After two rivetting seasons and 10 starts at his dream team Auburn, veteran QB Robby Ashford jumped ship to South Carolina to wrap up his final season in college football. With a plethora of SEC experience and extraordinary physical tenacity, the 6 ft 3 immediately became the ideal fit for the position of rushing thread that the Gamecocks have, proving why he was an addition worth the money. While the 21-year-old failed to grab the starting job under coach Shane Beamer, as LaNorris Sellers refused to hold up his role, the former four-star recruit still had a similar workload to some extent.

While fans are patiently awaiting his rise to the leading QB position, moving forward, it will be wise to learn about the quality upbringing he has been provided with throughout his life and career.

Meet Robby Ashford’s parents, Melony Ashford and Robbert Ashford

Despite getting the luck to be trained under many notable coaches and picking random lessons from the legends on the field they come across in different layers of a sportsman’s career, the real architect behind the epitome of success always remains his/her parents. Like every other peer in the locker room, Ashford was also attended to and nurtured by high-value parents.

Maloney and Robbert Ashford, mother, and father of a terrifically talented kid, have been a constant source of support in the former Auburn QB’s holistic development, both as a great athlete and a greater human being. Robby was predominantly a momma’s boy. From being the secret keeper to an inquisitive toddler to being a reliable arm to pat on his shoulder in every ups and downs, Maloney played a versatile role in his son’s growing up.

Maloney is a very proud mother. Her eyes turned glittery whenever she talked about her son’s rollercoaster ride to success in interviews and on the social media walls. Also, she gave an interview to SportsChat503 in which she talked about her son’s success and ambitions in the sports world.

Father Robbert Ashford’ has also been a key figure in Robby’s life. His prior history as an athlete at Alabama flowed through his son’s sportsmanship and dedication to the game from a very young age.

The family has a strong inclination toward Alabama. But they didn’t take it as an excuse to push their son toward Alabama; they allowed him to carve out a different path.

Did Robby Ashford’s parents try to sway him towards Alabama?

Just like a typical Alabama family, Robby Ashford’s Thanksgiving conversations with his family started off with a common argument: picking the best between Alabama and Auburn. Ashford, who always used to feel cornered by Crimson Tide fans in his family, has found his saviors in his brother-in-law and former All-SEC Alabama defensive tackle and three-time national champion. The anti-Alabama duo initiated trash-talking about the team, but his family’s environment was healthy enough to let two different ideas just co-exist.

The majority of Ashford’s family had their graduation either from Alabama or UAB — his dad graduated from the former, his mom the latter. His elder sister, Brandi, worked in Alabama’s recruiting department. But the youngest one of the family ‘loved to be different’. 

”I didn’t want to be like my whole family. So I would see all of them, they were Bama. I was young, I was probably like 4, and I was like, ‘Oh I like Auburn.”

Although his days with Auburn came to an end, his legacy lingers.

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