Florida State senior wide receiver Duce Robinson has been named a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, the sport’s top scholar-athlete honor and an award that “recognizes an individual as the absolute best in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership.”
Robinson is part of the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class, which comes with an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship and an invitation to the 68th National Football Foundation Annual Awards dinner in Las Vegas on December 8. One finalist will ultimately win the 37th Campbell Trophy and see that scholarship bumped to $25,000.
The Seminoles wideout from Phoenix stacked up the academic credentials as strongly as anyone in the country. He graduated magna cum laude from Florida State this summer with a 3.90 GPA in interdisciplinary social science. He was also a 2025 CSC First Team Academic All-American - Florida State’s first since 2012 - while also earning a spot on the All-ACC Academic Team, the ACC Academic Honor Roll and both the university’s President’s and Dean’s Lists.
Robinson’s resume on the field is just as loaded. He has served as a captain in both of his seasons at Florida State and picked up Third Team All-America and First Team All-ACC honors in 2025.
Last season, when he was Florida State’s offensive MVP, Robinson hauled in 56 catches for 1,081 yards and six touchdowns, becoming the program’s first 1,000-yard receiver since 2019. Through seven games in 2026, he has 22 receptions for 407 yards and four touchdowns.
His impact has gone well beyond football and academics. Robinson raised more than $10,000 for Special Olympics Florida with his charity pickleball tournament, worked with young athletes through Next Level Flag Football and took part in literacy programs across Tallahassee.
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