Coach & Player Magazine Fall 2016 | Page 11

Robby Anderson goes up to catch a pass at Jets training camp – Photo courtesy of the New York Jets was hard to grasp at first. It was hard for me to believe that it was really happening.” “It was like waking up and being in a night- mare. With a bad dream, you are happy that you woke up from the dream, but I could not wake up from that one.” No longer enrolled at Temple, Anderson would enroll at Florida Tech, a junior college. He did not play for the Panthers, but he con- centrated on studying. May 9th, 2015 is important to Robby. He went out to celebrate his 22nd birthday with his family. “I kid you not, last year on my 22nd birthday, I went out to eat with my family. I made a wish. My wish was to go back to Temple. I swear to God two days later, Coach Rhule sent me a text asking for my junior college tran- scripts.” “I am thinking, why is he asking me this. I sent it to him quickly. I talked to my mom, and she said he would not be asking me for no particu- lar reason. She also told me not to get my hopes up too high but to keep praying. Then Coach Rhule called me that night and gave me the whole run