My Background
Originally from Marietta, Georgia, Rex Robinson grew up watching the NFL’s latest curiosities, soccer style kickers. He would watch Jan Stenerud, Garo Yepremian, Pete and Charlie Gogalak on television each Sunday and then try and imitate what he saw them doing. By the time he reached high school he was receiving a great deal of attention. As a 15 year old on Marietta’s JV team, Rex kicked a 51 yard FG in a game. A local news station sent a crew out to verify the feat. It took a few tries but Rex duplicated the kick for the camera and was on the 6 o’clock news that night.
As a senior Rex received several scholarship offers but chose the University of Georgia. He would have the chance to play as a freshman and UGA seemed the perfect distance from home. Rex was the team’s leading scorer and made the All-SEC Freshman team IN 1977. He would make 1st team All-SEC in 1978, 1979 & 1980 and Playboy All-American in 1979 & 1980. Rex also made the Walter Camp, Football News, Football Writer’s, and UPI All-American teams in 1980. He was invited to play in the 1981 Senior Bowl. The highlight of his senior year was beating Notre Dame in the 1981 Sugar Bowl and the Bulldogs being named the 1980 National Champion football team.
Rex finished with several SEC records including the single season FG% at 88.2%, career points (269), career field goals (56) and consecutive extra points (101). The last two categories were second in NCAA history at the time.. He also had six FG’s over 50 yards, with two 57 yarders in 1980. He was drafted by the Cincinatti Bengals in the 6th round in 1981. He played for the New England Patriots in the strike shortened season of 1982. Rex was honored in 2007 as The University of Georgia’s representative at the SEC Legends Dinner as a part of the SEC Championship weekend.
Rex sells sporting goods, athletic and corporate apparel for Pro Sports in Atlanta. He has also worked with hundreds of young kickers since 1996 and several have gone on to play on the collegiate level. Rex lives in the Atlanta area and is married to the former Gayle Garrett of Ludington, MI and has two sons Ryan (27) and Sean (24) from a previous marriage.
Rex,
I just came across this site. I met you 30 years ago at the team hotel when you were at the ’81 Senior Bowl in Mobile.
My dad, who was involved withSr. Bowl, introduced me to you as I was a young 15yr-old kicker at the time. I admired you as my “role model” and recall being so excited to get to talk kicking with you for a moment.
We actually set up a week for me to come to Athens in the spring of that year but an illness in your family took obvious precedence.
I continued to kick in hs and was actually the first hs soccer-style kicker in our county (how times have changed in 30 years!)
Glad to see you are doing well. I am now a performance strength coach working primarily with football athletes (including kickers!).
Continued health & success to you–
01/29/2011 at 3:00 PM
Wow, it is amazing to hear from you after all this time. My mother did get very ill at that time and it pretty much turned our world upside down. I’m glad things you are doing well. Thanks for touching base. I train kickers as well as a part time thing. Mostly kicking technique but some PT as well.
01/30/2011 at 7:49 PM
Appreciate the response Rex. GREAT to see you are still in the game training kickers.
Kicking truly is one of those “you gotta have been there” to understand the demands on the athlete (mindset as well as mechanics).
You can check out our website at http://www.mcconnelltraining.com
Now that I know you are working with kickers in ATL I will be certain to get word out.
Anything I can ever do for you simply let me know.
02/04/2011 at 6:28 AM
Just wanted to say hey, don’t know if u remember me, but my mom taught u in school at westside elementary years ago, Jane Sanders
01/20/2011 at 12:42 PM
Sure I remember her. I saw your folks last spring at Longhorn I think it was. I hope they are doing well. Thank you for saying hello.
01/22/2011 at 10:17 PM
Hi Rex,
Love your site, can’t wait till the season starts! Go Dawgs! I saw your on the GOYA plan, I have been on it for the past 2 months and have dropped 20 and have been using http://www.myfitnesspal.com. It’s great free site to keep track of calorie intake and calories burned. It has a facebook feel so your fiends can lend plenty of support.
Hope you join up!
03/27/2010 at 8:45 PM
I appreciate that, I will check it out.
03/27/2010 at 10:43 PM
Rex Robinson appears several times in the trivia game http://www.smartestbulldog.com…I love it
04/11/2010 at 2:15 PM