The 2019 draft class got a big addition today when Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins announced in a tweet he would forego his senior season and enter the draft.
We heard last month that Haskins had received a first round grade from the draft’s advisory board, and this move had been widely expected for a while now. At this point Haskins seems like a lock for the first round, and unless something goes wrong, is a heavy favorite to be the first quarterback taken this April.
Haskins went from a relative unknown to one of the biggest players in college football during his lone season as the Buckeyes’ starter. He seamlessly took over for longtime quarterback J.T. Barrett with a sensational junior season, and ended up finishing third in the Heisman voting. His path to being the top signal caller selected in the draft got a lot easier a couple of weeks ago when Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert, long thought to be the class’ top quarterback, announced he would return to school next year.
While Haskins is “probably top-ranked QB of this year’s NFL draft class”, the “early assessment is that he’s not necessarily a plug and play”, meaning he could use some time developing on an NFL bench, according to Chris Mortensen of ESPN.com (Twitter link). For the first time in a while, not a ton of teams picking at the very top of the draft will be in the market for a quarterback, with top picking teams like the Cardinals, 49ers, Jets, and Raiders already having young quarterbacks, so a surprise team could end up trading up and taking Haskins.
Dolphins…
I hope not for his sake. Hope he goes to the Giants. Sits alittle behind Eli and takes over midseason with Barkley, Odell and Engram.
Hope so
Last successful Ohio State QB in the NFL?
Terrell Pryor…..as a wide receiver.
For one season
Hasn’t ever been one.
This isn’t the traditional Ohio state QB…
He got Giants written all over him. Sit a year behind Eli to develop. Gonna have to move up though. Raiders may wanna make that happen. With how Gruden is aquiring draft assets it would cost the Giants a pretty penny to move up.
Gonna be interesting.