Dwayne Haskins, a quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers, was killed after being hit by a dump truck on a Florida freeway on Saturday.
He was 24.
The soccer gamers was strolling on Interstate 595 close to Fort Lauderdale, when he was struck, Florida Freeway Patrol spokeswoman Lt. Indiana Miranda mentioned. He was killed on the scene.
Miranda didn’t say why he was on the freeway.
“He was simply strolling on the freeway and received hit,” Miranda informed The Related Press..
Haskins had spent the 2021 season with Steelers because the scout workforce quarterback. He didn't see any sport motion. He was anticipated to have an opportunity to compete for the quarterback spot in Pittsburgh in 2022 after the retirement of longtime starter Ben Roethlisberger.
“The world misplaced a fantastic particular person as we speak,” Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt tweeted. “When Dwayne first walked into the locker room I may inform he was an upbeat man. He was all the time making folks smile, by no means taking life as a right. His affect on me will final a perpetually.”
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin echoed that sentiment.
“I'm devastated and perplexed with the unlucky passing of Dwayne Haskins,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin mentioned in a press release. “He shortly grew to become a part of our Steelers household upon his arrival in Pittsburgh and was one in every of our hardest staff, each on the sector and in our neighborhood. Dwayne was a fantastic teammate, however much more so an incredible good friend to many.
“I'm actually heartbroken.”
Haskins spent his first two NFL seasons with Washington, beginning 13 video games and throwing 12 touchdowns and 14 interceptions.
Kevin O’Connell, presently the Minnesota Vikings coach, was quarterbacks coach, then offensive coordinator throughout Haskins’ time with Washington.
“Struggling to search out the phrases to precise how crushing this information is as we speak.” O’Connell tweeted. “Dwayne had such a optimistic energetic outlook on life and all the time handled folks with real kindness. So Gifted and with a lot optimistic forward in his life.”
The Highland Park, N.J., native starred collegiately at Ohio State. In his one season as a starter, in 2018, he led the Buckeyes to the Massive Ten championship and a victory within the Rose Bowl, the place he was named the sport’s Most Worthwhile Participant.
The Ohio State soccer Twitter feed posted and photograph of Haskins in motion with the phrases, “Chief. Legend. Endlessly a Buckeye.”
For the season, he threw 50 landing passes in opposition to simply eight interceptions. He completed third within the Heisman Trophy voting and was chosen by Washington with the ninth decide within the 2019 NFL draft.
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