Craig Robertson

BIOGRAPHY

Craig Robertson was born February 11, 1988, in Stafford, Texas. He is is a linebacker in the NFL. He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2011. Robertson played college football at North Texas.

Robertson played many positions in high school, including option quarterback, running back, cornerback, wide receiver, kicker and punter. Robertson was also an all-star performer in basketball and baseball. He was also an honor roll student and member of student council while prepping at Stafford High School. Following a stellar career on and off the field at Stafford, Robertson chose to play football at the University of North Texas. Robertson is one of two former football players from Stafford High School to play in the NFL.

The athletic Robertson was initially recruited to play safety at North Texas. However, Robertson displayed a physicality that coaches felt would be better served at linebacker. After redshirting his freshman year, Robertson became the starter at linebacker midway through his redshirt freshman season, a position he held the remainder of his collegiate career. During his tenure at North Texas, Robertson earned All-America honors as a freshman, and Sun Belt All-Conference honors as a sophomore and senior. As a senior, Robertson led the conference in solo tackles and total tackles.

On December 19, 2011, the Cleveland Browns signed Robertson to their practice squad after he attended a tryout. He remained on the practice squad for the last two games of the regular season.

He made his professional regular season debut in the Cleveland Browns' season-opener against the Philadelphia Eagles and recorded nine combined tackles, two pass deflections, and made his first career interception off a pass by quarterback Michael Vick. He made his first career tackle with teammate D'Qwell Jackson on tight end Brent Celek and his first career solo tackle on Jason Avant, with both coming in the first quarter.

Robertson finished his rookie season with 93 combined tackles (62 solo), three pass deflections, two interceptions, and one sack in 16 games and three starts. He was used as an extra linebacker in nickel packages and was tasked with covering the tight end.

On March 22, 2016, the New Orleans Saints signed Robertson to a three-year, $5 million contract that includes $1.96 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $1.20 million. He made his New Orleans Saints' regular season debut in their season-opener against the Oakland Raiders and recorded 11 combined tackles (eight solo) and a pass deflection. He finished the 2016 season with a career-high 115 combined tackles (71 solo), four pass deflections, a sack, and an interception in 15 games and 15 starts.

On March 11, 2019, Robertson signed a two-year contract extension with the Saints.