Sawyer Robertson Told Jon Gruden He Skipped Every LinkedIn Assignment in College, and That's Either Genius or Disaster
Here's a wild contrast for you: Fernando Mendoza won the Heisman Trophy last season and still found time to keep his LinkedIn profile updated. The guy was so dialed in on doing everything the right way that he became the consensus number one overall pick in the NFL Draft. Even as a top prospect, Mendoza had a backup plan. He took business school seriously. He was prepared for life after football, no matter what happened.
Then there's Sawyer Robertson, an NFL draft prospect who apparently operates on a completely different planet. Robertson told Jon Gruden he skipped every single LinkedIn assignment he received in college. Not most of them. Not some of them. Every one. That's the kind of "football or bust" mentality that either makes you a legend or completely derails your career. There's no middle ground here.
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Robertson's approach is the exact opposite of the Fernando Mendoza playbook. Mendoza's entire philosophy was having a plan B. If football didn't work out, he had his degree, his professional network, his LinkedIn credentials locked and loaded. The guy understood that being elite at something doesn't guarantee it lasts forever.
Robertson? He's operating with zero safety net. No backup plan. No LinkedIn presence to fall back on. Just pure, unapologetic football conviction. He's betting everything on making it in the league. That kind of commitment is either incredibly inspiring or genuinely reckless, depending on how his career unfolds.
The Social Media Reckoning That Could Be Coming
Here's what makes this actually terrifying for Robertson: if things don't work out, if he finds himself out of the league in a few years, that moment when he has to finally update his LinkedIn profile is going to be rough. Really rough. The internet is going to have a field day with that notification.
But maybe that's exactly the point. Robertson isn't hedging his bets. He's not building a brand or a backup career while he plays. He's all in on the idea that he won't need to. For his sake, let's hope he's right.
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