Asnnel Robo

Asnnel Robo (born November 4, 1993) is a professional gridiron football fullback for the Stuttgart Surge of the European League of Football.

Early life Robo was born in Cayenne, French Guiana and later moved to France. After playing soccer in his youth, he began playing gridiron football when he was 18 years old while he was studying in Marseille.

University career After moving to Canada, Robo played U Sports football as a running back for the Montreal Carabins from 2015 to 2018. Over his four year career, he had 677 rushing yards and six touchdowns, including 145 rushing yards in a single game against Concordia in his senior year.

Montreal Alouettes Robo qualified for the Canadian Football League's first ever Global Draft in 2019 as the league wanted to expand its international reach. He was then drafted third overall by the Montreal Alouettes and signed with the team on May 15, 2019. However, he was released at the end of training camp on June 9, 2019. He played in his first career game against the Edmonton Eskimos on September 2, 2019, in the Labour Day Classic. However, he did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the 2020 CFL season and was released on February 3, 2021.

Toronto Argonauts Shortly after his release from the Stampeders, it was announced on February 6, 2021, that Robo had signed with the Toronto Argonauts. He played in 12 regular season games where he had three special teams tackles. He spent part of 2022 training camp with the team, but was released after the first pre-season game on May 29, 2022.

Stuttgart Surge In 2022, Robo joined the Stuttgart Surge for the European League of Football 2023 season.