“If you want to be a fan now, you can be a fan now,” Dorian Thompson-Robinson said last week, “but I would much rather you not be one later and kind of get on when everything’s good; I want you to kind of stick to the grind with me.”
More football players from the Southland are passing on USC and UCLA and establishing themselves at other Pac-12 programs.
“I kind of blocked him out and blocked some of my family out during the season and blocked a lot of people back home out,” Thompson-Robinson said, “just because it was obviously a tough time and I was more focused on just finishing the season.” The quarterback appears relaxed in everything he does, smiling more easily in conversation than a year ago. His teammates have also noticed an increased confidence.
“I like that we had the season we had last year,” said Thompson-Robinson, who completed 57.7% of his passes for 1,311 yards with seven touchdowns and four interceptions. “One, it was a learning experience for me, never having gone through adversity, and I would rather have it hit now than say my junior or senior year when I’m fighting for a national championship.”
“I have a platform and I’m not a robot that’s just football, football, football 24 hours of my day,” Thompson-Robinson said, “so I have fun with my outside life too.”
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