Originally from Marietta, Georgia, Rex Robinson grew up watching the NFL’s latest curiosities, soccer style kickers, such as Jan Stenerud, Garo Yepremian, and Pete and Charlie Gogalak on television each Sunday and then tried to imitate what he saw them doing. By the time he reached high school, he was receiving a great deal of attention. As a 15 year old on Marietta’s JV team, Rex kicked a 51 yard FG in a game. A local news station sent a crew out to verify the feat. It took a few tries, but Rex duplicated the kick for the camera and was on the 6 o’clock news that night.