Best of the Bus: Bijan Robinson Recaps His Rookie Year + His Relationship With Arthur Smith

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🗓️ 24 January 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Recorded: May 9, 2024 | On this episode of Best of the Bus, Will and Taylor sat down with Atlanta Falcons star running back Bijan Robinson while they were in Atlanta in 2024.

Everyone knows how electric Bijan is on the field, and he opens up about what his rookie season was really like and how he adjusted to the speed of the NFL. The guys also dive into the midseason controversy around his workload and usage, asking Bijan how he felt about his touches and whether he thought he was being used the right way.

By the end of this interview, it’s hard not to be a fan. Bijan comes across as an all-time good dude with a great mindset and love for the game.

Enjoy, fellas.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.5	Bejohn, welcome to Boston with the boys. As I was sitting down, you had some very choices. I was just came out of nowhere. You were ranking Texas running backs. You want me to quote what he said? Quote what he said, he said better than any running back that came out of Michigan. He said Ricky Williams, Earl Campbell himself, better than any running bad that came out of Michigan. Okay, Ricky Williams.
0:21.6	The goat.
0:22.4	Couldn't stop smoking.
0:23.6	Oh.
0:24.5	Yeah. himself better than any running by this came out of Michigan. Okay, Ricky Williams. The goat. Couldn't stop smoking. Oh. Yeah, Earl Campbell, really good ball player. And you've only had one year in the league, brother. I mean, we got a... But we're talking college ball. No, I didn't say I'm biased, but there's been like, I mean, you got... You got... 55 touchdowns. Jamal and Charles. But what did you say about Blake Quorum's touchdowns? No, I mean, you got, you got 55 touchdowns. Jamal and Charles.
0:39.0	But what did you say about Blake Quorum's touchdowns?
0:41.2	No, I mean, no, I mean.
0:42.3	Oh, he's one of the best running backs in college football history.
0:47.1	I give him that.
0:48.3	But there was a lot of them touchdowns.
0:49.6	One of the best running backs in college football history.
0:52.9	He is.
0:53.4	But he doesn't hold a candle to to you guys. I respect him heavy. But I don't know. I mean, you saw in the draft this year that the first running back taking off the board was from Texas. He's from Texas. How'd y'all do against Washington? How'd that go? It didn't go well. We handled it for you the next week.
1:11.5	Y'all did, y'all did.
1:28.7	We took care of business. We won a national championship. You're right. You're right. And congratulations. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. Yeah, we'll get that one next year. You think you're good this year? I think we're really good. Even just us going to the SEC, see like i think we have, like, a really good chance of doing some good stuff.
1:28.3	I mean, we got everybody coming from the portal, like.
1:31.6	Yeah, you guys in Ohio State.
1:33.3	But are they going to build the culture? How is it playing for, how is it playing for Coach Sark? Man, it was so much fun. Like just having, you know, him is is not necessarily a father figure, but like an older brother to come and like actually coach me
1:45.3	and just take me in.
1:46.5	And what was cool was like me and Sark, I was with him for the rise of what he has now.
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