Player
A'Shawn Robinson
DT · Panthers
A'Shawn Robinson: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
10 NFL seasons across 4 franchises — DET, LAR, NYG, CAR.
TrendRobinson by team-year (regular season)
| Year | Team | Solo TK | Sacks | TFL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | DET | 24 | 2 | 6 |
| 2017 | DET | 31 | 0.5 | 4 |
| 2018 | DET | 30 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | DET | 28 | 1.5 | 3 |
| 2020 | LA | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | LA | 33 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | LA | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | NYG | 25 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024 | CAR | 36 | 5.5 | 8 |
| 2025 | CAR | 23 | 2.5 | 3 |
Drafted 46th overall by Detroit in 2016 out of Alabama, Robinson spent 4 seasons in DET (2016-2019) as a rotation interior DL, then signed with the Rams (2020-2022) where he won Super Bowl LVI. After one year with the Giants (2023), he settled in Carolina.
The 2024 Panthers line — 5.5 sacks + 8 TFLs + 8 QB hits — is his statistical peak, a career-high sack total at age 29.
Sacks per season
| Year | Sacks |
|---|---|
| DET | 2 |
| DET | 0.5 |
| DET | 1 |
| DET | 1.5 |
| LA | 0 |
| LA* | 3 |
| LA | 0 |
| NYG | 0 |
| CAR | 5.5 |
| CAR | 2.5 |
Super Bowl LVI champion — part of the Rams' 2021 interior rotation behind Aaron Donald.
MilestoneIn 2021, Robinson was a starter on the Rams defense that beat Cincinnati in Super Bowl LVI. His regular-season line: 33 solo tackles + 44 assists + 3 sacks + 2 FFs — solid run-stuffing depth alongside Aaron Donald.
That ring puts him in rare company: a player with a mid-career championship + a 10-year-plus career across 4 franchises.
Detroit era (4 yrs): 5 sacks. Late career (2024-25): 8 sacks in 2 years.
SplitRobinson era splits
| Era | Seasons | Sacks | Sacks/yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit | 4 | 5 | 1.3 |
| Rams | 3 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Giants | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Panthers | 2 | 8 | 4.0 |
For most of his career, Robinson was a 1-sack-a-year run defender. In Carolina, the role expanded — 4.0 sacks/year over his last 2 seasons, peaking at 5.5 in 2024.
The Panthers used him more on passing downs than any prior team. Late-career pass-rush usage breakthrough.
~570 career combined tackles from an interior DL — the workhorse profile.
RareAcross 10 NFL seasons, Robinson has stacked ~253 solo + ~239 assist = ~492 combined tackles plus the run-stop and pass-rush numbers. For an interior defensive lineman — typically NOT a high-tackle-volume position — that's a career of 48+ combined tackles a year on average.
Very few DTs survive 10 seasons on the field at all. Doing it across 4 franchises is even rarer.
Sack-rate doubled at age 29 — career-high 5.5 sacks in 2024 came in year 9.
AnomalyMost interior DLs peak between ages 25-28. Robinson's career arc inverts that pattern: age 29 produced his career-high sack year (5.5) — more than double his prior-best mark (3 in 2021).
The 2024 line — 5.5 sacks + 8 TFLs + 8 QB hits + 1 FF is starter-level interior pass rush production. 2025's drop to 2.5 sacks likely reflects expected age-related decline, but 8 QB hits and 3 PDs suggest the disruption is still there.
4 franchises + 1 Super Bowl ring — the journeyman champion profile.
ComparisonRobinson's resume — DET → LAR → NYG → CAR, with a Super Bowl ring in the middle — is the classic 'journeyman lineman' career.
For every Aaron Donald who plays his whole career in one place, there are 10 A'Shawn Robinsons: decade-long depth pieces who play significant defensive snaps for multiple teams. Robinson's 5.5-sack 2024 quietly added a late-career bump to that profile that most journeymen never get.
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