2010 Football Roster
Roster
Nickell Robey
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Frostproof, FL
- High School:
- Frostproof HS
CAREER: He has 111 tackles, 6 interceptions and 13 deflections in his career. He has 24 career starts.
2012: The veteran Robey, a lockdown cornerback who is a Thorpe Award candidate, returns for his third season as a starter as a junior in 2012. He also could returns punts and kicks. He also competes on USC's track team.
2011: Robey started for his second season at cornerback as a sophomore in 2011. Overall in 2011 while starting all 12 games, he had 63 tackles, including 5.5 for losses (with 2 sacks), a team-high 9 deflections and 2 interceptions (with a TD), plus 12 punt returns for 132 yards (11.0 avg.) and a 20-yard kickoff return. He made the 2011 CollegeFootballNews.com Sophomore All-American second team. He made the 2011 All-Pac-12 first team. He made the 2011 ESPN.com, CBSSports.com, CollegeFootballNews.com and Phil Steele All-Pac-12 first team. He won USC's 2011 John McKay Award.
He had 4 tackles (0.5 for loss) and also returned 2 punts for 19 yards against Minnesota. He had 5 tackles, 2 deflections and 2 punt returns for 5 yards versus Utah. He had 4 tackles and returned 2 punts for 3 yards against Syracuse. He had 2 tackles and returned 2 punts for 51 yards (with a 44-yarder) at Arizona State. He added 4 tackles against Arizona and 6 tackles and 2 deflections at California. He then had 6 tackles, a deflection and a late interception to seal the victory at Notre Dame (he also had a 9-yard punt return) to earn USC's Player of the Game versus Notre Dame Award. He had 10 tackles, a deflection and returned a fourth quarter interception 33 yards for a TD against Stanford. He had 4 tackles (1 for a loss) at Colorado, then 3 tackles, a deflection and a 20-yard kickoff return against Washington and 6 tackles at Oregon. He had 9 tackles (with 2 sacks) and 2 deflections along with 2 punt returns for 40 yards against UCLA.
2010: Just a first-year freshman, Robey started all of 2010 at cornerback and performed well. Overall in 2010 while starting all 13 games, he had 48 tackles, including 1.5 for losses, plus had a team-high 4 interceptions with 1 TD, 4 deflections and 1 forced fumble. He made 2010 Collegefootballnews.com Freshman All-American honorable mention, All-Pac-10 honorable mention and Phil Steele All-Pac-10 fourth team.
He became the first USC true freshman to start a season opener at cornerback in the post-World War II era when he had 6 tackles and a deflection against Hawaii. He then had 2 tackles and 2 deflections against Virginia and 5 tackles at Minnesota. At Washington State, he had 3 tackles and 2 interceptions (including a 25-yard TD return and an 8-yarder to set up a USC TD) to become the first Trojan freshman to get 2 picks in a game since Mike Salmon did so in 1990 against Arizona State. He added 5 tackles against Washington, then 2 tackles each against Stanford, California and Oregon. He had 6 tackles (0.5 for a loss) and an interception against Arizona State, 3 tackles (1 for a loss) at Arizona, 5 tackles at Oregon State, 3 tackles against Notre Dame and 4 tackles, an interception, a forced fumble and a deflection at UCLA.
TRACK: He is a long jumper and sprinter on USC's track team. He had a 2012 season best of 23-11 ½ to finish second in the long jump at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet. He joined with fellow footballers D.J. Morgan, Marqise Lee and Tony Burnett on a sprint relay quartet that ran 41.05 for third place at the 2012 Rossi Relays.
HIGH SCHOOL: His 2009 honors included Super Prep All-Dixie as a senior defensive back and running back at Frostproof (Fla.) High. He had 764 yards on 88 carries (8.9 avg.) with 9 TDs and caught 17 passes for 232 yards (13.7 avg.) with 6 TDs on offense, had 73 tackles, 2 interceptions and 2 forced fumbles on defense and averaged 17.1 yards on 8 punt returns and 34.7 yards on 7 kickoff returns in 2009.
As a junior in 2008, he made All-State 2B first team and All-County first team. He ran for 1,600 yards with 10 TDs and caught 33 passes for 475 yards (14.4 avg.) with 4 TDs on offense and had 6 interceptions on defense.
As a sophomore in 2007, he ran for 1,500 yards on offense and had 40 tackles and 7 interceptions on defense.
He also was on Frostproof's baseball (earning All-State second team honors) and track (bests of 10.71 in the 100 meters, 23-9 in the long jump and 45-11 in the triple jump) teams. He was the 2010 State 2A District 8 and Region 2 long jump champion.
PERSONAL: His cousin is Carlton Thomas, was a tailback at Georgia (2009-11). He and 15 of his USC teammates spent 5 days in Haiti in the spring of 2012 building homes and assisting those in need.
| TAC | LS/YDS | DFL | FR | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| 2010 (Fr.) | 48 | 1.5/5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 1 | 25 |
| 2011 (So.) | 63 | 3.5/18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 1 | 33 |
| CAREER. | 111 | 5/23 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 2 | 33 |
| PR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | KOR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| 2011 (So.) | 12 | 132 | 11.0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 20 |
| TAC | LS/YDS | DFL | FR | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| Minnesota* | 4 | 0.5/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Utah* | 5 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syracuse* | 4 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona St.* | 2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona* | 4 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| California* | 6 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Notre Dame* | 6 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Stanford* | 10 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 1 | 33 |
| Colorado* | 4 | 1/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington* | 3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oregon * | 6 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| UCLA* | 9 | 2/17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 (So.) | 63 | 3.5/18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 1 | 33 |
| PR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | KOR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| Minnesota* | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Utah* | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syracuse* | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona St.* | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona* | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| California* | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Notre Dame* | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanford* | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colorado* | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington* | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 |
| Oregon* | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| UCLA* | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 (So.) | 12 | 132 | 11.0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 20 |
| TAC | LS/YDS | DFL | FR | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| Hawaii* | 6 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia* | 2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota* | 5 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wash. St.* | 3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 1 | 25 |
| Washington* | 5 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanford* | 2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| California* | 2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oregon* | 2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona St.* | 6 | 0.5/1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona* | 3 | 1/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oregon St.* | 5 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Notre Dame* | 3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| UCLA* | 4 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 (Fr.) | 48 | 1.5/5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 1 | 25 |
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