Sawyer Robertson Told Jon Gruden He Skipped Every LinkedIn Assignment in College, and That's Either Genius or Disaster
Look, I get it. Fernando Mendoza spent the entire 2025 college football season doing everything right. The guy updated his LinkedIn regularly. He won the Heisman Trophy and still found time to work on his business degree like a responsible human being. He's the consensus number one pick in the NFL Draft, and even with all that success, he had a backup plan. His mom would be so proud.
But here's the thing about being a sports fan: sometimes you fall in love with the guy who's the complete opposite.
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Enter Sawyer Robertson. This dude is "football or bust" personified. According to Jon Gruden, Robertson told him he skipped every single LinkedIn assignment he was given in college. Not some. Not most. Every. One.
That's either the most confident thing a draft prospect can do, or the most reckless. There's no middle ground. Robertson is operating under the philosophy that there's no reason to have a Plan B because it distracts from Plan A. And Plan A is being an NFL quarterback.
Why This Matters
I've always been attracted to these kinds of players. The guys who don't necessarily respect the game in the traditional sense. The players who buck the trend and don't always do things the right way, but somehow dominate anyway. Dock Ellis, my namesake dog's namesake, pitched a no-hitter on acid in the Major Leagues. He walked eight batters and hit another, but nobody got a hit. Now that's commitment to the bit.
Robertson hasn't updated his LinkedIn profile in years. He's confident he'll never need to. And honestly? I hope he's right. Because if things don't work out and he gets that LinkedIn notification years from now saying he's updated his profile, that's going to be a rough day on social media for ol' Sawyer.
Sometimes you need the guy with no backup plan. Sometimes that's exactly what wins football games. Sometimes it's a disaster. But it's sure as hell more interesting than watching a guy stay perfectly hedged.
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