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QB Dwayne Haskins Jr. (All B1G, B1G OPOY, Silver Football, Rose Bowl MVP, R.I.P.)

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Buckeneye said:
So I'm sitting here with the day off, macroing my breakfast and getting ready for the gym. Decide to dial up a channel to watch something I like (Just Bombs) while eating. Hasky is on there, and this WAVE of emotion comes over me.

I'm beginning to understand it's for two reasons.

- For anyone who has lost a close family member, especially one well before their time, it triggers that emotion and self reflection. We're again forced to take inventory of the things and people we've lost.
But in this case, you look at the things you turn to in order to help feel some normality in times of loss. A comfort to remind you that the world can keep moving. I've mentioned that before, but for me it has always been Buckeye/Browns football and music.

- But it sucks in another way because, for anybody who has played sports at any level, you'll always find yourself pulling for the guy wearing "your number". I'm sure a lot of you know exactly what I mean. Since Gamble, I'm pretty sure I can list every #7 in order off the top without help. For whatever reason you always have that special gravitation to your number and that player wearing it. Those that came before/during your playing time, and for those that will come after.


I can imagine how Haskins family, friends and his teammates both past and present feel. There really isn't much that can be said which brings a sense of peace. It's just a horrible situation where you have to wake up every day and find it within yourself to keep going. Dwayne impacted a lot of hearts. So many that I suppose Woody himself greeted DH at those shiny gates and finally realized that passing the ball ain't so bad after all.



For me, this #7 threw the deep ball in tOSU history.

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Well said. #7 was my number growing up (actually, hence the RB"07"OSU) and I wouldn't wear anything else from Joe Germaine moving forward (and in early HS Ginn was a reason I refused to wear anything by #7 because I wanted my game to be just like his). My playing days were well over when Dwayne was QB, but if I was a kid growing up when he did it would not have been any different and I would have wanted to wear it because of DH.

So there is that and I agree with all the above, but the one that digs at me is that video of him as a kid wearing #7 saying he was going to college at OSU just totally blown away by everything OSU had to offer. Even though he was taken away so early, I guess we should smile to know he got to live his dream by getting an offer from OSU (he almost didn't, he was committed to Maryland and it didn't look like we would offer), getting the starting job over a future Heisman winner, and wearing #7 in the 'Shoe and tearing apart the single season passing records. The after he declared pro, he was instrumental in getting Justin Fields to OSU to replace him. Guy was a legend.
 
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MEMORIAL SERVICE: “OHIO STATE AND OUR PROGRAM IS FOREVER IN DEBT TO DWAYNE HASKINS”

Ryan Day traveled to Maryland to pay tribute to Dwayne Haskins on Sunday night.

Day, who was also in attendance for Haskins’ funeral in Pittsburgh on Friday, spoke about his former quarterback during a memorial service at Haskins’ high school, The Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, on Sunday evening.

In a nearly 10-minute eulogy about the former Buckeye, who Day coached during his two seasons as Ohio State’s offensive coordinator in 2017 and 2018, Day made it clear just how much of an impact Haskins made on him and the Ohio State football program.

“What Dwayne meant to college football, the state of Ohio, Ohio State University, the football program, our staff and my family is hard to put into words,” Day said, after which he talked about the bond Day built with his son, RJ. “His compassion, the way he loved, I mean he loved big. And that still lives on at Ohio State.”

Day said he first met Haskins when Haskins was just 14 years old and Day was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Boston College. And he’s thankful that he ultimately got the chance to coach Haskins at OSU.

You can watch Day’s full eulogy at Haskins’ memorial service in the video below (beginning at 1:17:30).



Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-and-our-program-is-forever-in-debt-to-dwayne
 
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The family is also calling for everyone to join them in a minute of silence at 8 p.m. Tuesday night to honor Dwayne and reflect on "the memories that he has brought to your life with his affectionate smile."

You can begin supporting the scholarship fund by donating to the foundation at the Haskins Family Foundation website.
 
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dragurd said:
Yeah unfortunately his pro-career felt like that kid brother everyone loves but can't stop screwing up. Nobody felt he was a bad guy and everyone loved the dude but he just kept screwing up and people were hoping he'd grow up a little and be more responsible.
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Really sad to see, but you're 100% correct. I was hoping to hear different news, but kind of knew this might be coming. As sad as it is, I really hope people have some compassion here. People can have their struggles and still be good people, which I think is the case here. Wish there was better news, but RIP to our #7.
 
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I think it was obvious from the moment he hit the NFL that Dwayne Haskins had some growing up to do. The toxicology report doesn't make his loss any less sad. It just means he won't have the chance to become the man he could have become, and his family and friends will still miss him for the rest of their lives.
 
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Jake said:
I think it was obvious from the moment he hit the NFL that Dwayne Haskins had some growing up to do. The toxicology report doesn't make his loss any less sad. It just means he won't have the chance to become the man he could have become, and his family and friends will still miss him for the rest of their lives.
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No he had some growing up to do yes but by all accounts he was a super human being just a little bit immature. Taken before his time. None of that will ever take away from who he was as a person or what he did for the program.
 
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