ASHBURN — To understand the full nature of Dwayne Haskins‘ competitiveness, to grasp the quiet bravado that will lead the Washington Redskins over the next seven weeks, first you have to know what a graded workout is.
It was the spring 2017 and some of the country’s top college quarterbacks were gathered for a workout in Los Angeles. On this particular afternoon, quarterback guru Quincy Avery designed a competition that would grade the passers on each throw, a way to pit the 10 attendees against each other.
It was then Haskins issued a bold, but soft-toned declaration: He was going to go last among the group, and whoever was leading the competition, he’d top them by five points.