As a true freshman at Washington, Nate Robinson started the final six games of the 2002 football season at cornerback, coming up with a key fourth-quarter interception in the Huskies’ triple-overtime upset of No. 3 Washington State in the Apple Cup.
Robinson never again put on a UW football jersey after the 2002 season, instead focusing on basketball.
But at least one influential person tried to convince him to return to football, Robinson says.
In his Sports Illustrated podcast, “Holdat,” co-hosted with former NBA player Carlos Boozer, Robinson claimed that a UW booster offered him “$100,000 a year” to play football again for the Huskies.