Ohio State Football: Why Dwayne Haskins Should Stay.
As the Ohio State football season is coming to a close, the conversations about who is staying or leaving is already beginning.
This year the big question for Ohio State is does Heisman hopeful quarterback Dwayne Haskins stay for one more season? Scouts are drooling over his big arm and precision passing, but is Haskins ready to make that leap into the NFL? I don’t think so and I’ll tell you why.
Haskins is one of the most prolific passers the Ohio State Buckeyes have ever had. We haven’t seen this kind of passing attack since Troy Smith was behind center. However, if he wants to succeed in the NFL I believe he needs at least one more year of college ball.
The biggest concern of mine right now is he struggles against pressure. I know most quarterbacks don’t like to be pressured so that is an obvious statement, but Haskins hasn’t mastered how to handle a strong pass rush yet.
You can see this in games where Haskins gets hit a lot and doesn’t have time to set his feet and throw. His accuracy drops immensely and he can’t make the basic throws.
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What I want to see him develop is the ability to recognize when to step out of the pocket and either throw the ball away or gain yards with his legs. He gave us a snippet of this is last years game against the team up north.
History also tells us that the longer quarterbacks stay in college the better NFL career they have. A large chunk of Superbowl winning quarterbacks started on average 33 games in college. Haskins is nowhere close to that number.
Ryan Day is doing a great job of developing Dwayne and building the offense around him. Haskins would benefit of another year learning and growing under coach Day. The more he could learn the more NFL ready Haskins would be.
As great as he has looked all season, Dwayne Haskins hasn’t reached his full potential. He still has a lot of room to grow and would be easily taken in the top five with another season under his belt.
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The past has proven that a quarterback shouldn’t be rushed. The guys that stay, learn and develop often go on to have fine NFL careers and sometimes even great ones.