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Dwayne Haskins selected by Washington with No. 15 pick in 2019 NFL Draft

Former Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Dwayne Haskins was selected by the Washington football team with the No. 15 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft.
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Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins calls out a play during the first half of the Rose Bowl Game against the Washington Huskies in Pasadena, California on January 1, 2019.

BEREA, Ohio — Former Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Dwayne Haskins was selected by the Washington football team with the No. 15 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft in Nashville, Tennessee on Thursday night.

Haskins was the first quarterback from the Big Ten Conference to be selected in the first round since Kerry Collins in 1995.

Despite starting for only one year, Haskins’ professional prospects rose with his success in late-season games.

On the way to Big Ten Championship Game Most Valuable Player honors, Haskins completed 34 of his 41 pass attempts for 499 yards and five touchdowns against one interception. Haskins’ 34 completions, 41 attempts, 499 yards and five passing touchdowns set new Big Ten Championship Game records.

The 499 yards were a single-game personal best for Haskins, who eclipsed the 300-yard mark nine times and the 400-yard plateau on five occasions, including two of the last three games, and just missed the latter with a 396-yard showing against the Michigan Wolverines on November 24.

The 6-foot-3, 220-pound Haskins completed 348 of his 496 attempts (70.2 percent) for 4,580 yards and 47 touchdowns against just eight interceptions. Additionally, Haskins rushed for four touchdowns in his lone season as a starter.

A first-year starter after sitting behind record-setting signal-caller J.T. Barrett for two seasons, Haskins was the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, Quarterback of the Year and the Offensive Player of the Week a record six times in 2018.

Among the records Haskins set in 2018 were the touchdowns responsible for (51) and total offensive yards (4,702).

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