Allen Park — Eric Ebron was one of the many people to make a joke about new Lions defensive tackle A’Shawn Robinson looking much older than 21.
For the Lions’ second-round pick, such comments are hardly new.
“It’s funny, they always joke around, call me, ‘Old man,’” Alabama’s Robinson said on a teleconference after being selected Friday night. “I just take it how it is. Some people have that problem, looking older than what they are.”
Growing up, Robinson spent a few years playing with kids three or four years older than him, including joining his 8-year-old brother’s football team as a 4-year-old.