COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Dwayne Haskins threw for 405 yards and three touchdowns in Saturday’s game at Maryland. In the process, he broke Ohio State’s single-season records for both passing yards and passing touchdowns.
Even so, Haskins’ passing arguably wasn’t the part of his game that stood out the most on Saturday.
For the first 10 games of Ohio State’s season, Haskins was a clear-cut pass-first quarterback, never running for more than 24 yards in a game (which came in the season opener against Oregon State) and for only one touchdown. As effective as he was passing the ball, his lack of success running the ball was an impediment to the Buckeyes’ offense, since opposing defenses did not have the respect the threat of a running quarterback on option plays.