Pitt FB Recruiting
2026 4-Star City League Star Missing Entire Season Due to Injury
One of the top athletes in the Pittsburgh City League (and a Pitt target in the class of 2026) will miss his entire junior season.
Kyshawn Robinson — a 5-foot-10, 170-pound athlete from Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pa. — announced Wednesday via social media that he’s suffered an injury that will hold him out the entire season, which is just a few days from kicking off.
“Messed up my hip, I don’t know what’s exactly wrong yet, but I do know I’ll be needing surgery,” Robinson told Pittsburgh Sports Now‘s sister site Nittany Sports Now.
due to injury I will not be playing this season. @PA_TodaySports @210ths @WPIAL_Insider @wpialsportsnews @On3Recruits @RivalsFriedman @RivalsDylanCC @EdOBrienCFB @PRZPAvic
— Kyshawn Robinson (@KyshawnR2) August 21, 2024
Robinson is one of the top recruits in the WPIAL. He recently cut an extensive list of offers to six: Colorado, Florida State, Ohio State, Penn State, Pitt and West Virginia.
Pitt entered the race for Robinson when safeties coach Cory Sanders extended an offer in last April. Sanders, and the entire coaching staff, have made Robinson a priority in the months since.
“I believe my coach and Pitt’s safeties coach (Cory Sanders) have been talking for a while and I’ve been on Pitt’s radar,” Robinson told PSN last year. “Coach Sanders came down and watched me practice to see what type of player and teammate I am. After practice, my coach called me over and I had a long conversation with Coach, then he offered me.”
Pitt has sent defensive backs to the league at a high rate since Narduzzi took over as head coach, with Sanders and secondary coach Archie Collins in place just about the entire time, and that’s certainly been a factor. He views Pitt more effectively.
“I think Pitt is going to become a better program in the upcoming years because of the transfer portal,” Robinson said. “One thing that stands out to me about Pitt is their selection of defensive backs.”
Robinson is a local kid, who has been around the program his entire life, but he was in attendance as the Panthers knocked off then-No. 14 Louisville at Acrisure Stadium last fall.
Pitt will no doubt continue to prioritize Robinson in the WPIAL/City League despite his season-ending injury.
A tough break for the kid. An opportunity to overcome big adversity though.