If you were trying to explain Dwayne Haskins’ 2018 season, “he broke the Big Ten single-season records for passing yards and passing touchdowns, and basically no one noticed since he’s been breaking records all season” would be a good start.
Haskins shattered former Purdue quarterback Curtis Painter’s old mark late in the Buckeyes’ 62-39 drubbing of arch-rival Michigan on Saturday. He also set a new conference record with 42 touchdown passes this year, breaking Drew Brees’ old mark.
He’s now just 64 yards away from Denard Robinson’s single-season record for total yardage (4,272) as well.
Oh, and he just led an offense to score more points against Michigan than any team has in regulation in the 139-year history of the Wolverine program.
He’s the first Big Ten quarterback to throw for 5+ touchdowns in a game more than twice in a season – and he’s now done it four times.
Here’s a complete rundown of Haskins’ assault on the OSU record books.
Single Game Passing Yards
OSU Record: 470 by Dwayne Haskins (2018 vs. Purdue)
Haskins: 470 vs. Purdue. His owns the 1st, and 3rd, and 4th-most yards ever thrown for in a single game.
Single Season Passing Yards
OSU Record: 4,081 by Dwayne Haskins (2018)
Haskins: 4,081 through 12 games.
Career Passing Yards
OSU Record: 9,434 by J.T. Barrett
Haskins: 4,646 so far. He is currently in 11th place all-time, between Jim Karsatos and Craig Krenzel.
Single Game Pass Attempts
OSU Record: 73 by Dwayne Haskins (2018 vs. Purdue)
Haskins: 73 vs. Purdue
Single Season Pass Attempts
OSU Record: 455 by Dwayne Haskins
Haskins: 455 so far. He beat Germaine’s record (384) late in the 4th quarter against MSU.
Career Pass Attempts
OSU Record: 1,211 by J.T. Barrett
Haskins: 512. Unless you think he’s going to play until he’s a fifth-year senior, this one is probably safe. Jim Karsatos is in 10th place with 629.
Single Game Pass Completions
OSU Record: 49 by Dwayne Haskins (2018 vs. Indiana)
Haskins: 49 vs. Purdue
Single Season Pass Completions
OSU Record: 314 by Dwayne Haskins (2018)
Haskins: 314 so far. He broke Barrett’s 2017 record (240) late in the win over Nebraska.
Career Pass Completions
OSU Record: 769 by J.T. Barrett
Haskins: 354. Jim Karsatos is 10th all-time with 359. That is definitely within reach this season.
Single Game Completion Percentage (min. 10 attempts)
OSU Record: 100% by Tate Martell (2018)
Haskins: 87.5% vs. Tulane (21-for-24), 3rd all-time. 86.9% vs. Rutgers (20-for-23), 4th all-time. He had two of the four most accurate passing performances in OSU history in his first four starts.
Single Season Completion Percentage
OSU Record: 65.3% Troy Smith (2006)
Haskins: 69.3% so far.
Career Completion Percentage
OSU Record: 63.5% by J.T. Barrett
Haskins: 68.9%.
Single Game Touchdown Passes
OSU Record: 6 by J.T. Barrett (2014, 2016), Kenny Guiton (2013), and Haskins (2018)
Haskins: 6 vs. Indiana and Michigan (tied school record)
Single Season Touchdown Passes
OSU Record: 42 by Dwayne Haskins (2018)
Haskins: 42 so far. He passed Barrett’s record of 35 at the end of regulation against Maryland.
Career Touchdown Passes
OSU Record: 104 by J.T. Barrett
Haskins: 46. He’s not going to catch Barrett this year, but is alone in 7th place now.
Single Season Passing Yards Per Game
OSU Record: 277.5 by Joe Germaine (1998)
Haskins: 340 so far. His average game this season would have ranked 11th all-time in single game passing coming into the year.
Consecutive Games With 200 Yards Passing
OSU Record: 12 by Dwayne Haskins (2018)
Haskins: 12 and counting. He broke a tie with Joe Germaine in the Michigan game.
200-Yard Passing Games In A Season
OSU Record: 12 by Dwayne Haskins (2018)
Haskins: 12 and counting. He broke a tie with Joe Germaine in the Michigan game.
300-Yard Passing Games In A Season
OSU Record: 8 by Dwayne Haskins (2018)
Haskins: 8 and counting. He broke a tie with Joe Germaine in the Michigan game.
300-Yard Passing Games In A Career
OSU Record: 8 by Joe Germaine, J.T. Barrett, and Dwayne Haskins
Haskins: 78 and counting.
400-Yard Passing Games In A Career
OSU Record: 4 by Dwayne Haskins
Haskins: 4 and counting.
Touchdowns Responsible For
OSU Record: 47 by J.T. Barrett (2017)
Haskins: 46 and counting, 42 passing and 4 rushing.