With confidence that they can still pick a good player with great potentials, the last season’s champions team New Orleans Saints used the 32nd overall pick, also the last pick of the first-round NFL draft, to add a new cornerback to the team’s defensive line.
The rookie to put on the new Saints jersey is Patrick Robinson from the Florida State. His joining is expected to improve the Saints’ pass defense that ranked 26th in the NFL in yards passing allowed per game with 235.6 last season. What’s more, with addition of the rookie cornerback, the Saints now have more choices in moves on defensive line. According to reports, the team has a plan to move second-year cornerback Malcolm Jenkins to safety if free agent safety Darren Sharper eventually chooses not to wear back his Saints jersey.
While playing for the Florida Seminoles, Robinson had totally seven interceptions, with none in last season and one in 2008 season. His best performance was given in his sophomore season in 2007 and all of the six other interceptions were had during that season. The Saints still passed TCU linebacker Daryl Washington to pick Robinson perhaps they saw some other potentials in the cornerback, who started all of the 12 games his college football team played in 2009 and managed to have 52 tackles, 11 passes defended and two forced fumbles as well as 11 returned kickoffs for 218 yards. Generally speaking, the young player is considered to be the luckier one than the team to have a chance of playing for the Super Bowl champion team.
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