Josh Robinson (basketball)

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Josh Robinson
Personal information
Born (1996-03-13) March 13, 1996 (age 27)
St. Louis, Missouri
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school St. Mary's (St. Louis, Missouri)
College Austin Peay (2014–2017)
NBA draft 2017 / undrafted
Position Guard

Josh Robinson (born March 13, 1996) is an American professional basketball player.

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High school and college career

Robinson was a stand-out scorer for St. Mary's High School, averaging 35.8 points a game as a senior en route to Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year (by the Archdiocesan Athletic Association Large Division) honors. [1]

Mostly coming off the bench, he averaged 9.9 points per contest in his freshman year (2014–15) at Austin Peay. He increased his scoring output as a sophomore, pouring in 16.9 points a game for the Governors, making 72 triples on the season, while pulling down 3.1 rebounds and handing out 2.6 assists per outing. As a junior, Robinson scored 20.3 points per game, having converted 71-of-194 from beyond the arc. He also averaged 3.5 assists and 3.0 rebounds per contest. [2] In early March 2017, Robinson was arrested on drug charges [3] and subsequently suspended indefinitely by Austin Peay for a violation of team rules. [4]

Robinson opted to enter the 2017 NBA draft as an underclassman, [5] but was not taken by any team. [6]

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References

  1. "Josh Robinson - Men's Basketball". Austin Peay State University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  2. "Austin Peay Men's Basketball, Austin Peay Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 25, 2017), All games" (PDF). Austin Peay Athletics. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  3. Allison, Autumn. "Austin Peay's top guard Josh Robinson arrested, suspended". The Leaf-Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  4. "APSU basketball player suspended after drug-related arrest". ClarksvilleNow.com. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  5. Helin, Kurt (2017-05-25). "After 73 underclassmen pull out of NBA draft, here are the final early entries". ProBasketballTalk. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  6. "2017 NBA Draft picks: Complete results, full list of players selected, highlights, grades". CBSSports.com. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 2022-10-10.