into a chiseled physique that gives him the look of a
22-year-old college senior, not the 17-year-old high
school senior he is today.
Here's someone who bench presses nearly 350
pounds mostly on natural ability. Robinson has really
only dabbled in the weight room to this point — relative to what he'll be asked to do in college, at least —
as he's split his time between football, wrestling and
track and field, where he's a state-champion-caliber
thrower who may make that his spring pastime as a
Boilermaker.
Gelen Robinson is a dominant high school wrestler
also, the eye-ball test probably giving him a distinct
psychological advantage over his opponent right off
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"He's been like that ever since I can remember,"
Robinson's been to campus numerous times, including
in June when he got a personal workout with linebackers
Glenn Robinson III said. "When we were little kids,
coach Marcus Freeman. It wasn't long after that he commit- he was always stocky; people thought he was fat. But
ted to the Boilermakers.
it wasn't until these past few years that he even startGene Keady's teams two decades or so ago.
It'll be nothing new, though. Dad's reputation has
followed him and older brother Glenn Robinson III
around since birth.
"I don't think he'll feel pressure, because we've
done that all our lives," said Robinson III, a basketball
star at Michigan and NBA first-rounder in waiting.
"Me being the one with the same name, I've been the
one who's dealt with a lot of that (talk) and obviously
I play the same sport.
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