Jalen Robinson began the 2018 season as the fourth center back on the depth chart. Behind Steven Birnbaum, Frederic Brillant, and Kofi Opare, odds looked long that Robinson would get much playing time throughout the year, and unfortunately for him that turned out to be the case.
After playing 543 minutes over seven appearances in 2017, Robinson’s minutes and appearances regressed to 349 minutes over five matches, which makes it difficult to gauge his performance in such limited action. Still, he led all DCU center backs in successful tackles per 90 minutes with 1.