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
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2023  QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
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