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DRAF7 Dwayne Haskins to enter the 2019 NFL Draft WYATT CROSHER Assistant Sports Editor crosher.1@osu.edu In his first season as a starter for Ohio State, redshirt sophomore quarterback Dwayne Haskins cemented his legacy as one of the best quarterbacks the program has ever had. And after just one season as starter, Haskins’ time as a Buckeye is officially finished. On Monday, Haskins announced on Twitter he would forgo his final two seasons of eligibility to declare for the 2019 NFL Draft. In the days before the Rose Bowl, then-offensive coordinator Ryan Day said he did believe Haskins was ready to make that jump to the professional level. “You reflect on the whole season, where it’s at, how far he’s come. I do think that he has a chance to be really successful in the NFL,” Day said. “When you look at what he’s done this season, it’s been very, very impressive.” In 14 games as a starter, Haskins threw for 4,831 yards and 50 touchdowns, both Big Ten records for a single season. The redshirt sophomore broke the sin-
gle-game passing yards record for Ohio State, throwing for 470 yards against Purdue, then topping his own record with 499 against Northwestern. The record-breaking numbers were enough for Haskins to get invited as a Heisman Trophy finalist, where he ultimately finished third. In his final game for Ohio State, the Rose Bowl matchup against Washington, Haskins completed 25-of-37 passes for 251 yards and three touchdowns “A lot of people dream about playing in DRAFT CONTINUES ON 7
“A lot of people dream about playing in the NFL and people don’t really get to achieve that ... I’m one of the few people that get to, so I’m just taking it all in.” DWAYNE HASKINS Ohio State redshirt sophomore quarterback
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Did Haskins have the best season of any Ohio State quarterback? WYATT CROSHER Assistant Sports Editor crosher.1@osu.edu After one season as the starter for Ohio State, redshirt sophomore quarterback Dwayne Haskins is wrapping up his career as a Buckeye. On Monday, Haskins announced he will be entering the 2019 NFL Draft, finishing his collegiate career with 5,396 passing yards and 58 total touchdowns. The vast majority of those numbers came in his second year, during which he threw for 4,831 yards and 50 touchdowns, breaking single-season Big Ten records for
total yards and total touchdowns and finishing third in Heisman voting. “I want to be one of the best to ever do it when I get done playing here at this university,” Haskins said. So was he? After breaking every single-season passing record the program had to offer, it seems impossible to deny he is one of the best. But did he have the best season of any quarterback in the program’s history? When looking at the statistics and accolades, two seasons, both of which came this century, stand as the major competition. QUARTERBACK CONTINUES ON 7
The state of mental health resources AMANDA PARRISH Assistant Campus Editor parrish.272@osu.edu
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Ohio State will continue to improve its mental health resources throughout the spring semester.
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In September, Ohio State President Michael Drake’s mental health task force released its final recommendations for improvements to the university’s mental health resources, with some changes already made during the fall semester. Drake said in an interview with The Lantern that he met with the members of the mental health task force in October to begin a new phase of work with a group he called the “implementation force.” “The implementation team is meeting weekly and continuing to make progress,” Ben Johnson, a spokesman for the university, said in a statement. “Many of the recommendations require additional research, planning and/or new systems or technology, so the team will work together for at least 18 months, and many of the recommendations will take some time to implement.”
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Since then, improvements have consisted of hiring new counselors within campus mental health services, reviewing safety enhancements to campus parking garages, introducing apps that help students cope with stress and Undergraduate Student Government gauging student perception of mental health services available on campus. With some improvements underway, there are more set to come for spring semester and others that have not yet been addressed. What improvements have been made? Drake said in an interview with The Lantern that three additional counselors were hired in the Counseling and Consultation Service over the summer. At a Board of Trustees meeting in November, USG President Shamina Merchant gave an update on the progress of the task force. She said the counselors are currently in the hiring process and should be added by the end of the fall semester. Johnson said two of the new counselors started work at the beginning of January. One counselor is MENTAL HEALTH CONTINUES ON 6