Bengals 2025 Roster Breakdown: Lance Robinson aiming to make up for lost rookie season

Injury cost Robinson the entire 2024 season, and the former UDFA is back for another go.

John Sheeran — Cincinnati Bengals News Writer
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Aug 17, 2024; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Bears wide receiver Dante Pettis (81) catches a touchdown pass as Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Lance Robinson (39) defends him during the second half at Soldier Field.
Chicago Bears wide receiver Tyler Scott (10) is tackled after a catch by Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Nate Brooks (41) and linebacker Shaka Heyward (50) during the third quarter at Soldier Field. © David Banks-Imagn Images

Bengals roster breakdown is back! During the 99 days leading up to Cincinnati’s regular season opener against the Cleveland Browns, the player with the matching jersey number as days remaining will become the day’s highlighted player.

39 days remain until the Bengals’ first game of the 2025 season, bringing us back the cornerback room with No. 39 Lance Robinson.

Lance Robinson

Age: 25
Year: 2nd
Position: Cornerback
College: Tulane
Previous Teams: None
Jersey Number: 39

Robinson enters his second season in the NFL and with the Bengals after going undrafted during the 2024 NFL Draft. He played six total seasons of college football with the first three at Kansas State (2018-20) before coming back to his hometown of New Orleans and playing his last three at Tulane (2021-23). He was a childhood friend of Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase, another Louisiana native.

Robinson played in Cincinnati’s first two preseason games last offseason, but a quadriceps injury kept him out of the third and final exhibition. He spent all of 2024 on the Reserve/Injured list.

Contract Details

Robinson is entering the second year of his three-year, $2.837 million college free agent deal he signed last year. He can earn a base salary of $840,000 this season, and when adding his signing bonus proration of $2,333, his 2025 salary cap hit amounts to $842,333.

Roster Outlook

Robinson may’ve missed out on making the practice squad last season due to injury, but staying on I.R. kept his contract intact and allowed him to get paid his full salary. Not every UDFA can say the same. Now that he’s healthy again, the practice squad is his most realistic goal unless several injuries occur at the cornerback position.

Roster odds: 5%
Projected role: Reserve cornerback

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