STRENGTHS
Dwayne has extraordinary talent to become a franchise quarterback for the team that selects him. He has a quick release that teams are going to love and makes all the throws with the accuracy and the velocity that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up and make you say…Oh brother! He is a pure pocket passer who has the mental talent and football IQ to adjust his style of play to any style of offense system and that is a unique talent that only a franchise potential player has the ability to do. Dwayne has the size and bulk to handle the pounding at the NFL level. He is very comfortable playing from the pocket because of his quick release, accuracy, strong arm, and the ability to throw from various release points without it affecting his accuracy or velocity. He can make all the throws because he is a natural thrower and has enough athletic talent to move in the pocket reset and still throw the ball on target. Dwayne stands tall in the pocket and has the mental toughness to lead and makes impact plays passing the ball that will open up the running game. Dwayne has the talent to be something special for the team that selects him in the draft.
CONCERNS
He only has one year of production and that will scare some teams and make them down grade him on that issue alone. I do understand this, and its easy for me not to be concerned with that fact but as I have said all along…I just look at the film and the film says this kid has the talent and mental stamina and the football IQ to be something special because of his ability to improve and impact in an offensive system that does not fit his talents.
TALENT BOARD ROUND 1.33
How many quarterbacks can you think of that no matter what offensive system you put them in, they would impact and produce? Not many but, Dwayne being a pure pocket passer, impacted, improved and raised the level of the players around him for this one season in a system meant for an athletic running quarterback. I’m not suggesting that Dwayne is not a good athlete on the contrary… he is more than adequate but because of his ability and confidence to release the ball quickly, his mental makeup is to play from the pocket. His college coaches really were not prepared nor did they want to, change their offensive system to his strengths so, if Dwayne wanted to play he had to improve his weaknesses to fit their system instead of them fitting the offense to his strengths and naturals abilities. There are always question marks about any player playing any position for only one year coming out in any draft and trust me, there will be many “experts” ready to tell you about every one of them and project their failures on to Dwayne. The truth is, Dwayne will have to work hard to prove them all wrong… there is no doubt about that. Nevertheless, do not count me in that group of negative nellies because, there is no doubt in my mind that Dwayne will be a special player for the team that selects him because he is a natural. I call him Dwayne (The Natural) Haskins and if I needed a franchise QB, on my board, he would be rated very early like… top ten for sure.
