Haskins spent one season with the Steelers and was expected to start for the starting job this fall.
The Pittsburgh Steelers announced on Friday they’ll wear a helmet decal this season in honor of late Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins, who was struck and killed on a South Florida highway in April.
The 24-year-old Haskins, who was a first-round pick of the Washington Redskins in the 2019 NFL Draft, was entering his second season with the Steelers and was expected to compete for the starting job following Ben Roethlisberger’s retirement.
Haskins was in South Florida training with his teammates at the time of the accident. A toxicology report showed he was legally intoxicated, while his widow told a 911 dispatcher that he was walking to get gas when he attempted to cross the highway and was hit by a dump truck.
The Buckeyes honored Haskins, who set numerous school and Big Ten records during his career in Columbus, by wearing a helmet decal with his initials, painting his initials onto the turf at Ohio Stadium, holding a moment of silence and showing a video tribute during April’s Spring Game.
Ohio State redshirt sophomore quarterback C.J. Stroud also wore a black alternate jersey with Haskins’ name on the back for the opening drive of the game, while a candlelight vigil was held in the rotunda of Ohio Stadium earlier in the week.
The Steelers’ decal, meanwhile, is gold with a No. 3 – Haskins' jersey number in Pittsburgh – in white with a black outline. As shown above on former Ohio State’s defensive lineman Cameron Heyward’s helmet, it will be worn on the left rear side of the helmet, beginning with Sunday's game at the Cincinnati Bengals.
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