The phone rang Thursday at noon, and in the strange few seconds between call and answer there came an odd, if not premature, sense of nostalgia.



It has been only five years. Feels like so much more. Denard Robinson will be the first to tell you.



“Yeah,” Robinson said. “It’s crazy.”



This week is the five-year release anniversary of “NCAA Football 14,” the final video game in the wildly popular series from EA Sports. Robinson, complete with his blue jersey and winged helmet, was the series’ final cover boy before lawsuits over NCAA amateurism rules contributed to the game’s demise.



At that time, in 2013, Robinson was entering his first NFL training camp, fresh off a dynamic career as Michigan’s quarterback that was always thrilling thanks to his ability to scramble with the speed one would expect of an experienced sprinter.



This week, Robinson’s picture has again been plastered...