FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- After Bijan Robinson was selected No. 8 overall by the Atlanta Falcons on the highest level of football, the 21-year-old went all the way back to the beginning.
There was a sense of symmetry for Robinson. His first professional team and the first-ever football team he played on shared a mascot -- the Falcons.
Of course, the Tucson Falcons were nowhere close to the Atlanta Falcons. Not in the same state or time zone -- Robinson grew up in Arizona -- but it did begin the running back's love of the game he'll now be paid to do.