GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Furman cornerback Micah Robinson '24 and long snapper Julian Ashby '24 today were selected in the seventh round of the NFL Draft.

Robinson was selected by the Green Bay Packers as the 21st pick of the seventh round (238th overall), and Ashby was selected by the New England Patriots as the 35th pick of the seventh round (251st overall).

Robinson, from Atlanta, Ga., was a four-year letterman for the Paladins from 2020-23 who saw playing time in 42 games and made 22 starts while registering 103 tackles, five interceptions, and 21 passes defensed during his Furman career.  As a senior he tallied 34 tackles and two pickoffs in helping the Paladins to a 10-3 record, Southern Conference championship, and quarterfinal round appearance in the FCS playoffs.

After securing his undergraduate degree in communications from Furman, he played the 2024 season at Tulane, where he totaled 33 tackles and a pair of interceptions.

Ashby, a product of Lilburn, Ga., was also a four-year letterman for Furman from 2020-23 and one of the school's most highly decorated student-athletes.  He received the Dr. John M. Block Academic Award, which is presented to the male senior with the highest highest GPA, and the Dr. Gary Clark Student-Athlete Achievement Award that "recognizes a senior, female or male, who has embodied throughout their entire Furman career what it truly means to be a Paladin student-athlete through academics, athletics, campus involvement, and community service."

A summa cum laude graduate with a 3.96 grade point average in physics, he landed both Phil Steele All-America honors and College Sports Coordinators Academic All-America laurels for Division I, encompassing both Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).  He handled snapping duties for all Furman PATs, field goals, and punts over his four seasons, successfully executing 412 snaps while working with a pair of All-SoCon punters and an all-conference placekicker during his Paladin tenure.

He also played a key role in Furman's 10-3 campaign in 2023 that was highlighted by the Paladins' SoCon championship and quarterfinal round appearance in the FCS playoffs.  Furman finished the campaign ranked sixth in the AFCA FCS Poll.

Ashby played the 2024 season at Vanderbilt, where he saw action in all 13 games and collected the second CSC Academic All-America citation of his collegiate career.

Robinson and Ashby are Furman's first NFL Draft selections since offensive tackle Dakota Dozier was taken by the New York Jets in 2013 in the fourth round.  The last time Furman had two graduates selected in the same draft was 2000 -- safety John Keith (4th Round, San Francisco 49ers) and Desmond Kitchings (7th Round, Kansas City Chiefs).