Jeff Robinson

Position:
Guard
Ht./Wt.:
6-5 / 210
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Columbus, N.J.

Overview
An athletic wing player that fits well into the Memphis dribble-drive system ... A "slasher" that can get to the basket ... Hit the weight room with a passion over the summer and added considerable strength and size ... Good finisher at the rim ... Can shoot from the arc, but is at his best 15 feet and in ... A good defender who uses his length to his advantage on that end of the floor.

Career
Has played in 28 games ... Averaging 3.0 points and 2.3 rebounds ... Has eight blocked shots and 13 steals ... Shooting 44.6 percent from the field.

2007-08 Season (Freshman)
Saw action in 28 games ... Averaged 3.0 points and 2.3 rebounds ... Had eight blocked shots and 13 steals ... Shot 44.6 percent from the field ... Postseason (NCAA/C-USA Tournaments): Played in five postseason games ... Averaged 1.0 points and 1.8 rebounds ... Had one blocked shot and one steal ... Shot 50 percent from the floor and 50 percent from the three-point line ... In NCAA Tournament, played against Texas-Arlington and Mississippi State in the first two rounds ... Saw action in all three Conference USA Tournament contests ... Scored 11 points and grabbed two rebounds vs. Tulsa in the C-USA Tournament title game ... Was 4-of-7 shooting from the field and 3-of-5 from the arc vs. the Golden Hurricane ... The three treys and five trey attempts were career bests ... Grabbed two boards vs. Southern Miss in the C-USA Tournament semifinal ... Had four points, five rebounds and one block vs. Tulane in the C-USA Tournament quarterfinal ... Conference USA play: Played in 13 of the Tigers' 16 league games ... Averaged 2.8 points and 2.4 rebounds ... Shot 40.6 percent from the floor ... Had three blocks and 10 steals ... Had eight points and three rebounds vs. UAB in the regular season finale ... Scored five points and added four rebounds, one assist and a career-high four steals in a home win over Tulsa ... Posted three points, three boards, one block and one steal vs. UCF ... Had four points and five boards vs. SMU ... Netted six points and pulled down seven rebounds (C-USA high) in a home win over Southern Miss ... Scored five points and grabbed three rebounds vs. East Carolina ... Non-conference play (regular season games only): Played in 10 non-league games ... Averaged 3.3 points and 2.4 rebounds ... Shot 46.7 percent from the floor ... Netted five points (2-of-4 FG, 1-of-2 treys) vs. Tennessee ... Recorded first collegiate double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds vs. Siena ... The 20 points and 10 boards both were career bests ... Shot 9-of-12 from the field vs. the Saints ... Grabbed one board vs. Georgetown and two rebounds vs. Cincinnati in limited minutes ... Had two points, four rebounds and two steals vs. Austin Peay ... Scored five points vs. Arkansas State ... Pulled down two boards and added a block in first collegiate game vs. Tennessee-Martin in the 2k Sports College Hoops Classic/Memphis Regional.

High School
A consensus top-50 recruit ... Rated No. 36 by Rivals.com, No. 38 by ESPN150 and No. 43 by RiseMag.com and Scout.com ... Ranked among the country's top small forwards by ESPN150 (5), Scout.com (8) and Rivals.com (11) ... Earned 2007 MaxPreps.com national All-America honorable mention distinction ... Named to the 2007 Associated Press New Jersey All-State, NJ Hoops and The Star-Ledger All-State first teams ... Selected the 2006-07 Star-Ledger Union County Player of the Year ... Also named to The Star-Ledger's All-Senior and All-Windex teams ... Averaged a double-double of 19.8 points and 10.2 rebounds ... Helped lead St. Patrick's to a 30-2 overall record and a second-straight NJSIAA Tournament of Champions (T of C) crown in 2007 ... Averaged 21.5 points and 10.6 boards in the Celtics' run to the T of C crown ... St. Patrick's finished the 2006-07 campaign ranked No. 2 in the USA Today High School Boys Basketball national poll ... Also ranked the nation's No. 3 team in SI.com/RiseMag.com's final high school poll ... The Celtics posted a 7-1 record against teams ranked in the 2007 USA Today Super 25 poll, including a 4-0 mark against top-5 squads... St. Patrick's was named The Star-Ledger's Team of the Year ... Scored 21 points and grabbed six rebounds in helping lead St. Patrick's to an 85-61 win over Bloomfield Tech in the T of C title game ... The Celtics set a T of C title game record with 85 points ... Scored a team-high 23 points in the T of C semifinal win over Seton Hall Prep ... Had 29 points and 11 boards in leading St. Patrick's to an 85-56 victory over Wildwood Catholic to capture the Celtics' third-straight NJSIAA Non-Public B title ... Scored 12 points to help the Celtics defeat perennial power St. Anthony en route to the Non-Public B state title ... In a regular season classic vs. Huntington (W. Va.) High School (O.J. Mayo, Patrick Patterson) before a crowd of 9,000 on the Marshall University campus, netted 23 points and scored the game-winning basket with :33 left in overtime for the 78-76 win (televised by ESPN) ... Had 21 points, including four treys, in a 66-60 upset win over St. Benedict's of Newark, then ranked No. 1 nationally by USA Today ... Had 22 points in the Celtics' win over Fairfax (Calif.) in the Hoophall Classic held in Springfield, Mass. ... Metro Hoops also named him New Jersey's high school basketball's Top Dunker and the state's No. 2 small forward ... Named to 2006-07 Metro Hoops New Jersey preseason All-State first team ... St. Patrick's posted a 58-6 record his last two seasons (2005-06, 2006-07) ... Played in the Jordan Brand All-American Classic at New York City's Madison Square Garden ... Scored 17 points in 15 minutes of action in helping lead the Yellow team to a 127-119 win ... Hit a game-best three treys and added three blocked shots ... Also played in the adidas Kentucky Derby Festival All-Star Classic in April 2007 ... As a junior in 2005-06, helped lead St. Patrick's to a 29-4 mark and the T of C title ... The Celtics were named The Star-Ledger's Team of the Year ... Was named to The Star-Ledger 2005-06 All-Union second team and the paper's All-Junior first team ... Was rated the No. 7 player in the New York/New Jersey/Delaware are by Metro Hoops.

Personal
Full name is Jeffrey Lee Robinson Jr. ... Son of Jeffrey Robinson Sr. and Delores Bethea ... Major is undeclared.

CAREER STATISTICS

                           -- Total -- -- 3-Point --   -- Rebounds --Year GP-GS   Min/Avg FG-A    Pct FG-A    Pct FT-A    Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO   A   TO  B   ST  Pts-Avg2007-08 28-0    255/9.1 33-74   .446    10-34   .294    8-22    .364    17-47   64  2.3 32-0    3   10  8   13  84-3.0