• Donations
  • Advertise With Us

Free Hawkeye Sports Coverage

HawkFanatic Iowa Hawkeyes sports header logo
  • Football
    • Football
  • Football Recruiting
    • Football Recruiting
  • Basketball
    • Men’s Basketball
    • Women’s Basketball
    • Basketball Recruiting
  • Wrestling
    • Wrestling
    • Women’s Wrestling
    • Women’s Wrestling Recruiting
  • Sports+
    • Sports+
    • Baseball
    • Field Hockey
  • About
  • HF Podcast

Breaking News

Iowa Swarm Collective will support all 22 Hawkeye athletic teams
Iowa women’s basketball releases 2023-24 schedule
Caitlin Clark named winner of James E. Sullivan Award
Iowa Men’s hoops releases full 2023-24 schedule
Iowa soccer ties Illinois 1-1 in Big Ten opener
Hawk-Fanatic-Iowa-Hawkeyes-hawk-logo

Football/ Football Recruiting

Illinois RB has Iowa in Lead Following Visit

Pat HartyFollow @PatHarty Iowa Football, iowa-hawkeyes, iowa-recruiting, james-robinson April 27, 2015

Tweet

James Robinson likes to let his play on the field do the talking for him. He’s a person of few words off of it.

The 2016 running back from Rockford (IL) Lutheran High is laid back. It’s good to keep that in mind when you hear him talk about his recruitment. He’s not going to gush over schools.

Robinson visited Iowa on Saturday for its public spring scrimmage. It was his second campus stop at the school in the last two months.

"The spring game and how competitive the players are stood out to me," he said

How does Robinson feel about Iowa?

"I like it a lot," he said.

What is it that he likes?

"Everything," he said.

Are the Hawkeyes the leader for Robinson?

"Yeah, right now," he said.

So, there you have it. When it comes to the 5-foot-11, 200-pounder, that’s saying a lot. And the race to land him might be reaching the home stretch.

"I’m getting pretty far (into the recruiting process), I think. I don’t know (when he’ll commit), maybe before the season starts," he said.

Robinson ranks fourth all-time in career rushing yards (6,584) among Illinois high school players. He needs 1,894 as a senior to break the record after totaling 1,888, 2,469 and 2,227 in his first three campaigns.

Iowa’s running backs played well on Saturday and Robinson noticed.

"I think they had good game. I think I would be a good fit because the plays that I saw are pretty similar to Lutheran’s offense," he said.

Assistant Brian Ferentz is leading Iowa’s recruitment of Robinson.

"I didn’t really talk to the coaches after (the scrimmage) but I talked to Brian Ferentz before the game. He said he was glad I could make it down. I communicate with them through Twitter some. Most of the conversation is just asking me to come visit," he said.

In addition to Iowa, Robinson said Illinois State has offered him a scholarship. Nebraska has picked up its recruitment of him in recent weeks.

"(The Husker coaches) want me to come for a visit. They want me to check out the school and see how Nebraska is. I’ll be going to Nebraska for a visit soon," he said.

Robinson said he’d be attending The Opening regional combine in Chicago this Sunday.

Related Posts

Cade McNamara

Football /

Saturday night could be defining moment for Cade McNamara as Hawkeye

Nick Brooks

Football Recruiting /

Cedar Rapids Kennedy OL Nick Brooks commits to Iowa over elite schools including Alabama, Georgia

137A1976

Football /

Iowa Defense A Work in Progress
Hawkeyes Still Top 20 in Scoring Defense

‹ Younger Niemann, Taylor Talk Potential Team Up› Feast or famine: A look back at Iowa’s 2005 recruiting class 10 years later

HawkFanatic Podcast

  • Hotspot LogoHawkeye Hotspot Podcast 9-21-23
    Scott Dochterman, Rob Howe Talk Iowa Athletics

  • Mailbag LogoHF Mailbag Podcast 9-19-23
    Answering Your Hawkeye Questions

  • Rapid ReactionRapid Reaction Podcast – Western Michigan
    Jovon Johnson, Jordan Canzeri Analysis

What are we worth to you?
To help us continue supplying FREE content, please consider donating here

Back to Top

 
HawkFanatic Iowa Hawkeyes logo
 
  • Home
  • Football
  • Football Recruiting
  • Basketball
  • Wrestling
  • Sports+
  • About
  • HF Podcast
  • Donations
  • Advertise With Us
© 2023 HawkFanatic | Website Design and Development by Vortex Business Solutions - All Rights Reserved | Contact Webmaster