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How Dwayne Haskins' brain helped convince Redskins to draft him

ASHBURN, Va. -- The little kid in the front row quickly raised his hand, only to be ignored by the coach. Three times in a row. At this invite-only camp for quarterbacks, the coach would show a picture of a defense, quizzing the quarterbacks on the pre-snap read. The pattern went like this: The middle-schooler's arm shot up first; the coach called on one of the many older quarterbacks in the room.

But Dwayne Haskins, the youngest quarterback in the room, persisted. And the coach finally relented. So on the fourth time, after posting another picture, the coach finally called on Haskins.