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Texas RB Bijan Robinson proving he deserves more carries

They say good things come to those who wait. The same could be said for those who earn what’s coming to them.

If he never had before, those are lessons that Texas Longhorns true freshman running back Bijan Robinson is learning throughout his first season on the Forty Acres.

Robinson arrived in Austin as the first top-ranked running back to sign with the Longhorns since Johnathan Gray in 2012, accompanied by expectations of true greatness, and sooner rather than later. But three games into his collegiate career — excluding his absence against TCU after suffering a back strain against Texas Tech — Robinson had just 14 carries for 67 yards to his name, with a significant chunk of that coming on a single 29-yard burst against UTEP.