“I don’t even think I can find the words to say,” Duncan added, “to explain the joy and happiness that I feel in my heart.

“I’m happy. I’m so excited and, most of all, I am grateful. I’m very thankful.”

Yes, thankful.

Thankful, first and foremost, that no one in the family was harmed during the storm. As Michael approached, Robinson first headed home then headed north with his family. Duncan said she left Panama City with three changes of clothes and one pair of shoes.

And, even after she returned to learn that the rest of her wardrobe had been destroyed, Duncan soon found another reason to be thankful.

Because a few days after the storm hit, Florida State worked to create an NCAA-approved Gofundme campaign that would allow the FSU community and beyond to support the family’s recovery efforts.

The campaign raised nearly $50,000 in less than a day and soon climbed north of $100,000.

More than 2,000 people donated to the fund, many of them with ties to Florida State but several others with no connection to FSU at all.

No matter where it came from, Robinson and Duncan were blown away by all of the kindness, most of it from people they had never met.

“It helped to know that I had the support from the FSU family – the coaches, the players, the fans,” Robinson said. “Even people that didn’t have any ties to the school or were from other schools. Them showing me that they cared and that they wanted to help out, that just meant a lot to me.”

“It has been very helpful, just to see how people – even people that we didn’t even know – reached out and helped us,” Duncan added. “And that’s what you call a family.”

Speaking of family, Duncan spent much of the last year grateful that, when things were at their worst, her son could spend most of his time surrounded by his friends, teammates and coaches at Florida State.

Echoing a common sentiment inside the program, Duncan refers to Robinson and his teammates as “brothers.”

“I love those boys,” she said. “And I love the way a lot of them have rallied around Janarius during that time.”

Saturdays in Doak Campbell Stadium provided a reprieve in the wake of the storm. For Robinson, getting onto the football field allowed him to turn his mind away from everything happening back home – at least for a few hours.

And for Duncan, who never misses a home game, they provided a reason to get out of town, hug her son and watch him do something that he loves.

She said she would start preparing on Wednesdays to leave for Tallahassee on Fridays, and that she made sure to be outside Gate K to greet Robinson and his teammates during their “Legacy Walk” into the stadium before each game.

“I just love it,” she said. “I try to make sure I’m there for them. Even the coaches, I give them a hug.”

More than anything, though, Duncan and Robinson were thankful to have each other.

Both admitted that there were times over the last year when things got too tough. Whether it was the magnitude of the family’s loss, the daunting prospect of moving forward or, in Robinson’s case, something related to the classroom or the football field.

But whenever they were beset by feelings of despair, both mother and son looked to each other for strength.

“I don’t think there’s anything my mama can’t get through,” Robinson said. “I have no choice. I see my mom do it and I have to do it.”

Duncan feels the same.

“To see how he fights through, I say, if my child can do that, surely I can push through this,” she said.

All the while, Robinson sought ways to be a positive influence in his hometown. Over the holidays, he rounded up some clothes that he’d grown out of and donated them to Panama City-area kids.

Then, a few months later, Robinson fulfilled a childhood dream by gathering a handful of his FSU teammates and traveling the 90 miles west to Panama City’s Tommy Oliver Stadium, where they held the first “Win Within Football Camp.”

The camp, free to all, attracted more than 200 attendees who received lunch, a t-shirt, and plenty of on-field instruction time with Robinson and his fellow Seminoles.

Florida State’s Hamsah Nasirildeen, Joshua Kaindoh, Tre’ McKitty, Amari Gainer, Jaleel McRae, Leonard Warner III, Derrick McLendon II, Chaz Neal and Deonté Sheffield all participated, as did former Seminoles and current NFL standouts Chris Thompson and Brian Burns.