NCAA talks to Robinson ex-coach
He says the questions were broad in nature
commitment; always a threat to take it to the house); LB Adam Collins (with much of the defense made up of new starters, 205-pounder will be counted on very heavily; ran back fumble for touchdown in state championship game); OL Vincent Hunter (315-pounder is unit’s only returning starter)
The summer football coach of former Wooddale High and current Auburn University running back Jovon Robinson said he was interviewed by the NCAA this month.
Byron De’Vinner of Nashville told The Commercial Appeal Wednesday that the NCAA representative’s questions were broad in nature and weren’t specific to the team he coached.
“It wasn’t about Jovon Robinson in particular,” De’Vinner said. “It was basically just asking questions about how are 7-on-7s run, things in those nature.”
Seven-onseven football is played in the spring and summer and is a tackle-free version of the game for skill players. Robinson wasn’t the only major college signee to play on De’Vinner’s team last year. Brian Kimbrow, who signed with Vanderbilt, Will Redmond (Mississippi State), and Nathan Cole (Cincinnati) were among those on the De’Vinner-coached West Tennessee Xpress, he said.
Robinson is being held out of practice at Auburn after Memphis City Schools said on Friday that a guidance counselor had falsified his transcript. MCS said it was made aware of the issue by the NCAA. Central High coach Lynord Crutchfield said Monday that he had recently spoken with an NCAA representative about various players and coaches in the Memphis area.
De’Vinner said his conversation was similar.
“They were asking about different players, coaches and different practices, because I’ve been around the recruiting process a while and what not,” De’Vinner said. “And the 7-on-7, that was something they discussed.”
An MCS spokesman said Wednesday she believes the district’s investigation into the transcript continues. Tina Wordlow, Robinson’s mother, said Wednesday she hadn’t received explanation from MCS about the transcript and has not been interviewed by the NCAA.