Wan'Dale Robinson is trading No. 17 for No. 4 in Tennessee, and he says the new number is for his late friend Rondale Moore. The Titans receiver said Thursday that he wanted a single-digit number when he arrived this offseason, and No. 4 carried the meaning he wanted most.

Robinson said he did not want No. 17, the number he wore for four seasons in New York. He was already leaning toward a change when he joined Tennessee, where Chimere Dike had the number he once wore, and Robinson said he was fine leaving 17 behind. “I didn’t want it,” he said of the number.

The reason for the switch was personal. Robinson said he chose No. 4 to honor Moore, his longtime friend and fellow Kentucky native who died in February from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The two were Louisville-area natives who had known each other for years and once trained at a facility together, and Robinson said the number was a way to carry Moore with him into a new season.

That gives the jersey change a meaning beyond the usual camp shuffle. Tennessee added Robinson and first-round pick Carnell Tate this offseason, and the numbers were sorted as soon as they got there: Dike kept No. 17, Tate took No. 14, and Robinson landed on No. 4. For a player coming off his first 1,000-yard campaign in 2025, the new number will be one of the most visible details of his move to Tennessee.

Robinson’s move also reunites him with offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, and the Titans are expected to use him as a playmaking slot weapon for Cam Ward. But the number he will wear says something more immediate. Robinson wanted a single digit, he got No. 4, and he said that choice was about Moore as much as it was about the game.