,” he said. “I’ll definitely be down here over the working out. That’s a definite. Then I’ll be going to the camp when my brother (Andrew) is down here. So I’ll be down here.”
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so many folks forget this kid is only 16 and wont be 17 until december. a redshirt year locked in the weightroom and working with butch reynolds and this kids going to be good.Taosman said:
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Big 33 game pictures from theozone.net, The second pic should be the last time he celebrates a TD by a scUM'er!
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This kid is young for his grade and has tons of growing to do.
Also, just like has happened throughout life, after the games he's had current Brown Terry Robiskie critiquing his performance to help his son improve. This kid is going to be a lot more mature in his development than many thanks to that influence at home.
Once this kid finishes growing (in combination with the speed/strength coaches at OSU) and picks up the OSU system, he could be an excellent WR.
Also, just like has happened throughout life, after the games he's had current Brown Terry Robiskie critiquing his performance to help his son improve. This kid is going to be a lot more mature in his development than many thanks to that influence at home.
Once this kid finishes growing (in combination with the speed/strength coaches at OSU) and picks up the OSU system, he could be an excellent WR.
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Looks like the staff will not redshirt Robiskie at this point.
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In a recent interview, Coach Hazell says Robiskie is having an outstanding spring and on another note, Robiskie has changed his number to #80.
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