2022
Played in five games … Missed five games due to injury … Registered five catches for 24 yards … Returned two kicks for 36 yards.
2021
Saw action in all 10 games with five starts as a senior wide receiver … Earned the Maniatty-Remmer Unsung Hero Award at team banquet … Made starts at Cornell, vs. Harvard, vs. Penn, vs. Georgetown, and vs. Marist … Deep threat who led the Lions in both receiving yards (280) and yards per reception (20.0) and ranked sixth on the team with 14 reception for 280 yards and one touchdown … Was nationally ranked early in the season in yards per reception … Finished with a least one reception in eight of 10 games on the year … Scored two touchdowns on the year, including a 17-yard run and 69-yard catch from Joe Green … Caught one pass for 16 yards vs. Brown (Nov. 13) … Made two receptions for 10 yards vs. Harvard (Nov. 6) … Caught one pass for 10 yards at Yale (Oct. 30) … Caught a 49-yard pass vs. Penn (Oct. 16) … Caught a career-high three receptions for 63 yards, including a 44-yard pass at Central Connecticut State (Oct. 9) … Made two receptions for 27 yards, including a 23-yarder at Princeton (Oct. 2) … Caught two passes for 18 yards vs. Georgetown … Scored two touchdowns including a 69-yard reception and 17-yard run, finished with a career-high 104 all-purpose yards, two receptions for 87 yards and one run for 17 yards in season opener vs. Marist (Sept. 18).
2020
Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
2019
Saw action in nine games as a sophomore wide receiver … Listed as a backup wide receiver on the offensive depth chart … Also saw action on special teams … Earned varsity letter … Caught five passes for 54 yards with a long of 16 yards on year … Caught one pass for 13 yards vs. Brown (Nov. 16) … Caught one pass for 16 yards at Yale (Nov. 2) … Caught one pass for 14 yards at Dartmouth (Oct. 25) … Caught first career pass and registered a career-high two receptions for 11 yards vs. Penn (Oct. 19) … Missed the Princeton game (Oct. 5) … Saw first game action of the season in the opener at Saint Francis, Pa. (Sept. 21).
TRACK AND FIELD 2018-19: Competed on Columbia’s track and field team as a first-year high jumper … Best outdoor performance in the high jump was a 1.94m/6-4 ¼ jump at the 2019 Ivy League Outdoor Championships (May 4-5) … Saw extensive action during the indoor season before football practice began … Best performance came in a 1.99m/6-6 ¼ jump at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge (Jan. 25) … Also jumped 1.99m/6-6 ¼ at the Ivy League Indoor Track and Field Championships at Harvard (Feb. 23).
2018
Saw action in one game as a first-year wide receiver … Earned varsity letter … Played vs. Princeton (Sept. 28).
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2018 graduate of Riverdale Country School in the Bronx, N.Y., where he played four years of football for Head Coach Joe Otero … Four-time First Team All-Metropolitan Independent Football League selection as a wide receiver … Two-time team Most Valuable Player Award recipient … Earned Calvin Hill Scholar-Athlete Award and Scholarship … Earned eight letters and was a six-time team captain (two years in football, four seasons in track and field) … Totaled over 1,000 yards receiving as a junior … Led the Falcons to a 3-5 record as a senior … Combining his first two years of football, made 36 receptions, totaled 1,000 yards receiving along with 10 touchdowns on offense and finished with 74 tackles, 12 interceptions, two fumbles caused and two touchdowns while playing defensive back … Named team’s Rookie of the Year after intercepting a league-record 10 passes as a freshman … Also competed in indoor and outdoor track and field for four years … Competed in the high jump … Personal record was a 6-7 jump which set the conference and NYSIAS records … Four-time Ivy League High Jump Champion (two indoor/two outdoor), five-time NYSAIS High Jump Champion (three indoor/two outdoor), Four-time track and field team Most Valuable Player winner … Placed third in the high jump at the New Balance Nationals Emerging Elite and ninth place at Penn Relays … Involved with a variety of community service activities including the New Orleans Community Service Committee, where he plans a volunteer trip to New Orleans each year and the Peer Leadership Program.
PERSONAL
Born Ernest Edward Robertson on August 19, 1999 in Manhattan, N.Y. at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital … Son of Ernest and Sheri Robertson … Has two older brothers: Clayton and Andrew and an older sister Sydney … Father is a dentist … Father and brothers attended the University of Pennsylvania and mother attended Marymount College … Father competed in track and field at Penn, where he is an All-Ivy League and All-East sprinter … Family nicknamed him Double E because of his name … Hobbies and interests include art, watching movies and cooking … Person in history he would most like to meet: Martin Luther King … Notable individual who attended his high school: Calvin Hill … Chose Columbia because he believes it will provide him with a challenge both athletically and academically and because it’s a decision that will impact his entire life, rather than just four years … Also selected Columbia because he has lived around the institution for his entire life and always knew it was a great school … Chose Columbia over Penn, Yale, Harvard, Syracuse, Williams, Middlebury, Hamilton and Wesleyan … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Earth Institute.
