Columbia University Athletics

CAREER
 
Two-sport standout as he is a wide receiver on Columbia’s football team and a high jumper on the track and field team … In 10-game football career, has caught five passes for 54 yards … Two-year letterman.
 
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 & Field: (Indoor) Opened season account with a third place finish in the high jump, with a clearance of 6-1.25/1.86m at the 14th Giegengack Invitational (Feb. 15) ... Took first at the Armory Last Chance (Feb. 21) in the high jump with a clearance of 6-0.75/1.85m.

2018
 
Saw action in one game as a first-year wide receiver … Earned varsity letter … Played vs. Princeton (Sept. 28).

Track & Field: 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).
 
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.