# Monte Robbins > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Monte_Robbins > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Monte_Robbins.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Robbins > Source revision: 1350481030 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American football player (born 1964)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Monte Robbins | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | number = 43 | position = [Punter](/source/Punter_(football)) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|9|19}} | birth_place = [Great Bend, Kansas](/source/Great_Bend%2C_Kansas), U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | weight_lbs = 202 | high_school = [Great Bend (KS)](/source/Great_Bend_High_School) | college = [Michigan](/source/Michigan_Wolverines_football) | draftyear = 1988 | draftround = 4 | draftpick = 107 | pastteams = * [Tampa Bay Buccaneers](/source/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers) (1988)* * [Chicago Bears](/source/Chicago_Bears) (1988)* * [Washington Redskins](/source/Washington_Redskins) (1989)* * [New England Patriots](/source/New_England_Patriots) (1989)* * [Montreal Machine](/source/Montreal_Machine) ([1992](/source/1992_WLAF_season)) | highlights = * Holds Michigan record for longest punt (82 yards) * Holds Michigan career record with 42.6 yard average on 187 punts }} '''Dammond R. "Monte" Robbins''' (born September 19, 1964){{cite web|title=Monte Robbins|work=nfl.com|url=http://www.nfl.com/players/monterobbins/profile?id=ROB056747|accessdate=September 20, 2010}} is an American former professional [football](/source/American_football) [punter](/source/Punter_(football)). He played for the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan) from 1984 to 1987. He holds Michigan's all-time records for the longest punt (82 yards) and for average yards per punt in a career (42.6) and in a year (45.0). ==University of Michigan== A native of [Great Bend, Kansas](/source/Great_Bend%2C_Kansas), Robbins played for the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan) from 1984 to 1987 under Michigan head coach [Bo Schembechler](/source/Bo_Schembechler). In his four years at Michigan, he punted 187 times for 8,053 yards, averaged 42.6 yards per punt,{{cite web |title=Michigan Football Statistic Archive Query Page |publisher=University of Michigan |url=http://stats.ath.umich.edu/football/footstart.php |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524051040/http://stats.ath.umich.edu/football/footstart.php |archivedate=2013-05-24 }} and had only one punt blocked. In December 1986, he set a Michigan school record with an 82-yard punt against [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii_Rainbows_football).{{cite news|title=Michigan Triumphs|newspaper=The Victoria Advocate (AP story)|date=December 7, 1986|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2popAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N4UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3152,1410690&dq=monte-robbins&hl=en}} Robbins later recalled his record-setting kick: "I guess my highlight was in the Hawaii game in 1986 when we were backed up on our goal-line. I kicked one 82 yards that turned the game around. After we got better field position, we scored a TD on our next possession that won the game." Because of Robbins' hang time, Michigan led the country in 1986 with a 43.0-yard average in net punting, punts minus returns. As a senior in 1987, he averaged 45.0 yards on 36 punts. In April 1988, Robbins summed up his playing career at Michigan: "It was a great experience and I saw a lot of things. Michigan is a great place to be. You get great exposure here. No other team in the country has 105,000 fans for its home games. I was able to play under a coach like Bo Schembechler. I've dealt with a lot of pressure situations." Robbins played during the same years that the [Big Ten Conference](/source/Big_Ten_Conference) also featured future NFL punters [Tom Tupa](/source/Tom_Tupa) and [Greg Montgomery](/source/Greg_Montgomery) and, accordingly, was never named to an All-Big Ten team despite setting Michigan's all-time punting records.{{cite news|author=Jim Misunas|title=Great Bend's Robbins to keep eyes glued on NFL draft today|newspaper=Hutchinson News, Kansas|date=April 24, 1988}} Robbins was later selected by Athlon Sports as the punter on the All-Time Michigan Team.{{cite web|title=Michigan All-Time Team|publisher=Athlon Sports|url=http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/7956/michigans-all-time-team|accessdate=September 20, 2010}} ==Michigan punting records== Robbins holds and/or held the following Michigan punting records: * He holds Michigan's current career record for yards per punt with an average of 42.8 yards per punt. * He holds Michigan's current single season record for yards per punt with an average of 45.0 yards per punt in 1987. * He holds Michigan's current record for longest punt at 82 yards. * He held Michigan's career record for net punting yards with 8,053 yards. His career yardage record was broken in 2009 by [Zoltan Mesko](/source/Zoltan_Mesko_(American_football)), who closed out his Michigan career with 10,703 yards. * He held Michigan's single season record for net punting yards with 2,705 in 1984. His record was broken in 2001 by [Hayden Epstein](/source/Hayden_Epstein). Mesko holds the current single season record. ==Professional football== He was selected by the [Tampa Bay Buccaneers](/source/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers) in the fourth round (107th overall pick) of the [1988 NFL draft](/source/1988_NFL_draft).{{Cite web |title=1988 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1988/draft.htm |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}{{cite news|author=John Luttermoser|title=Rush for punters reaches Robbins: Fourth-round draft pick hopes to win open spot with Bucs|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.|date=Apr 29, 1988|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51301717.html?dids=51301717:51301717&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+29,+1988&author=JOHN+LUTTERMOSER&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Rush+for+punters+reaches+Robbins+//+Fourth-round+draft+pick+hopes+to+win+open+spot+with+Bucs&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131193557/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51301717.html?dids=51301717:51301717&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+29,+1988&author=JOHN+LUTTERMOSER&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Rush+for+punters+reaches+Robbins+//+Fourth-round+draft+pick+hopes+to+win+open+spot+with+Bucs&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013}} He was the highest drafted punter in Buccaneers history.{{cite news|author=Michelle Kaufman|title=Bucs cut 15, including No. 4 pick Robbins|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|date=August 23, 1988|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N8AMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OWYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6382,9099739&dq=monte-robbins&hl=en}}{{cite news|author=Michelle Kaufman|title=Kicking his chance away? Bucs' Robbins knows his punting must improve, and soon|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.|date=August 5, 1988|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51352814.html?dids=51352814:51352814&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+05,+1988&author=MICHELLE+KAUFMAN&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Kicking+his+chance+away%3F+//+Bucs%27+Robbins+knows+his+punting+must+improve,+and+soon&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201043734/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51352814.html?dids=51352814:51352814&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+05,+1988&author=MICHELLE+KAUFMAN&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Kicking+his+chance+away%3F+//+Bucs'+Robbins+knows+his+punting+must+improve,+and+soon&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2013}} After averaging 36.6 yards on seven punts in the 1988 exhibition season, Robbins was cut by the Buccaneers on August 22, 1988. He was picked up by the [Chicago Bears](/source/Chicago_Bears) on August 23, 1988, but he did not play in any regular season games for the Bears.{{cite news|title=Punter Robins joins Bears|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|date=August 24, 1998|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Xe0MAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fGYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3625,290052&dq=monte-robbins&hl=en}} Robbins signed as a free agent with the [Washington Redskins](/source/Washington_Redskins) in early 1989 and was traded to the [New England Patriots](/source/New_England_Patriots) in April 1989.{{cite news|title=Patriots Get Punter|newspaper=The Lewiston Daily Sun (AP story)|date=April 26, 1989|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7oMpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C2UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5836,4711516&dq=monte-robbins&hl=en}} In August 1989, he was waived by the Patriots to make room on the roster for [Russ Francis](/source/Russ_Francis).{{cite news|author=Jim Donaldson|title=PATRIOTS JOURNAL Saga of signing Russ Francis hits snarl, keeps media busy|newspaper=Providence Journal, Providence, R.I.|date=August 18, 1989|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/access/596718641.html?dids=596718641:596718641&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+18,+1989&author=Jim+Donaldson&pub=The+Providence+Journal&desc=PATRIOTS+JOURNAL+Saga+of+signing+Russ+Francis+hits+snarl,+keeps+media+busy&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103221234/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/access/596718641.html?dids=596718641:596718641&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+18,+1989&author=Jim+Donaldson&pub=The+Providence+Journal&desc=PATRIOTS+JOURNAL+Saga+of+signing+Russ+Francis+hits+snarl,+keeps+media+busy&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 3, 2012}} In April 1992, he was waived by the [Montreal Machine](/source/Montreal_Machine) of the [World League of American Football](/source/World_League_of_American_Football).{{cite news|title=Transactions|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 30, 1992|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10615F73B5D0C738FDDAD0894DA494D81}} ==Later years== After retiring from football, Robbins went into the mortgage banking business. From 1994 to 2002, he was a regional vice president for [Amresco](/source/Amresco) Commercial Lending, Inc. From 2002 to 2010, he was the president and chief executive officer of CapWest Mortgage Corporation in [Overland Park, Kansas](/source/Overland_Park%2C_Kansas).{{cite web|title=Monte Robbins|publisher=LinkedIn.com|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/monte-robbins/9/262/995|accessdate=September 20, 2010}}{{cite web|title=Monte Robbins|publisher=spoke.com|url=http://www.spoke.com/info/p7Ubwm5/MonteRobbins|accessdate=September 20, 2010}} ==References== {{reflist|30em}} {{Buccaneers1988DraftPicks}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Robbins, Monte}} Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:Michigan Wolverines football players Category:People from Great Bend, Kansas Category:American football punters Category:Montreal Machine players Category:Players of American football from Kansas Category:20th-century American sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Monte Robbins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Robbins) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Robbins?action=history)). 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