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Tar Heels Add Second Former Husky Player in Jason Robinson Jr.

The wide receiver follows LB Khmori House to North Carolina.
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Jason Robinson Jr. shows off his athleticism in a UW drill.
Jason Robinson Jr. shows off his athleticism in a UW drill. | Skylar Lin Visuals

Bill Belichick's program rebuild at North Carolina has added a second former University of Washington football player in wide receiver Jason Robinson Jr., who signed on Saturday with the Tar Heels, according to On3.

The 5-foot-10, 151-pound Robinson joins ex-Husky linebacker Khmori House in Chapel Hill. Both are Southern California natives coming off their freshmen seasons. While House was a 5-game starter, Robinson hasn't played in a college game yet.

The attraction to Robinson, who hails from Long Beach, California, is his athleticism, with him capable of making athletic catches with a high degree of difficulty look routine.

Robinson made his transfer portal intentions known on January 7.

His program departure was a little surprising, considering the Huskies are losing a pair of starting receivers in Giles Jackson and Jeremiah Hunter.

However, the UW signed five more receivers in its recent recruiting class so Jedd Fisch's staff isn't short of pass-catchers, just experienced ones.

Robinson came to the Huskies after catching 177 career passes for 2,578 yards and 26 touchdowns for a pair of high schools, San Juan Hills and Long Beach Poly.

In this portal window, the Huskies have had 26 players leave the program and, with Robinson going to the Tar Heels, 16 have found new schools.

Curiously, North Carolina still hasn't announced the hiring of Steve Belichick as its defensive coordinator, even though he's left the same position at the UW without fanfare and his replacement was formally introduced last week.

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DAN RALEY

Dan Raley has worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, as well as for MSN.com and Boeing, the latter as a global aerospace writer. His sportswriting career spans four decades and he's covered University of Washington football and basketball during much of that time. In a working capacity, he's been to the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the MLB playoffs, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and countless Final Fours and bowl games.

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