Just to earn the opportunity to get to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and continue his football career, it was going to take a ridiculous amount of hard work for Jamarii Robinson.
Now that he has done that, the work to get on the field is happening for the 6-foot-2, 179-pound receiver from Randolph, Massachusetts, just south of Boston.
Robinson’s journey to UTC actually started after a successful season at Northern Colorado in 2023, when he accumulated more than 700 total yards receiving, rushing and returning kickoffs for the Bears. The team struggled, though — going 0-11 overall, although were some close scores against the Bears’ eight opponents in Big Sky Conference games — and he decided to enter the NCAA transfer portal after spring practices wrapped up in Greeley in 2024.
He even took a number of campus visits, but there was a problem for Robinson to remedy. He was told that since he hadn’t graduated, he wouldn’t be eligible to play in 2024, so he stayed at Northern Colorado and did what was necessary, which in his case was complete 455 hours of an internship to secure a degree in sport and exercise science.
What did he do? He worked in the equipment room. He helped run staff events. He even did security at times.