Salpointe senior Bijan Robinson rushed for 430 yards on 13 carries in a 68-34 win at Desert Edge on Friday. Robinson finished with six touchdowns and he also returned a kick for 40 yards.
Robinson and Salpointe will receive a banner from APS Digital Print at practice this week. Robinson will appear on the weekly Wings over Broadway Preview Show later in the season.
APS Digital Print and the Tucson Conquistadores have agreed to recognize the Football Player of the Week and the awards will culminate with the official Frog and Firkin Southern Arizona All-Star lists in December.
Robinson has 5,342 career rushing yards with seven regular season games remaining. The 4A-6A career rushing record is 5,878, set in 2002 by Marcus Thomas of Tolleson. The AIA record of 7,544 was set by Casey Jahn of Northwest Christian in 2011. NW Christian competes at the 2A level.
Jahn also has the AIA record for career TDs at 112 while former Saguaro standout Christian Kirk finished with 103 to set the 4A-6A record. Robinson has 83 TDs to this point.
Salpointe (2-0) has a bye week and will host Cactus (2-0) on Sept. 20. The initial AIA/MaxPreps Rankings will be released Oct. 1.
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