A native of
North Carolina, Robbins attended
Bertie High School in
Windsor, North Carolina. He then played college football at
East Carolina. He was selected by the
Associated Press (AP) as a first-team interior lineman on the 1981 All-South Independent football team. He also received second-team honors from the AP on its
1981 All-America team. He was selected by the
St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth round of the
1982 NFL draft and played at
right tackle for the team from 1982 to 1991, following the team when it moved to Phoenix in 1988. During his time with the Cardinals, he started 122 games, including a streak of 32 consecutive games. In January 1992, the
Green Bay Packers acquired Robbins from the Cardinals in exchange for a future draft pick. Robbins died from
COVID-19 in
Chandler, Arizona, on August 2, 2020, at age 62, during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona. ==References==