Dwayne Haskins breaks incredible Big Ten streak after going in first round
Dwayne Haskins going 15th overall to the Washington Redskins was a great moment for him personally, but also a pretty nice one for the Big Ten.
Though the conference has produced its share of talented quarterbacks over the last two and a half decades, the Ohio State star became the first Big Ten quarterback to be selected in the first round since 1995, when the Carolina Panthers made Penn State’s Kerry Collins the fifth overall pick.
And there it is: Dwayne Haskins Jr. ends the Big Ten’s incredible drought of first-round picks at QB. He’s the first B1G QB to go in the first round since Penn State’s Kerry Collins went No. 5 overall in 1995.
— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) April 26, 2019
Tom Brady, Drew Brees, and Russell Wilson all came from Big Ten schools, but none were first round selections. It’s a rather surprising stat when you consider all that talent, so the pressure is on Haskins to live up to it from an even greater draft position.
