Cornerback Becomes Spartans' 15th Commitment

The Spartans have picked up their 15th commitment for the class of 2012 in the form of Ezra Robinson, a cornerback from Sarasota, FL.  Most of the recruiting sites consider Robinson a 3-star recruit, but he does have offers from some pretty good schools, including: Clemson, Georgia Tech, South Florida, West Virginia, and Illinois.  He appears to be a pretty good size for a cornerback (about 6 feet tall) and he seems to have good speed (4.45 in the 40, according to Scout). 

There's not much else written about him and almost no video except this interview where he gets congratulated for having a 31-inch vertical.

There's also this video where he outjumps a receiver for the ball and where the announcer says he is a highly-sought recruit.

So, there's really not much telling what will become of him.  It does appear that Dantonio and company like to go after these taller, faster cornerbacks.  The other cornerback in the 2012, Jermain Edmondson, has exactly the same proportions (6 feet tall and 170 pounds).  In the 2011 class they picked up Trae Wanes (6 feet tall, 170 pounds, and 4.33 in the 40) and Roger Williamson (6'2", 180 pounds).  None of these guys have really emerged, yet, so there's not much we can learn from comparing Robinson to any of them.  This is one of those recruits that we really don't know too much about and so we'll simply have to wait a while before we get a good sense of what he might contribute.