By the time Dwayne Haskins dropped back and threw his first career pass in the second half of Ohio State’s blowout victory against Army on Sept. 16, 2017, he had already won the Heisman Trophy many, many times.
Well, sort of.
A 6-foot-4, 220-pound quarterback wearing No. 7 threw thousands of passes for the Buckeyes throughout the 2000s and the early 2010s – in the "Road To Glory" mode in the now-defunct NCAA football video games.
“I would go win (the Heisman Trophy) every year I played,” Haskins said last week. “But we'll see how realistic that is this week.