Allen Robinson addresses his health ahead of first season with Steelers

New Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Allen Robinson opened up about his health ahead of training camp next month. The 29-year-old is going into his 10th season in the league after ending Year 9 on Injured Reserve with the Rams.

“I’m doing well, getting back on the grass, you know I’m back doing some OTA stuff,” Robinson said on the Rich Eisen Show. “The first part of the injury is getting healthy and the next part is getting back to yourself.

“Now I have a whole seven-week block to do things that I need to do to get myself back to being myself as we head into training camp. But everything has been going smooth and everything has been progressing very well.”

In L.A., Robinson played in 10 games, catching 33 passes for just 339 yards and three touchdowns. Robinson went on injured reserve in November due to a foot injury. Far from his first injury, the former Rams star opened up about what it was like dealing with his foot issue so late in the year.

“With all injuries, especially things like feet, a stress fracture, for a player it’s frustrating,” Robinson said. “Getting hurt at the time of the year that I did, I was continuing to try to ascend with my role so, it was frustrating… I’ve been able to have some injuries and bounce back, I’m looking forward to doing the same.”

He has 528 career regular-season catches for 6,748 yards and 43 touchdowns. In his nine seasons so far, he’s had three seasons with more than 1,000 receiving yards.

Robinson returns to Pennsylvania

Allen Robinson is back where it all started in the state of Pennsylvania. One hundred and 38 miles away from where he starred at Penn State, Robinson is now gearing up for his first season with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Steelers acquired Robinson in a trade, which according to the veteran, he was “all for.”

“Everything’s going well,” Robinson said this week. “It was something that happened pretty quickly. Once I got wind of it, I was definitely all for it. I had talked to Coach Tomlin way back at my Pro Day, which is a long time ago but feels like yesterday.

“Hearing everything about the Steelers organization, going back to Pennsylvania, I thought that would be a cool thing, once I got wind of that… what I needed to do on my end to get that done, I was willing to do.”

The Rams sent Robinson to Pittsburgh along with their No. 251 seventh-round pick in this year’s draft. In exchange, Los Angeles got the Steelers’ No. 254 selection. He has a history of thriving in the Keystone State. He left PSU as a second-round draft pick.

The Steelers were able to negotiate a pretty nice deal with the Rams, having Robinson’s former team take on $5 million for his 2023 salary. On top of that, they saved on cap space by converting $3.835 million into a signing bonus leaving a base of $1.165 million.