Sawyer Robertson Told Jon Gruden He Skipped Every LinkedIn Assignment in College, and That's the Opposite of Everything We Just Watched
Here's the thing about the 2025 college football season: it gave us Fernando Mendoza, a quarterback so dialed in on his future that he was updating his LinkedIn profile even after winning the Heisman Trophy. The guy had a backup plan. He took business school seriously. He did everything your mom would have wanted him to do.
And then there's Sawyer Robertson.
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Robertson is the total opposite. The guy told Jon Gruden he skipped every LinkedIn assignment he was given in college. Every single one. There's no Plan B here. There's no backup. It's football or nothing, and he's betting his entire future on it.
That's a take-your-breath-away level of confidence or recklessness, depending on how you look at it. While Mendoza was being the most responsible quarterback prospect in the country, Robertson was basically saying, "I'm not even doing the bare minimum outside of football because I don't need to." That's the kind of conviction that gets you drafted high or haunts you for the rest of your life.
When the Backup Plan Disappears
Here's what makes this wild: if Robertson's football career doesn't work out, there's no safety net waiting for him. No business degree polished up on LinkedIn. No professional network he's been building. If the NFL doesn't pan out, that's when social media's going to have a field day watching him scramble to update a profile he's ignored for years.
Is it reckless? Absolutely. Is there something almost admirable about that kind of all-in mentality? Maybe. Robertson's not hedging his bets. He's not trying to be perfect off the field while dominating on it. He's put all his chips on the table and said, "This is happening."
That takes guts. Or it takes naivety. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference until the final whistle blows.
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