Florida kicked the tires on T-Rob last year when they were looking for a defensive backs coach. Sources told Gators Territory that Robinson would have been named a Co-defensive coordinator as well as coaching the defensive backs but that a meeting with Todd Grantham turned Robinson off and he ended up at Miami.

Robinson has history at Florida. He was Will Muschamp’s defensive backs coach and had one of the best performing units on some of the best defenses the Gators have had in the last 10-15 years. He’s a young, a relentless recruiter, and has learned a lot from Muschamp, who remains one of the best defensive minds in college football. (No, Will Muschamp coming back to coach the defense under Dan Mullen isn’t realistic).

Robinson is from the Miami area and recruited South Florida extremely well while he was at Florida, Auburn, and then again at South Carolina. He’s a familiar name, who has a record of recruiting the state hard, something Florida needs to get back to doing.