You are what I strive to be," Claypool tweeted. All you cared about was making sure that everyone around you was okay and I can't thank you enough for that. "I spent your final moments with you and I can't help but think about how selfless you were in those moments. Steelers wide receiver Chase Claypool remembered Haskins' selflessness in his final interaction with him. I know I speak for the rest of our team in saying he will be sorely missed." "This is a very sad time and I am honestly at a loss for words. "Dwayne was a talented young man who had a long life ahead of him," Rivera's statement reads. Haskins' head coach in Washington, Ron Rivera, said Saturday he was "absolutely heartbroken" to hear of his former player's passing. Luckily I got a chance to get to know you. We are going to miss the heck out of him as well. "His smile was infectious and he was a guy you wanted to be around," Hewyard wrote. Steelers defensive tackle Cameron Heyward tweeted "Dwayne meant so much to so many people." It's still hard to kind of get our feet underneath us and see clearly right now. "It's so close to Saturday morning right now. "He meant a lot to my family and he meant a lot to this program, and he's going to be sorely missed. He always took time after practice to be around family members, kids," he said. "When you think about Dwayne you just think about the compassion he had, certainly for all of his teammates and his friends. Ohio State coach Ryan Day said Monday members of the team were hurting and announced they will honor Haskins at its spring game on Saturday. Teammates and coaches who knew Haskins offered their condolences and remembrances since his death. How teammates and coaches are remembering him And that's something I have to do this offseason to put myself in position to play." "I definitely believe I have the talent to. I got drafted for that reason," Haskins said in January, according to. "I feel like I can be a starter in this league. Last month, Haskins re-signed with the Steelers for one year was set to compete with Rudolph and new Steelers acquisition Mitchell Trubisky for positions on the depth chart. He spent last season as the third-string quarterback behind the now-retired longtime Steeler Ben Roethlisberger and backup Mason Rudolph. Haskins was released in December 2020 toward the end of his second season after he was benched in a loss and after he was fined an undisclosed amount for violating team Covid-19 protocols by going maskless at his girlfriend's birthday party.Ī month after his release, the Steelers picked him up, though he did not enter a regular-season game for Pittsburgh. He played 16 games across two seasons for Washington, compiling a 3-10 record in 13 starts. Washington selected Haskins as the 15th overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, but he didn't live up to his lofty status. He led the Buckeyes to a 13-1 record and a win in the Rose Bowl, and he finished third in voting for the Heisman Trophy, awarded to college football's most outstanding player. He rose to prominence at Ohio State, where he set OSU and Big Ten Conference records as a redshirt sophomore in 2018, including single-season passing yards (4,831), touchdown passes (50) and total offensive yards (4,939). Haskins was poised to enter his fourth year in the NFL as a backup for the Steelers after a stellar college career. In recent days, Haskins was in South Florida working out with some Steelers teammates, as captured in Instagram stories from Haskins and running back Najee Harris. He had been "walking on (the highway) for unknown reasons," the patrol said in a news release.įurther details about what led up to the incident were not available.
The incident was reported shortly after 6:30 a.m., the patrol said. Haskins was trying to cross Interstate 595's westbound lanes, near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, when the dump truck hit him, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Here's what we know and don't know about the fatal crash, his short-lived career and how those who knew him have reacted, CNN reported. Authorities have so far released few details about the circumstances of his death.