Before Brian Robison wreaked havoc as a defensive end for the Vikings, he was a high school linebacker and three-star prospect turning down colleges that wanted him to change positions.
“Oklahoma was one of the schools that told me straight up — ‘We want to put a few pounds on you, let you bulk up a bit and put you at straight defensive end,’ ” Robison recalled via telephone on Monday. “I was like, ‘I’m a linebacker, so that ain’t going to work.’ ”
It wasn’t going to work in 2002, when the Splendora, Texas, native verbally committed to the Longhorns after being assured he’d get to continue playing linebacker.