'09 HI WR Robby Toma (Notre Dame Verbal)

[Grahambo]

Robby Toma: Doin it for the little guy's since 2009.

One of my favorite underrated player's. #9

 

[UmphreakDomer]

so robby is saying that his college career went by "quicker than fast?"

 

[Redbar]

Thank You Robby, go out big!

 

[BeauBenken]

Hope you get your chance to shine Robby.

 

[ColinKSU]

so robby is saying that his college career went by "quicker than fast?"

His ND career went by deceptively fast.

 

[anarin]

Mike Golic and Robbie Toma stood out on the practice field Monday afternoon.

Toma caught a 54 yard pass from Sunseri.

 

[dublinirish]

no combine invite for robby unfortunately. still think if the kid gets a chance in training camp hes going to turn heads.

 

[dyrtdogg]

His ND career went by deceptively fast.

Seriously,I can't believe he's gone already. Four years flew by fast.

 

[UmphreakDomer]

Seriously,I can't believe he's gone already. Four years flew by fast.

quicker than fast.

(i must admit ive used this joke before--but i love it)

 

[ND NYC]

love this kid. love everythng he stands for. will always remember him.

BUT

there's just no way in hell he's playing at the next level. his career production at ND just doesnt justify it. 5'9 160lber with 230 yds recieving his senior season and a garbage time td vs navy? just aint happening.

time to put the ND degree to work

 

[irishpat183]

love this kid. love everythng he stands for. will always remember him.

BUT

there's just no way in hell he's playing at the next level. his career production at ND just doesnt justify it. 5'9 160lber with 230 yds recieving his senior season and a garbage time td vs navy? just aint happening.

time to put the ND degree to work

Someone has some sense......

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Someone has some sense......

We got ourselves a draft analyst here! Hey, dad, I can't see real good. Is that Mel Kiper over there?

 

[irishff1014]

love this kid. love everythng he stands for. will always remember him.

BUT

there's just no way in hell he's playing at the next level. his career production at ND just doesnt justify it. 5'9 160lber with 230 yds recieving his senior season and a garbage time td vs navy? just aint happening.

time to put the ND degree to work

That's probably what a lot of people said about Welker too. I am not say toma will play at the next level but anything is possible.

 

[ColinKSU]

That's probably what a lot of people said about Welker too. I am not say toma will play at the next level but anything is possible.

Over his four-year career at Texas Tech, Wes Welker had 259 receptions for 3,019 yards and 21 touchdowns, and 79 rushes for 456 yards and two touchdowns. He also scored eight touchdowns returning punts in his career, tying an NCAA record.

Toma did not do any of that. Good kid, nice player at ND, absolutely hope he does well in the NFL — but he's no Welker.

 

[Kingbish01]

Last year Floyd had 588 yds rec for 2 TD's. Tate had almost 700 and 7 tds. And those were 2 ND studs...I'm gonna go with Toma will make great money in his life...It sure as sh!t won't be playing football though.

 

[NDdomer2]

Last year Floyd had 588 yds rec for 2 TD's. Tate had almost 700 and 7 tds. And those were 2 ND studs...I'm gonna go with Toma will make great money in his life...It sure as sh!t won't be playing football though.

This very well may be the case for his career but I won't ever hate on a kid for attempting to make it while he still can.

 

[connect the dots]

Can the Te'o/Toma football scholarships be construed as a recruitment strategy, what might be described as a package deal? Before Charlie Weiss' recruiting efforts, weren't Manti and Robby considering UCLA as a football destination? Again, another school pursuing this dual scholarship recruitment strategy. As Manti's childhood friend, teammate, and roommate, has Toma ever put forward an opinion/speculation about the imaginary girlfriend hoax? I suspect Robby would avoid interviews and putting forth an opinion on the whole girlfriend affair. And yet, Toma stood very near the scandal's epicenter, very close to ground zero.

 

[Cackalacky]

Last year Floyd had 588 yds rec for 2 TD's. Tate had almost 700 and 7 tds. And those were 2 ND studs...I'm gonna go with Toma will make great money in his life...It sure as sh!t won't be playing football though.

IDK. Welker did not do much until he developed a great understanding with arguably the best QB in the modern era. The NFL is such a different game. I think many underrated college players excel in the NFL. I won't write anyone off.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Can the Te'o/Toma football scholarships be construed as a recruitment strategy, what might be described as a package deal? Before Charlie Weiss' recruiting efforts, weren't Manti and Robby considering UCLA as a football destination? Again, another school pursuing this dual scholarship recruitment strategy.

"Package deals" in CFB recruiting are pretty common, and many believe that Te'o is the only reason Toma got an offer in the first place. You're right that UCLA was pursuing a similar strategy for Te'o. Regardless of why he was offered, he still managed to outperform lots of guys who were more highly ranked more highly than he.

As Manti's childhood friend, teammate, and roommate, has Toma ever put forward an opinion/speculation about the imaginary girlfriend hoax? I suspect Robby would avoid interviews and putting forth an opinion on the whole girlfriend affair. And yet, Toma stood very near the scandal's epicenter, very close to ground zero.

I haven't read any comment from Toma on the Kekua scandal.

 

[irishpat183]

Last year Floyd had 588 yds rec for 2 TD's. Tate had almost 700 and 7 tds. And those were 2 ND studs...I'm gonna go with Toma will make great money in his life...It sure as sh!t won't be playing football though.

Yeah, but their physical skills made up for that.


Noboby is knocking Toma, hell he'll probably have a great career in whatever he decides to do, but I don't think he's gonna do it in the NFL. Basically ZERO production and not all that impressive physically either. Do guys like him make it? Sure. But those guys were usually very productive at the college level.


Because he's one of those "fan favorites" it's tough to have an unbiased opinion about his NFL realities. (I do it all the time)

 

[IrishJayhawk]

IDK. Welker did not do much until he developed a great understanding with arguably the best QB in the modern era. The NFL is such a different game. I think many underrated college players excel in the NFL. I won't write anyone off.

You never write off a kid, especially one who seems to be a hard worker and has stuff together.

That said, it would be an upset of Toma makes a roster. He was a nice piece and a good team guy. How many players of his type who had the college career that he had have made a living as an NFL player?

Best I can come up with is Steve Tasker.

 

[irishpat183]

You never write off a kid, especially one who seems to be a hard worker and has stuff together.

That said, it would be an upset of Toma makes a roster. He was a nice piece and a good team guy. How many players of his type who had the college career that he had have made a living as an NFL player?

Best I can come up with is Steve Tasker.

And that's all I'm saying. If he had the kinda stats that Welker did in college (yes, different systems) I'd say he has a real shot...but he couldn't get on the field.


He'll do well in life and I'm glad he played for the Irish.

 

[Cackalacky]

You never write off a kid, especially one who seems to be a hard worker and has stuff together.

That said, it would be an upset of Toma makes a roster. He was a nice piece and a good team guy. How many players of his type who had the college career that he had have made a living as an NFL player?

Best I can come up with is Steve Tasker.

The league is littered with players from Div II. schools, JuCos. etc. IDk if Toma has the physical skill set, but if you told me Danny Woodhead would be an integral part of an NFL team, I would have laughed you out of the room at one point in time. These days, not so much. I think if you can prove it you can do it.

Maybe he gets a shot, if not good luck to the kid.

 

[NDdomer2]

The league is littered with players from Div II. schools, JuCos. etc. IDk if Toma has the physical skill set, but if you told me Danny Woodhead would be an integral part of an NFL team, I would have laughed you out of the room at one point in time. These days, not so much. I think if you can prove it you can do it.

Maybe he gets a shot, if not good luck to the kid.

PAY ME MY VMONEY!

 

[irishpat183]

The league is littered with players from Div II. schools, JuCos. etc. IDk if Toma has the physical skill set, but if you told me Danny Woodhead would be an integral part of an NFL team, I would have laughed you out of the room at one point in time. These days, not so much. I think if you can prove it you can do it.

Maybe he gets a shot, if not good luck to the kid.

Danny Woodhead was the NCAA all time leading rusher when he left college.


Again...TOMA DOESN"T HAVE THE PRODUCTION.



Danny Woodhead:
College career

In 2004, Woodhead began attending Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska, where he rushed for 1,840 yards as a true freshman. Woodhead was the first recipient of a full athletic scholarship at Chadron State in its 96-year history.[2]

In 2005, Woodhead carried the ball 278 times for 1,769 yards, averaging 6.4 yards per carry, and 21 touchdowns. He also had 30 receptions for 367 yards, averaging 12.2 yards per reception.

In 2006, through 12 games, Woodhead rushed for 2,740 yards, a new all-division single season rushing record,[3] surpassing Kavin Gaillaird. Including the playoffs, his rushing yards in 2006 totaled 2,756. He also led his team to the NCAA Division II playoffs in 2006, losing to Northwest Missouri State. Northwest Missouri State managed to hold Woodhead to a season low 16 yards rushing on 16 carries while giving up 79 yards receiving, which was more than double anyone on the Northwest Missouri team. Chadron also had 327 yards of total offense compared to Northwest Missouri State's 306.

Through 39 games, Woodhead’s 606 points equated to 15.5 points a game, the highest ever in NCAA Division II. Only Dan Pugh of Mount Union College, a Division III school in Ohio, with 248 points in 2002 and Barry Sanders of Oklahoma State with 234 in 1988, had ever scored more points in a season than Woodhead scored in 2006. However, in 2007 Abilene Christian University's Bernard Scott broke Woodhead's Division II record by scoring 39 touchdowns (234 points).[citation needed]

Woodhead accumulated 7,441 yards on the ground, for his career, giving him a career average of 190.8 yards per game. He rushed for more than 200 yards in 19 of his 39 appearances and scored in 37 consecutive games, both of which are NCAA all-division records.

After a 208-yard game against Western New Mexico in 2007, he became college football’s all-time leading rusher, breaking the record previously held by R.J. Bowers, who played for Grove City College, a Division III school in Pennsylvania from 1997–2000.[1] Woodhead is also just the sixth NCAA Division II player to rush for more than 1,000 yards in four seasons.

He has also recorded 9,259 all-purpose yards, which ranks second on the NCAA all-time list. Brian Westbrook (Villanova, 1997–2001) currently holds the record with 9,512 total yards of offense.

Woodhead is also tied with Germaine Race (Pittsburg State 2003–2006) for first place in Division II in career scoring with 654 points on 109 touchdowns. Race is also the all-time leader in two two-point conversions for 658 points. Woodhead is only the second player in collegiate history to score more than 100 touchdowns.

Barry Sanders is the only college player to accumulate more all-purpose yards than the 3,159 that Woodhead gained in 2006, as he gained 3,250 as a junior at Oklahoma State University in 1988, when he won the Heisman Trophy. Woodhead ranked 10th in Division-II in career all-purpose yards with 7,349 after his junior season. The Division-II leader is Brian Shay of Emporia State with 9,301 yards, including 1,207 on kickoff returns, 1995–1998.

Woodhead was a Harlon Hill Trophy candidate in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, winning the award in both 2006 and 2007.

When interviewed, Woodhead stated that Nebraska never showed much interest in him and that he wanted to go somewhere where he was wanted. Chadron State showed a lot of interest in him, which is where he ended up.[4] While at Chadron State, he majored in math education.







Robbie Toma:

uhhhhhh...Played for ND and Went to high school with the best LB in ND history?









Not even comparable, other than they're both little and white. LOL

 

[irishpat183]

I would say that I HOPE Robby makes it...but he's no Welker or Woodhead.

He's got his work cut out for him, and it's not impossible, but I'll throw my money down on someone else being the "Welker" this year over Toma.

 

[Irish_irish]

The league is littered with players from Div II. schools, JuCos. etc. IDk if Toma has the physical skill set, but if you told me Danny Woodhead would be an integral part of an NFL team, I would have laughed you out of the room at one point in time. These days, not so much. I think if you can prove it you can do it.

Maybe he gets a shot, if not good luck to the kid.

Danny Woodhead was an elite Div II player though, a quick look at his Wikipedia page shows he ranks second in NCAA history for all purpose yards and had some spectacular work out numbers. The question with kids like Welker and Woodhead is whether or not they can make the step up in competition and in these cases they proved they could. Toma has had a fairly average career at ND so I can't really see him stepping up to NFL level unfortunately.

 

[Kingbish01]

I like Toma, but if it wasn't for Manti he probably wouldn't have been a D1 player. 3 offers ND (manti) UCLA (Manti) and Army per rivals. I can't believe he is even being talked about as a possible NFL player.

 

[Old Man Mike]

Attitudinally [as far as being continuously overlooked, yet fighting for success] and production-wise, I'm reminded of Rocky Bleier when people wonder if the underdog has any chance. Rocky's biggest season at Notre Dame was about 350 yards rushing. He was an "OK" pass-catcher [170 yards] and an average kick returner. But his "heart"? Size of a Mountain.

I believe that the odds of Robbie getting even a fair look by anyone are vanishingly small, let alone making a team. But the guy has the Heart of a Warrior, and I'm not counting him out.

 

[LoveThee]

Undrafted free agent, signs with the patriots.

Yes I have a crystal ball, don't question it