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The following story is based on interviews between Dwayne Haskins Jr. It was April 25, , and the Washington Redskins were on the clock. Friends, family and mentors surrounded me as burgundy and gold flashed on the screen.
I was actually in Nashville before the NFL draft for some marketing opportunities. People asked, "Why are you going home? You can only take five people to the draft, and I have at least 15 cousins. Instead, I decided to rent out a bowling alley that my family went to when I was in high school. It was a cool little event. There was a VIP section for my close family and all the people that I'm really close with. I packed the place with all the cousins, nieces and nephews I could.
There was also the chance that the Redskins were going to draft me, so I wanted to be close to home. This was the realization of a dream coming true. I started playing football when I was eight years old and playing quarterback when I was From that point on, I dreamed of being an NFL quarterback. I had literally watched every single draft from pick one all the way to It was like Christmas Eve. I watched going back to Calvin Johnson in I would watch literally every draft.
The pick was in, and my phone started to ring. The Redskins were drafting me. Commissioner Roger Goodell announced the pick as my family cheered. The move felt natural to me. I went to Redskins games in high school, and I remember writing about quarterback Robert Griffin III as the sports editor of my school newspaper.
Ohio State sets the bar high just because of the atmosphere you play in on gameday in the Horseshoe. Those are some big-time atmospheres.
In the NFL, every game is a big-time atmosphere. A lot of college teams might have several professional-caliber players. In the NFL, everyone is on that level. But I was ready. I definitely feel like I was prepared to play, at least not to be scared of the moment. I didn't know too many people on the Redskins, but I could tell there were a lot of great guys on the team.
Meeting AP for the first time was crazy. He does everything you see on the highlight tape as a kid. He's just a true OG. You try not to be in too much awe of him because he's your teammate, but you admire what he's been through.
Being around a veteran guy who's earned his keep isn't foreign territory for me. At Ohio State, I played behind J. He was a three-time captain and All-Big Ten selection. He broke school records. I remember watching Colt when he played at Texas. I remember Case at Houston throwing for 5,plus yards. They helped me in several ways. They recommended I lift on Tuesdays instead of Wednesdays so my body has more time to recover and I can meet with the quarterbacks coach longer.
They also offered scouting reports. Colt would say, "I played this defensive coordinator two years ago and he likes to bring this and bring that. I respected them as players and as quarterbacks because of what they've been through.
But at the same time, I'm here to compete. I'm here to earn a starting job. I knew I had an opportunity to start in OTAs and training camp, but I also knew if I worked hard enough and grew as a quarterback, I was going to get an opportunity to help the team. I knew I had to just keep learning and developing my body. Quarterbacking in the NFL is so much more complicated and difficult. Everyone is good at what they do. In college, you get away with so much. And then on top of that, you're not playing the best teams all the time.
A linebacker can mess up on a Cover 2 -- he drops the other way -- and you throw a touchdown. In the NFL, that's never going to happen. I couldn't be sloppy with my eyes. If I stare at the tight end for too long, they're going to jump the route. Those guys are so in tune with the quarterback that they're even able to read your body language. I remember talking to Ryan Anderson and Tim Settle, and they said they could tell when I was going to snap the ball based on where I was standing.
It's stuff that you don't even know people are noticing. I was always looking for feedback from them. I would ask questions like, "Am I settling better? Is my cadence more efficient where I'm saying my ready more loudly or am I holding longer before I snap it? I just had to learn how to pick up the nuances that can make you a pro. During training camp, I heard all the talk from the media discussing who "won the day" between Colt, Case and myself. Avoiding that stuff is definitely easier said than done.
We knew we were in a competition with one another. Case was trying to be the best Case could be every day and Colt was trying to be the best Colt could be every day. I'm just trying to be the best I can be each and every time I step on the field. Whether it is a workout, walkthrough, practice or game, I want to continue to learn and grow each step of the way.
I remember how I felt in our first preseason game against the Cleveland Browns -- my first time coming back to Ohio. I was out there guns blazing, throwing plenty and pushing the ball down the field. Of course, I made mistakes, but to be playing in an NFL preseason game, it was really like a dream. It was definitely a humbling experience, because I didn't play the greatest first game, but it was just fun to be out there.
It was just a great opportunity. Eventually, Case became the starter, but I understood the decision. He, along with Colt, had knowledge of the system. They're leaders, they're veterans, they've played in the NFL before, and they know what it looks like and have more experience. Losing just two games back then was a big deal. We had a couple of tough games early on, some good games we had our opportunities in. I remember Case coming off the field late in one of our early games and telling me, "Man, it's a grown man's league.
It'll eat you up if you let it. Probably the biggest thing I took from Case was that you have to have the right guys and the right mindset to overcome losing. I had my dogs and my parents. They all helped me stay focused. In college, it's easy to buy in.
You're on scholarship, your food's free, your rent's free. All you care about is walking to class, playing on Saturdays and hopefully doing enough on Saturdays to get to the league.
In the NFL, some people want new contracts, some people want to get traded, some people don't want to be here, some people want to be here. Some people are married with kids, and some guys walk around and do whatever they please.
But that's the cool thing about playing quarterback. You find a way to bring those people together and build a team. When we went to play the New York Giants in Week 4, it was like a homecoming of sorts. It also brought me my first regular season opportunity. The game was an emotional experience for me. I lived in New Jersey until I was I went to Giants games and remember watching Eli Manning.
I wanted to get out there, throw eight touchdowns and just beat the mess out of them.
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The following story is based on interviews between Dwayne Haskins Jr. It was April 25, , and the Washington Redskins were on the clock. Friends, family and mentors surrounded me as burgundy and gold flashed on the screen.
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