Michigan Football Signee Bio: P Brad Robbins

• At a Kornblue Kicking Challenge on Dec. 31, 2016, Robbins had punts of 46 and 54 yards with hang times of 5.06 and 5.04 seconds, respectively.

• At the Kornblue Kicking Challenge in July of 2016, Robbins recorded a best punt of 47 yards with a hang time of 4.49 seconds. Over 10 punts at that camp, Robbins averaged 41 yards with a hang time of 4.37 seconds.

• Claims a 35-inch vertical jump.

• From sophomore year to senior year averaged more than 40 yards per punt.

• Named Kornblue’s Punting Champion for the class of 2017, and was ranked the No. 1 punter nationally by the service.

• Ranked the No. 3 punter nationally and No. 1 in the state of Ohio by ProKicker.com.

• Recognized as a Ray Guy ProKicker.com Top Prospect Award winer, which earned him a spot at their National Top Prospect Camp.

• Attended back-to-back kicking competitions with Kornblue Kicking in Florida in July and December of 2016.

• Originally committed to Nevada in Oct. of 2015, but the staff was fired at the end of the 2016 season. After not hearing from the new staff for over a month, Robbins decided to look around.

• Received late-cycle offers from Illinois and Rutgers, and officially visited Illinois during the weekend before National Signing Day.

• Michigan came through with an offer just before signing day and Robbins accepted Feb. 1.

• Head coach Jim Harbaugh and special teams assistants Jay Harbaugh and Chris Partridge were all involved with bringing Robbins to U-M.

• Born Oct. 6, 1998.

• 3.375 GPA.

• 25 ACT score.

• Began prep career at Worthington Christian in Worthington, Ohio before finishing at Westerville South.

• Ran more than 85 yards for a touchdown after a bad snap during a high school game. He picked the ball up around his own goal line and went the distance for a score.

• Played soccer, football, basketball and baseball every year until senior season.

• Hit first high school home run (about 420 feet) during a wood-bat tournament in summer of 2015.

• As a junior, made a steal, led the fast break and had first in-game dunk (two-handed) during basketball season.

With no scholarship punter on the roster, Robbins is going to get a shot to prove he can handle the duties. Redshirt freshman kicker Quinn Nordin is being penciled in as the incumbent place kicker with no punting responsibilities, meaning Robbins could win the job outright. It’ll be interesting to see how unproven walk-ons and young scholarship specialists battle it out for an important phase of the game in 2017.

Rick Sang, Director of Ray Guy ProKicker.com Camps: “Bradley Robbins ranks as the best high school punter in the state of Ohio. Going into his senior year, he has already recorded a 5.0 [second] hang time — which is a great hang time, even using the NFL standard.”

Kornblue Kicking Founder and Former Michigan Kicker Brandon Kornblue: “He’s an incredible athlete, first of all. The levers and the body type with the athleticism that he has makes him the whole package. He’s also a great student, great kid and has a great family. He’s a Michigan guy. I was willing to put my name out there because he’s that good. Quinn [Nordin], last year, is a kicker who can punt; Brad is pretty much the opposite as a punter who can kick. They should be great compliments to each other.”