He only started at Ohio State for one season, and now Dwayne Haskins is headed for the NFL.
The redshirt sophomore quarterback announced that he will pass up the final two years of his college career and turn pro.
They say that dreams come true
and when they do, that there's a beautiful thing… Scarlet & Gray Forever #BuckeyeNation #ThankYou pic.twitter.com/ngHQfLq8C7— Dwayne Haskins, Jr? (@dh_simba7) January 7, 2019
Haskins received a first-round grade from the NFL Draft Advisory Board, and is widely considered a possible top-10 pick.
He famously dreamed of playing quarterback at Ohio State when he was just a little kid visiting the school for a football camp.
Haskins saw that dream come true, and made the most of his only year as the Buckeyes’ starter.
He now holds every significant single-season school passing record, including for completions, attempts, yards, and touchdowns.
He even holds career records for completion percentage, and most 300-yard and 400-yard passing games.
Haskins is also the Big Ten single-season record-holder for passing yards, passing touchdowns, and total offense.
He finished the 2018 season with 373 completions on 533 attempts for 4,831 yards and 50 touchdowns. Haskins threw just eight interceptions all season.
He broke the OSU single-season passing record by more than 1,500 yards, and the single-season touchdown mark by 15.
After redshirting during his freshman season in 2016, he served as a backup to J.T. Barrett for most of the 2017 season.
Haskins first stepped into the spotlight in Ann Arbor that fall after Barrett went down with a knee injury. The Buckeyes trailed arch-rival Michigan in the third quarter, and their Big Ten championship hopes were on the line.
Haskins entered the game, and led the team on what would end up being the game-winning scoring drive.
He connected with wide receiver Austin Mack to convert a 3rd-and-13 play, and then scrambled 22 yards down to the Michigan 1 to set up the go-ahead score.
Haskins spent the spring of 2018 in a battle with Joe Burrow and Tate Martell for the starting job. Haskins won out, and Burrow transferred to LSU.
That set up one of the single greatest individual seasons in Ohio State football history.
He finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting, but won the Silver Football as the Big Ten’s most outstanding player.
With Haskins gone, the Buckeyes now have three scholarship quarterbacks on the roster: Martell, Matthew Baldwin, and Chris Chugunov.