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Dorian Thompson-Robinson, QB, UCLA
Selected: Round 5, Pick 5, Overall Pick 140 by Browns
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Name: Dorian Thompson-Robinson
College: UCLA
Number: 1
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 6-2 Weight: 203
Position: Pos2:
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2023
40 Low: 4.50 40 Time: 4.56 40 High: 4.60
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Data Scout Notes: X-5-7/62%-21-6/130-609-9 Rush in 21/Scouts Projected Slower-4.85-Dont look it 2022: HMC...PManning/PUnitas/PMaxwell/PDaveyOBrien...2021: 2ndC...POBrien...2020: 2ndC...(+) Coming off Nov 2020 Undisclosed INJ...PManning/PMaxwell
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Combine Invite: Yes
Height: 6015
Weight: 203
Zybek PD3X AKA "Official"
40 Yard Dash (ET): 4.56
40 Yard Dash (HH): 4.51
20 Yard (ET): 2.66
20 Yard (HH): 2.57
10 Yard (ET): 1.56
10 Yard (HH): 1.57
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225 Lb. Bench Reps:
Vertical Jump: 32 1/2
Broad Jump: 10'01"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.44
3-Cone Drill: 7.28
+12 LBs/Projected 4.56
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Dates: 03/15/23
Hand: 09 7/8 Arm: 30 5/8
Wingspan: 74 3/4
Height: 6015
Weight: 203
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Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA, Player News
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2022 ALL-PAC-12 CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION: QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, R-Sr.,...Redshirt senior Thompson-Robinson, a second-team honoree in 2021 and 2020, has recorded single-season career highs of 250 completions, 2,883 passing yards, 25 passing tou chdowns, a .698 completion percentage and 631 rushing yards while leading the Bruins to seven total-offense outputs of 500 or more yards and a 39.6 scoring average. - UCLA Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2023  QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
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Dorian Thompson-Robinson ran for two touchdowns and passed for another as No. 17 UCLA rallied from an 11-point deficit to beat California 35-28 on Saturday. The Bruins (9-3, 6-3 Pac-12, No. 16 CFP) racked up 541 yards of offense, including 352 on the gro und, and rebounded from a narrow defeat to USC the previous week that eliminated them from league title contention. Thompson-Robinson passed for 189 yards and gained another 88 on the ground. Zach Charbonnet rushed for 119 yards and a score, and he conve rted a fourth-and-2 run in Cal territory late in the game that chewed up valuable time. TJ Harden added 89 yards rushing on 12 carries for the Bruins. The Bears (4-8, 2-7) got a fourth-down stop that gave them the ball back trailing 35-28 with 1:58 remai ning. But Jaydn Ott fumbled after a fourth-down reception that would have converted a first down, and Carl Jones Jr. recovered to ice the game for UCLA.Cal's Jack Plummer threw for 294 yards and four touchdowns. Jeremiah Hunter had eight catches f or 153 yards and two scores. UCLA trailed 21-10 with 58 seconds left before halftime. But Thompson-Robinson led his team on a 75-yard drive that took 40 seconds, capping it with a 19-yard touchdown scramble that brought UCLA within 21-17 at the intermiss ion. UCLA scored on its first possession of the second half to take the lead. But Plummer hit Ott for an 8-yard touchdown that put Cal up 28-27 with 11:16 remaining. Then Thompson-Robinson engineered a 73-yard scoring drive capped by Charbonnet's 5-yard touchdown. A 2-point conversion pass to Jake Bobo gave UCLA a 35-28 lead. UCLA had 113 rushing yards in the first quarter alone and moved the ball at will. But Nicholas Barr-Mira missed a 33-yard field goal, and penalties forced the Bruins to settle for a field goal on another drive. They led 10-7 midway through the second quarter. That gave Plummer time to find his rhythm. The transfer from Purdue threw three first-half touchdown passes, including two to Jeremiah Hunter, who beat one-on-one coverage fo r 38- and 22-yard scores. - UCLA/AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2023 QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
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Dorian Thompson-Robinson hurdled a defender on a 33-yard touchdown run, one of his two rushing scores, and also passed for two TDs as No. 10 UCLA held off Arizona State 50-36 on Saturday night. Thompson-Robinson threw an interception on the first play fr om scrimmage, and the Sun Devils turned it into a field goal. But then he led drives of 75, 77, 91 and 90 yards to give UCLA (8-1, 5-1 Pac-12) a 28-10 halftime lead that grew to 35-10 on his 4-yard run in the third quarter. Arizona State quarterback Tren ton Bourguet threw for 349 yards and two touchdowns, and the Sun Devils (3-6, 2-4) scored 18 straight points to close to 42-36 on Xazavian Valladay's 1-yard TD run and Bourguet's 2-point conversion pass with 6:24 left.UCLA put it away on its next possession on Colson Yankoff's 1-yard touchdown run with 2:30 remaining. "I didn't personally have any doubt," Thompson-Robinson said. "For me, it was really easy. I just had to put and read my keys. We knew what we were going to get, and we got what we expected." The Bruins, one of three teams with one Pac-12 loss perched behind first-place Oregon, had 402 yards rushing. Thompson-Robinson finished with 169 yards passing and 120 yards on the ground. UCLA played without Pac-12 leading rusher Zach Charbon net, who was in uniform and active on the sideline but wore bandages on his left triceps and left calf. Wide receiver-turned-running back Kazmeir Allen had 137 yards rushing, including a touchdown, and 63 more receiving for UCLA. "I'm just a ballplayer," said Allen, saying he spent one day at practice last week at running back. "I barely knew Zach was unavailable until the beginning of the game." Keegan Jones added 98 yards rushing and scored two touchdowns while stepping in for Charbonnet, who was thir d in Division I with 137.7 yards rushing per game. - UCLA/AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2023 QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
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Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson threw his 76th career touchdown pass as No. 18 UCLA (6-0 , 3-0 ) earned a 42-32 Pac-12 victory over No. 11 Utah (4-2, 2-1) at the Rose Bowl on Saturday to become the Bruins' all-time leader in touchdown passes. "It's great to have my name there, but I think the thing that's made me the most emotional right now is seeing how happy my guys in my locker room were for me," Thompson-Robinson said. "The coaching staff, everybody that's been here since I was a freshman, jus t rethinking all the hard times I went through. All the bickering back-and-forth, the transitioning going on throughout the program. Again I just can't say how thankful I am and how grateful I am to be on this team right now." Thompson-Robinson broke the record held by former Bruins standout Brett Hundley (2011-14) on a 70-yard touchdown pass to receiver Logan Loya to cap off a two-play, 61-yard drive for a 35-25 lead over Utah with 11:17 to play.Thompson-Robinson celebrated the victory that foll owed his 41st start as a Bruin by high-fiving teammates and embracing fans in the tunnel on his way back to the locker room. Thompson-Robinson has also surpassed Hundley for sole possession of the second-most starts by a quarterback in UCLA history. "It' s pretty cool for what Dorian has done," Coach Chip Kelly said. "He has invested a ton in himself and he's reaping the rewards of that. Really happy for him, seeing how he has grown as a person and grown as a leader." - Orange County Register
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2023 QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
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OCT 10 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Dorian Thompson-Robinson, RS Sr., QB, UCLA (Las Vegas, Nev.),...Wins this award for the 2nd straight week and 4th time in his career. First UCLA player to win in back-to-back weeks since RB Johnathan Franklin in the first 2 weeks of the 2012 season. First Pac-12 player to win back-to-back since Arizona State RB Rachaad White and Utah QB Cameron Rising did it last season...Accounted for five touchdowns on the day while completing 18 of 23 passing attempts (.8 26) for four scores and 299 yards. He led UCLA to touchdowns on its first four drives (three passing TD and one rushing TD by Charbonnet) of the second half to put the home team in front 42-25 after the Bruins enjoyed a 14-10 halftime advantage...Thompso n-Robinson's 4th touchdown toss of the game was his 76th career scoring pass which lifted him past Brett Hundley (2011-14) and into the top spot at UCLA in the category.It marked the 4th career game in which Thompson-Robinson has thrown at least 4 TD passes (5 at Washington State in 2019; also 4 vs. USC 2021and at Colorado in 2020)...It is the 3rd time this season that Thompson-Robinson has thrown for at least 3 TD in a game (also So. Alabama-3 and Washington-3). .826 completion percentage was DT R's 3rd game this season above .800 and his 5th in six 2022 contests above .720. His 18 completions pushed Thompson-Robinson (716) past Josh Rosen (712) and into second-place all-time at UCLA behind only Hundley (837)...Also nominated for Offense: Bo Ni x, QB, Oregon; Trenton Bourguet, QB, Arizona State; Brycen Tremayne, WR, Stanford; Travis Dye, RB, USC; Tre'Shaun Harrison, WR, Oregon State; Tavion Thomas, RB, Utah. - Pac-12 Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2023 QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
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Dorian Thompson-Robinson passed for 299 yards and four TDs to become UCLA's career leader in passing touchdowns, Zach Charbonnet rushed for a career high 198 yards and the 18th-ranked Bruins defeated No. 11 Utah 42-32 on Saturday. Thompson-Robinson also had a rushing score for the Bruins, who are 6-0 overall for the first time since 2005, 3-0 in the Pac-12 and picked up the biggest victory in coach Chip Kelly's five years in Westwood. They have won nine straight dating back to last season, which is thei r longest streak since running off 20 straight victories in 1997-98. Thompson-Robinson's only mistake came late in the fourth quarter when he was picked off by Clark Phillips III and returned 80 yards for a touchdown. Cameron Rising passed for 287 yards and ran for a pair of scores for the Utes (4-2, 2-1), who had won five straight in the series by an average of 27 points.Rising started slow, hitting just one of his first five throws for 14 yards and an interception before finishing 23 of 32. Tav ion Thomas rushed for 91 yards and a score. Thompson-Robinson, who completed 18 of 23, connected twice for scores with Jake Bobo. There was a 7-yard TD pass in the back of the end zone to extend UCLA's lead to 14-3 in the second quarter and a 10-yard str ike late in the third quarter to make it 28-18. UCLA led 14-10 at halftime and scored on its first four drives of the second half as Utah could not keep pace. The Bruins got the ball to begin the third quarter and converted on Kam Brown's 5-yard TD catch to push the lead into double digits. After Rising's 9-yard keeper got the Utes within 28-25 early in the fourth quarter, Thompson-Robinson connected with a wide open Logan Loya for a 70-yard touchdown. That score with 11:17 remaining was the 76th touchd own pass of Thompson-Robinson's career, passing Brett Hundley for the most in school history. - UCLA/AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2023 QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
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OCT 3 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Dorian Thompson-Robinson, RS Sr., QB, UCLA (Las Vegas, Nev.),...Accounted for four touchdowns and completed 24 of 33 passing attempts for 315 yards in leading UCLA to a win over then-No. 15 Washington...It marke d the fourth time in five outings this season that Thompson-Robinson had completed at least 72% of his passes...His three passing touchdowns (12, 15 and 39 yards) lifted Thompson-Robinson's career total to 72 which is three behind all-time school leader Brett Hundley's (2011-14) total of 75...The redshirt senior averaged 13.1 yards per completion against the Huskies...Thompson-Robinson also ran for 53 yards on 10 attempts and a touchdown...3rd time in his career being honored as the Pac-12 Offensive Pla yer of the Week. Won it Week 12 last season and in Week 4 of the 2019 season...Also nominated for Offense: Jayden de Laura, QB, Arizona; Caleb Williams, QB, USC; Cameron Rising, QB, Utah; Bo Nix, QB, Oregon; Renard Bell, WR, Washington State. - Pac-12 F ootball
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Dorian Thompson-Robinson passed for 315 yards and three touchdowns and UCLA beat No. 15 Washington 40-32 in a Friday night matchup of unbeaten Pac-12 teams at the Rose Bowl. The fifth-year senior - who had his sixth 300-yard passing game - also ran 2 yar ds for a score in the third quarter, when he sidestepped defenders Bralen Trice and Jayvion Green, causing them to fall on one another in a heap near the goal line in making it 33-10. Thompson-Robinson supplied the highlight plays, but plenty of other Br uins contributed to their first regular-season win over a top-15 team since 2014. It is also UCLA's first 5-0 start since 2013.Zach Charbonnet rushed for 124 yards and a score, Jake Bobo had six receptions for 142 yards and a pair of TDs while the Bruins recorded their first safety in four years and forced a pair of turnovers. Washington's Michael Penix came into the game leading the nation in passing yards but struggled in the first half as UCLA (2-0 Pac-12) scored on four straight drives and ju mped out to a 26-10 halftime lead. Penix finished 33 of 48 for 345 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions. Penix passed for a pair of touchdowns and 2-point conversions in the fourth quarter as the Huskies got within eight, but UCLA ran out the fin al three minutes. Rome Odunze had eight receptions for 116 yards and two touchdowns. - UCLA/AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2023 QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
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Nicholas Barr-Mira kicked a 24-yard field goal on the final play of the game and UCLA escaped South Alabama's upset bid with a 32-31 victory Saturday. The Jaguars looked to be in control of becoming the fourth Sun Belt Conference team in two weeks to bea t a Power Five team, but were done in when a trick play went awry. The Jaguars tried a fake field goal with 2:52 remaining but Tanner McGee was sacked by Carl Jones Jr., giving the Bruins the ball at the 33. UCLA drove 61 yards in 10 plays, culminating i n Barr-Mira's second field goal of the day. Dorian Thompson-Robinson completed 20 of 30 passes for 263 yards and three touchdowns as the Bruins start 3-0 for the first time since 2015.La'Damian Webb rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown and Carter Bradley passed for 237 yards and two scores for South Alabama (2-1), which was looking to join Marshall, Appalachian State and Georgia Southern in the Sun Belt's hit parade. Last Saturday, Marshall and Appalachian State posted upsets against ranked teams Notre Dame and Texas A&M and Georgia Southern's win over Nebraska got Scott Frost fired. Webb and Bradley transferred to South Alabama this season. Webb, who spent the past two seasons at Jones Community College in Mississippi, had his first 100-yard ga me. Bradley was at Toledo the last four years and nearly led the Rockets to a road upset at Notre Dame last season. He completed 26 of 36 passes, including a 4-yard TD to Caullin Lacy late in the third quarter to put the Jaguars up 31-23 late in the thir d quarter. - UCLA/AP College Football
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Dorian Thompson-Robinson accounted for 385 yards of total offense and four scores, Zach Charbonnet ran for 111 yards and a touchdown, and UCLA rallied for a 45-17 victory over Bowling Green Saturday in the season opener for both teams. The Bruins trailed 17-7 early in the second quarter before scoring 38 straight points to win their opener for the second straight year. Thompson-Robinson completed 32 of 43 passes for 298 yards and two touchdowns along with rushing for 87 yards and two scores. The fifth-y ear senior supplied an early highlight with a career-long 68-yard TD run during the first quarter to tie the game at seven.Bowling Green brought a nickel blitz on third-and-3, but the fifth-year senior escaped pressure from Davon Ferguson in the b ackfield, scrambled right, went down the sideline and then cut across the field, including escaping another diving tackle attempt from a Falcons defender at the BG 34, before going into the end zone. Charbonnet posted his eighth 100-yard rushing game sin ce transferring from Michigan last year. The Bruins rushed for 264 yards, improving to 16-4 when that has happened since Chip Kelly became coach in 2018. UCLA scored 17 straight points in the second quarter to take a 24-17 lead at halftime. Keegan Jones supplied the go-ahead score when he caught a screen pass from Thompson-Robinson and went 52 yards up the left sideline. - UCLA/AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2023 QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
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2022 PRESEASON MANNING AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Sr., UCLA,...Last season, Thompson-Robinson led the Pac-12 in pass efficiency rating (153.9), total offense (274.4 yards/g), points responsible for (182), passing yards per comp letion (13.69) and passing yards per pass attempt (8.51). He also rated No. 10 in the Pac-12 in rushing yards per game (55.36). Thompson-Robinson has moved into the Top Five at UCLA in career passing yards, career completions and career TD passes heading into the 2022 campaign. - UCLA Football
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After unfollowing team beat writers on Twitter three games - and three losses - into his college career and questioning fickle admirers with his "Don't be a fan later" and "Friends over fans" brands, Thompson-Robinson has shifted his focus to more import ant endeavors. "At this point, our concern is with NFL scouts and GMs and owners and head coaches," said Dorian's mother, Melva Thompson-Robinson. "So it's not a matter of trying to be mean or anything, but we have to be focused on a bigger prize. He and I have been talking since the early spring about, 'Dorian, you want to be a pro? It's time to step it up and walk like a pro, act like a pro, talk like a pro, throw like a pro, work like a pro.' You know, all these things. CLA quarterback Dorian Thompso n-Robinson, right, avoids a tackle by Arizona State defensive lineman Omarr Norman-Lott.As part of that change, Thompson-Robinson has undergone his own transformation. He welcomes criticism, embracing the ways it can help him improve, no matter ho w hard it might be to hear. All those losses he's endured? He's studied the details like an autopsy, trying to understand what it will take to turn a disappointing season into one that leaves a legacy. He knows he can't run backward under pressure or let the ball slip out of his hand or throw into tight coverage, all maddening tendencies of earlier seasons. There always will be critics. Brandon Walker has something to say? Thompson-Robinson is listening, ready to absorb every word in the hope it can ave rt more disappointment. "There's always the one or two games - whether it's the Arizona States, the 'SCs, the Utahs, the Oregons - that we let slip away that if we win those games, we're in that big game, we're in the Rose Bowl, we're in the Pac-12 champ ionship," Thompson-Robinson said. "So for me he's right and that's going to remind me every day that on those three big games that we've got this year that I've got circled - Arizona State, 'SC and Utah - that we've got to finish, we've got to win those games so that we can play in the games that we want to." - Los Angeles Times
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2022 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA,...Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson was a starter in all 11 games he played for UCLA last year. The Bruins' offense rated as the highest scoring operation in the Pac-12 (36.5 poi nts) ... ended the season No. 1 in the Pac-12 in passing efficiency (153.94), passing yards/completion (13.69), passing yards per attempt (8.51), points responsible for (182), total offense (274.36), total offense TDs (30) ... one of three Pac-12 players to register at least 3,000 yards of total offense (3,018) ... second in the Pac-12 with 21 passing TDs.Has moved into the top-5 at UCLA in career passing yards, career total offense, career completions, career TD passes, and career QB rushing yar ds ... Ran for two scores and threw for 349 yards and four more TDs in win at USC while completing his last 14 straight passes of the day ... racked up over 300 yards of total offense in four games against (Fresno State-345, Arizona State-330, Colorado-3 55, USC-395)...Ran for at least 80 yards in four games (95-Arizona State, 87-Washington, 98-Colorado, 102-Cal) ... threw for multiple TDs in six games ... ran for multiple TDs in three contests ... finished the season 10th in the Pac-12 in rushing yards/ game (55.36) ...named to Phil Steele's and AP's first-team All-Pac-12 squad ... selected second-team All-Pac-12 by the league coaches. - UCLA Football
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2022 PRESEASON DAVEY O'BRIEN NATIONAL QUARTERBACK AWARD WATCH LIST: Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA, Sr., 6-1, 205, Las Vegas, Nev.,...Last season, Thompson-Robinson led the Pac-12 in pass efficiency rating (153.9), total offense (274.4 yards/g), points r esponsible for (182), passing yards per completion (13.69) and passing yards per pass attempt (8.51). He also rated No. 10 in the Pac-12 in rushing yards per game (55.36). Thompson-Robinson has moved into the Top Five at UCLA in career passing yards, car eer completions and career TD passes. He totaled over 300 yards of offense in games against Fresno State (345), Arizona State (330), Colorado (355) and USC (395). In that USC contest, he ran for two scores and passed for four more. He was named first-tea m All-Pac-12 by the Associated Press. - UCLA Football
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UCLA hasn't won a Pac-12 South title since 2012. Kelly seems oblivious to all the noise and flash surrounding USC. He continues to go about his business. Expectations were high when the Bruins hired Kelly but those have yet to be realized. Could UCLA con tend for the Pac-12 title this fall? Last year, it led the Pac-12 in scoring offense, 36.5 points per game. The Bruins return quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who completed 62% of his passes for 2,409 yards with 21 touchdowns and six interceptions i n 2021 and opted to come back for a fifth season.DTR missed the Utah game last year after suffering an arm injury the previous week against Oregon. "He has a ton of reps under his belt that he has in his catalog in the back of his brain," Kelly sa id. "Like, 'I've been in this situation before and this is what happened." "He's displayed great leadership with all the younger guys. To have the quarterback really be a leader and coming back for Year 5 has really been huge for us." - Deseret News
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2021 ALL-PAC-12 SECOND TEAM (COACHES): QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Sr., UCLA,...Thompson-Robinson led the Pac-12 with a 153.94 passing efficiency rating and was second among league quarterbacks with 21 touchdown passes in 2021. - UCLA Football
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Dorian Thompson-Robinson romped through the Coliseum end zone during the second quarter and looked up to see a young fan in Southern California gear holding out a UCLA hat and a pen. On a day when the Bruins quarterback seized just about every opportunit y, he celebrated his touchdown with an impromptu autograph. "When you see a kid just handing you a hat and a pen, you've just got to," Thompson-Robinson said. "Second nature is to just grab it. I was glad to make that kid's day." Now that's a signature w in for the fourth-year quarterback and his Bruins, who are emphatically on top again in Los Angeles' crosstown showdown. Thompson-Robinson passed for 349 yards and four touchdowns while rushing for two more scores, and UCLA reclaimed the Victory Bell wit h a 62-33 victory over USC on Saturday.Kazmeir Allen made two TD catches and returned a kickoff 100 yards for another score in the highest-scoring performance ever by the Bruins (7-4, 5-3 Pac-12) in 91 editions of the city rivalry game. Kyle Phili ps also caught two TD passes as UCLA beat the Trojans for the first time since 2018 and won at the Coliseum for just the second time since 1997. The Bruins' 62 points tied the record for the most ever allowed in USC's storied football history. "It means everything," Thompson-Robinson said. "They had our tails the last two times we played, and to really hang it up on them this time and get that win out on their turf means something special." The Bruins romped with a wealth of big offensive plays - includ ing 11 that went more than 20 yards, a record under coach Chip Kelly - mostly created by Thompson-Robinson, who beat the Trojans as a starter for the first time in his four-year UCLA career with an afternoon of brilliance. - UCLA/AP College Football
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Dorian Thompson-Robinson threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, Devin Kirkwood came up with a critical interception inside the final 5 minutes, and UCLA beat Washington 24-17 on Saturday night. Zach Charbonnet rushed for 131 yards and the Bruins ( 5-2, 3-1 Pac-12) won their second straight on the road, remaining right in the middle of the Pac-12 South Division race. Thompson-Robinson threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Greg Dulcich for what turned out to be the winning score with 8:19 remaining, capp ing a 90-yard scoring drive. He also threw a 17-yard TD to Kam Brown in the first quarter and had a 1-yard TD run late in the first half.Thompson-Robinson was 21-of-26 passing for 183 yards and added another 87 yards rushing. His last run came wit h 2:01 left when he sprinted 8 yards for first down after Washington used its final timeout. And when UCLA needed a big defensive play in the closing minutes, Kirkwood came through. Kirkwood intercepted Washington quarterback Dylan Morris at the UCLA 4 w ith 4:50 remaining. Morris had Jalen McMillian open for a potential touchdown, but didn't lead him enough and Kirkwood made an excellent recovery, juggling and then securing the ball. It was the second time Morris was picked off after getting intercepted on Washington's opening drive of the game. Morris was 20-of-30 passing for 184 yards, but the Huskies failed to rebound after losing in overtime at Oregon State two weeks ago. The Huskies (2-4, 1-2) are two games under .500 this late in the season for t he first time since 2015 when Washington was 4-6 in mid-November before winning its final two games to become bowl eligible. - UCLA/AP College Football
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When the game was on the line, Dorian Thompson-Robinson wasn't going to allow UCLA to lose. Thompson threw a tiebreaking 75-yard TD pass early in the fourth quarter and came back from a banged-up shoulder to throw a clinching touchdown late that helped N o. 24 UCLA spoil Stanford's return home with a 35-24 victory over the Cardinal on Saturday. "The one thing I don't think gets mentioned enough with Dorian is how tough he is. He's been tough from the get-go," coach Chip Kelly said. "It's an underrated qu ality for a quarterback to be a tough guy. I think that was on display tonight. It's something that we've known for four years now. But I think he really showed that tonight." Stanford (2-2, 1-1 Pac-12) had played its last seven games away from home beca use of COVID-19 protocols last season and a tough opening schedule.The Cardinal managed to win six of those games but came out flat against the Bruins (3-1, 1-0). UCLA broke out to a 14-0 lead and then, after letting Stanford battle back to tie it , got the biggest play of the game when Thompson-Robinson found Kyle Phillips open deep over the middle for the long TD on the next play from scrimmage. The Bruins sealed the win when Thompson-Robinson threw a 5-yard TD pass to Phillips after briefly lea ving the game with the hurt shoulder. "We saw him go down," Phillips said. "He was fighting a shoulder injury the whole game. He ran the ball, went down and game was on the line, came back and made a huge play. We're all just really proud of him." - UCLA /AP College Football
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Dorian Thompson-Robinson and UCLA picked up their third win over a ranked opponent during the Chip Kelly era Saturday night. This 38-27 victory over No. 16 LSU in a nationally-televised prime-time game will have more resonance nationally. "It's really ju st been a long time coming for this team. It's kind of emotional," linebacker Bo Calvert said. "There's been some tough times and to just push through that, I'm really proud of our guys." The Bruins were 10-21 in Kelly's first three seasons, but have won their first two games to start a season for the first time since 2017.Thompson-Robinson led the way. After struggling in last week's opener against Hawaii, the junior bounced back by completing 9 of 16 passes for 260 yards, three touchdowns and a n interception. The Bruins' running backs averaged 7.3 yards per carry as junior Zach Charbonnet had his second straight 100-yard game with 117 yards on 11 carries and a TD. Brittain Brown added 78 yards on 14 carries, including a fourth-quarter touchdow n. "If we are running the ball well, we'll stick with what's right. But I think that if you look at the play-action passes today, those were huge for us," Kelly said. "I'm happy with the way Dorian played. I think that he's going to get better each week, and that is a positive for us." One of those play-action passes led to big TD early in the second quarter as Thompson-Robinson connected with Dulcich for a 75-yard score to tie it at 7. "In big games, big players step up. Even though I didn't have many opportunities, we had to maximize those that we got," Thompson-Robinson said. - UCLA/AP College Football
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Up two touchdowns in an eventual rout, Dorian Thompson-Robinson caught everyone's attention for the wrong reason. The UCLA quarterback who has yet to make it through a whole college season without injury tried to hurdle a Hawaii defender in the first qua rter of Saturday's opener and was met at the summit in a cringe-worthy collision that made the smattering of fans who braved the midday sun at the Rose Bowl hold their collective breath. In a 44-10 rout full of UCLA highlights, the failed highlight was t he first clip of the game Thompson-Robinson shared first on his Twitter feed. It was one of his few memorable moments in an otherwise forgettable game.Thompson-Robinson's string of underwhelming season-opening performances continued with a mundane 130 yards and one touchdown on 10-for-20 passing, but unlike disasters against Cincinnati and Colorado in each of the last two years, the Bruins started the year with a victory. That was the only stat Thompson-Robinson was interested in as the Bruins (1 -0) featured dynamic running backs Zach Charbonnet (106 yards, three touchdowns) and Brittain Brown (78 yards, one touchdown). UCLA still has a lot to prove, but its blowout victory over Hawaii on Saturday shows there's finally some hope for positive cha nge with the program. "Do I need to play better? 10000%," Thompson-Robinson tweeted less than 15 minutes after he walked off the Rose Bowl field. "Do we have the best RB duo in the country? DAMN RIGHT. Great TEAM win! Back to the practice field." - Los A ngeles Times
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UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson returned to practice for the first time since Aug. 3. He missed eight practices during the 10-day period. Coach Chip Kelly never disclosed the reasoning for the veteran quarterback's absence other than saying he was "unavailable." Thompson-Robinson did not speak with the media Friday and Kelly will not speak with the media until Sunday. The Bruins are off Saturday. "Thank you everyone for the well wishes," Thompson-Robinson tweeted after practice. "It was hard b eing away from the team for what felt like a month. But we're back and preparing better than ever. Game week is almost here! Love you bruin family! #GoBruins" Thompson-Robinson is among the 98% of UCLA players who are vaccinated. He returns with enough t ime to prepare for the season opener against Hawaii on Aug. 28 at the Rose Bowl. The Bruins' tight ends did speak highly about Thompson-Robinson after his first day back at practice. "It's like he didn't miss any practices," senior Michael Ezeike said. " He's a very well-coached and fundamentally sound individual." - Orange County Register
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UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson was described as "unavailable" Wednesday morning for a second consecutive practice. Coach Chip Kelly confirmed Thompson-Robinson's absence from the Bruins' first full padded practice but did not provide a reason during his semi-weekly press conference. The term "unavailable" is the catch-all term used by Kelly when answering personal questions the Bruins would like to keep in house such as an injury, an illness or academically ineligible among other situations. Thompson-Robinson is fully vaccinated.Kelly believes his quarterback "will be ready" for the season opener against Hawaii on Aug. 28 and doesn't believe Thompson-Robinson will suffer a major setback by missing time. There's no timetable for his re turn. In place of Thompson-Robinson, Chase Griffin, Ethan Garbers and Chase Artopoeus shared an equal number of reps with the starting unit throughout practice. "We aren't concerned, because we aren't in a game week, about the number of reps," Kelly said . "The more they do on the field and just get the experience, the better off we will be." - Orange County Register
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Several college football players have announced partnerships with agencies and brands this week including UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson Robinson. Thompson-Robinson announced a partnership with Cameo, a platform that allows you to book personalized vid eo shoutouts from celebrities and athletes, on Twitter Saturday. "I'm officially partnering with Cameo and will officially be on the Cameo app," Thompson-Robinson said in his first video on the platform. "You guys know I love my fans so make sure you guy s give me some fun stuff to do and let's interact with each other." A personalized video from Thompson-Robinson currently costs $60 before service fees. Entering his fourth year with the Bruins, Thompson-Robinson is also able to align his status as UCLA 's quarterback with FriendsOverFans, a lifestyle brand he founded in 2019. - Orange County Register
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Dorian Thompson-Robinson celebrated his birthday weekend with a vintage performance in UCLA's 34-10 victory over California. The Bruins finished 3-4, and the positive vibes disappeared as quickly as they arrived. But a few days later, Thompson-Robinson a nnounced he would return for his senior season instead of taking a leap of faith that an NFL franchise would fall in love with his untapped potential. More than four months later, as UCLA goes through spring practices, it has become abundantly clear that Thompson-Robinson did not come back for more of the same.During the offseason, he went to coach Chip Kelly, director of football performance Keith Belton and new quarterbacks coach Ryan Gunderson and asked them how he could be a better player and leader his last year. The consensus answer? Put your teammates above yourself. So when Thompson-Robinson was asked recently how he has improved, he sounded more like a custodian than a quarterback. "I would say the biggest thing is being a servant," Tho mpson-Robinson said. "Picking up bottles after practice, cleaning up the field, if there was a helmet or something left out there. Picking up shoes and making sure guys' lockers are cleaned, stuff like that. That's the biggest thing I've worked on, makin g sure I'm taking care of everybody but myself." - Los Angeles Times
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2020 ALL-PAC-12 CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM: QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Jr., UCLA,...Thompson-Robinson twice surpassed 300 yards passing in his five games played and was one of just two quarterbacks in the conference to record a 400-yard total offense showi ng (414 vs. USC). He tallied a career-high 109 rushing yards, threw for four touchdowns and ran for another at Colorado (Nov. 7). For the season, Thompson-Robinson completed 90 of 138 passes for 1,120 yards and 12 touchdowns and rushed 55 times for 306 y ards and three scores. His pass efficiency rating of 156.29 was the highest for a season by a Bruin starting quarterback since 2005. - UCLA Football
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The Bruins are healthy going into Saturday's game. After missing two weeks to quarantine, quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson proved there was no regression in his game on Saturday at Arizona State. He accounted for a pair of touchdowns (one rushing) an d was sharp while engineering the 11-play, 75-yard, go-ahead drive in the final minutes of the 25-18 comeback victory. Receiver Delon Hurt and running back Keegan Jones also returned to the field, but receiver Jaylen Erwin has not. - Orange County Regist er
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It remains unclear if the Bruins will have several players, including starting quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, back this week after they missed the Oregon game due to COVID-19 contact tracing. If Thompson-Robinson misses the game, the Bruins could rely on Chase Griffin to start for a second consecutive week. - Orange County Register
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UCLA's Dorian Thompson-Robinson was hoping to celebrate his 21st birthday with a big game against Utah. That game was canceled but he got a belated birthday present on Sunday morning. The junior threw three touchdown passes, rushed for another TD and acc ounted for 248 yards of total offense as the Bruins rolled to a 34-10 victory over California at the Rose Bowl. "It feels great to get a win. We've been fighting for it for a long time," said Thompson-Robinson, who completed 14 of 26 passes for 196 yards and added 52 yards rushing. "The biggest thing is we kind of treated it like backyard football - wake up in the morning, go out and play ball."The Bruins and Golden Bears weren't originally slated to face each other this season, but the conferenc e scheduled the contest on Friday after Cal's game against Arizona State and UCLA's matchup against Utah were canceled due to the Sun Devils and Utes having several positive COVID-19 tests. The Sunday morning time slot was available because the Cal-Arizo na State game was pushed back from Saturday before it was called off. Cal was playing its season opener after its Nov. 7 game against Washington was canceled following one positive COVID-19 test and subsequent contact tracing. Thompson-Robinson has throw n three or more TD passes in consecutive games for the first time in his career. - AP College Football
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2020 MANNING AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Jr., UCLA,...Thompson-Robinson ranked among the top 10 single-season performers in UCLA history with his 21 touchdown passes (10th), 2899 yards of total offense (10th) and 216 completions (9th) in the 2019 campaign. While leading the Bruins back from a 32-point deficit late in the third quarter at Washington State last season, he set a school record with 564 yards of total offense, which included 507 yards passing (third on the all-time school list). The Bruin signal-caller ranked 34th in the NCAA, fourth in the Pac-12, in total offense per game (263.5 yards) and 31st nationally and fifth in the conference in passing yards per game (245.5). - UCLA Football
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2020 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA,...Thompson-Robinson ranked among the top 10 single-season performers in UCLA history with his 21 touchdown passes (10th), 2899 yards of total offense (10th) and 216 completions ( 9th) in the 2019 campaign. While leading the Bruins back from a 32-point deficit late in the third quarter at Washington State last season, he set a school record with 564 yards of total offense, which included 507 yards passing (third on the all-time sc hool list). - UCLA Football
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When it comes to UCLA quarterbacks, Dorian Thompson-Robinson has run the Bruins' show the past two seasons and will more than likely do it again in 2020. In what could be a make-or-break year for the Bruins' coaching staff, Thompson-Robinson is expected to have a breakout season, but that's only if he makes strides in becoming more consistent. UCLA will also need to rely on growing its depth in the quarterback group following the transfer of their go-to backup during spring practice.When Thompson -Robinson is good, he's great. Examples from last season include UCLA's historic comeback win over Washington State featuring his school-record 564 total yards of offense, as well as his 431 total yards against USC - second-most ever by a Bruin against t he Trojans. The Bruins have won seven games the past two seasons, five of which Thompson-Robinson started. He finished 2019 with 2,899 total yards and 21 touchdown passes. However, with 12 interceptions and only four running touchdowns, the junior is sti ll missing pieces in his decision-making that limit him in becoming the full package. Heading into 2020, UCLA is going to need the junior to hone in on consistency and leadership. - Orange County Register
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Dorian Thompson-Robinson wasn't sure he was going to start Thursday's game until just before game time. It turned out to be the best decision of the night. Thompson-Robinson, using the bye week to help his recovery from a leg injury that caused him to mi ss a game, passed for two touchdowns and ran for another in helping UCLA end an 11-year drought against Stanford with a 34-16 victory over the Cardinal. "I was day-to-day until tonight," Thompson-Robinson said. "I had been practicing but I was told just before game time." Thompson-Robinson passed for 192 yards and rushed for 66 as UCLA snapped an 11-game losing streak to the Cardinal, dating to 2008. Joshua Kelley rushed for 176 yards, including a 54-yard touchdown run and a 53-yard gain. Kyle Phillips caught 10 passes for 100 yards and a pair of touchdowns."A win is always good," Thompson-Robinson said. "It goes back to getting together in the offseason and working on things like this." Jack West became Stanford's third different starting quart erback of the season, the first time that's happened since 1974. After early success, his inconsistent play led to a stalled offense. "I'm always preparing to be the guy and this week happened to be the game," West said. "It's me making my first start bu t at the end of the day, it's about execution, which is what we didn't have." The Bruins (2-5, 2-2 Pac-12) scored touchdowns on their first two possessions, both passes to Phillips, to open a 14-3 lead with 4:48 remaining to play. It was UCLA's first lea d of more than seven points this season. - UCLA/AP College Football
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SEPT 23/WEEK 4 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Dorian Thompson-Robinson, So., QB, UCLA (Las Vegas, Nev.),...Dorian Thompson-Robinson set a school record with 564 yards of total offense while leading UCLA back from a 32-point second half deficit to v ictory at Washington State in the highest scoring game in conference history...Thompson-Robinson threw for a career-high 507 yards and five touchdowns in the contest, including 322 in the second half alone as UCLA rallied past WSU which owned a 49-17 thi rd quarter advantage...He averaged 23 yards per completion in the second half (14 completions for 322 yards).Thompson-Robinson added two scoring runs, the first of his career, in his total of 57 rush yards...He is only the third player to reach th e 500-yard total offense mark for a game in school annals and his 507 passing yards ranks third on the all-time school list...His previous career high for passing yards was 272 vs. Washington in 2018 and he surged past that figure in the second half alon e...On the evening, DTR completed 25 of 38 passing attempts (.658) to surpass the .600 completion percentage mark for the seventh time in his career...Earned Walter Camp Offensive Player of the Week and Rose Bowl Game Player of the Week honors for his We ek 4 performance. Also nominated: Anthony Gordon, WSU; Matt Fink, USC; Chase Garbers, CAL; Brandon Aiyuk, ASU; Tony Brown, COLO; Justin Herbert, ORE; Jacob Eason, WASH; Tyler Huntley, UTAH. - Pac-12 Football
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WEEK 4/SEPT 21 WALTER CAMP FOOTBALL NATIONAL FBS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: DORIAN THOMPSON-ROBINSON, UCLA, Sophomore, Quarterback, Las Vegas, NV/Bishop Gorman,...Dorian Thompson-Robinson passed for a career-best 507 yards (25-of-38) and five touchdow ns as UCLA came-from-behind to defeat 19th-ranked Washington State, 67-63, in the highest scoring game in Pac-12 history. Thompson-Robinson led the Bruins to 50 second-half points (overcoming a 32-point deficit) on their way to their first victory of th e season. Notes: Dorian Thompson-Robinson is the eighth UCLA player to receive Walter Camp National Player of the Week honors since 2004, and the first since former Bruin quarterback Josh Rosen (Sept. 6, 2015). - The Walter Camp Football Foundation
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Coach Chip Kelly says he never lost faith in his UCLA team, even as it was losing its first three games. Kelly said the Bruins played hard all 12 quarters of those losses, and that paid dividends when they fell behind at No. 19 Washington State on Saturd ay night. Dorian Thompson-Robinson threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Demetric Felton with 1:07 left in the game as UCLA overcame a 32-point second-half deficit to claim a wild 67-63 victory over the Cougars. "I always thought we were a good football team ," Kelly said. "If we could be consistent." "When you are battle-tested like our guys are, I think that showed up today."The Bruins overcame a record nine TD passes by Washington State's Anthony Gordon. After Felton's TD, Gordon was sacked and fum bled - the team's sixth turnover of the game - on the next possession with about a minute remaining and UCLA recovered and ran out the clock. Thompson-Robinson threw for 507 yards and five touchdowns for UCLA (1-3, 1-0 Pac-12). Gordon threw for 570 yards and broke the school record with nine TD passes for Washington State (3-1, 0-1). Jacksonville Jaguars' starting QB Gardner Minshew, a sixth round draft pick who was on the WSU sidelines for Saturday's game, held the school record of seven TD passes in a game, set in November 2018 against Arizona. - UCLA/AP College Football
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