Hassan Haskins
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| No. 28 – Los Angeles Chargers | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | November 26, 1999 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 228 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Eureka (Eureka, Missouri) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Michigan (2018–2021) | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2022 / round: 4 / pick: 131 | ||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 4, 2024 | |||||||||||||
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Hassan Askiali Haskins Jr. (born November 26, 1999) is an American professional football running back for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He was an All-American at Michigan, and drafted by the Titans in the 2022 NFL draft.
Early life
[edit]In addition to playing football at Eureka High School in Eureka, Missouri, Haskins participated in basketball and track and field. Haskins placed second in the high jump at the 2017 MSHSAA Class 5 State Championship, clearing 6' 7".[1] As a senior, he led the basketball team in blocks and steals while averaging 8.1 points per game.[2] As a junior on the football team, Haskins had 242 carries, 1,509 yards, and 19 rushing touchdowns to go along with 2 receiving touchdowns and one passing touchdown. He added 12 sacks and a fumble recovery as a defensive end.[3] As a senior, he had 255 carries, 2,197 yards, and 31 rushing touchdowns with 2 receiving touchdowns. He also contributed on defense with 9 sacks and two fumble recoveries, one of which he returned for a 50-yard touchdown.[4]
Haskins was lightly recruited by Power Five football programs. He ran a 4.74 second 40-yard dash in high school, and his speed could be a reason for his under-rating. Said Haskins' high school assistant coach Tyler Wasson, "There was a 1-AA team that would e-mail us, 'Well, he doesn't fit our system. He's not fast enough.'" When Michigan was recruiting Haskins, he was the nation's 82nd best running back and well outside the top 1,000 recruits in the class.[5] Haskins committed to Michigan on October 29, 2017, as a three-star running back.[6] He ended the recruitment cycle as the no. 975 overall recruit after he signed with Michigan.[5]
College career
[edit]In his redshirt freshman year, Haskins agreed to move to defense to play linebacker. In 2019, with the graduation of Karan Higdon and the suspension of Chris Evans, Haskins moved back to running back to improve the depth at the position. Haskins had his breakout game on October 12, 2019, when he carried 12 times for 125 yards with his first collegiate touchdown against Illinois. In his first collegiate start on October 26, 2019, against Notre Dame, Haskins had 20 carries for 149 yards, including a 49-yard long rush.[7] He finished the 2019 season with 121 carries for 622 yards and four touchdowns. Haskins claimed that spending time at linebacker gave him a better vision of the running lanes and helped him see what opposing defenses were trying to do.[8]
On November 27, 2021, in a victory against Ohio State, Haskins recorded five rushing touchdowns.[9] Haskins finished the regular season with 1,232 rushing yards on 244 carries (an average of 5.0 yards per carry) and tied for second in program history at the time, with 18 single-season rushing touchdowns (tying Anthony Thomas and Chris Perry).[10]
He was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten running back, and named a second-team All-American by the AFCA.[11] After two rushing touchdowns in the 2021 Big Ten Championship, Haskins set the single-season program record at the time, with 20 rushing touchdowns, surpassing the previous record of 19 set by Ron Johnson in 1968.[12] His former teammate Blake Corum would surpass Haskins two seasons later, rushing for 27 touchdowns in 2023. At that time and point, Haskins carried the ball 443 times, from 2019 to 2021, without a single fumble – the most in college football over the span.[13]
Statistics
[edit]| Season | Team | Conf | GP | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||
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| Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | ||||
| 2018 | Michigan | Big Ten | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Michigan | Big Ten | 12 | 121 | 622 | 5.1 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 |
| 2020 | Michigan | Big Ten | 6 | 61 | 375 | 6.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Michigan | Big Ten | 14 | 270 | 1,327 | 4.9 | 20 | 18 | 131 | 7.3 | 0 |
| Career | 32 | 452 | 2,324 | 5.1 | 30 | 24 | 171 | 7.1 | 0 | ||
Professional career
[edit]| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Bench press | ||||||||
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| 6 ft 1+3⁄4 in (1.87 m) |
228 lb (103 kg) |
31+3⁄4 in (0.81 m) |
9+1⁄4 in (0.23 m) |
27 reps | ||||||||
| All values from NFL Combine[14][15][16] | ||||||||||||
Tennessee Titans
[edit]Haskins was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the fourth round, 131st overall, of the 2022 NFL draft.[17] On December 29, while helping fill in for injured Derrick Henry, Haskins rushed 12 times for 40 yards and caught two of three targets for 13 yards during a 27–13 Week 17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys.[18]
On August 28, 2023, Haskins was placed on injured reserve.[19] The next day, he was placed on the Commissioner Exempt List due to Haskins' June 2023 arrest for a domestic dispute.[20][21] He was waived on August 27, 2024.[22]
Los Angeles Chargers
[edit]Haskins was claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Chargers on August 28, 2024.[23]
Personal life
[edit]Haskins' older brother Maurice Alexander was drafted in the fourth round by the St. Louis Rams in the 2014 NFL draft.[24]
On June 30, 2023, Haskins and his ex-girlfriend were both arrested by Davidson County police due to an alleged domestic violence exchange.[25] He was officially charged with aggravated assault by strangulation and released later the same day after posting a $10,000 bond.[26]
References
[edit]- ^ "Eureka High School Results at Missouri State Track and Field Championships, Class 3,4,5". MoMileSplit. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ "2017–18 Basketball Boys". STLToday.com. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ "2016–17 Football". STLToday.com. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ "2017–18 Football". STLToday.com. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ a b Sang, Orion (November 14, 2019). "Why almost everyone except Michigan football whiffed on Hassan Haskins". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ McMann, Aaron (October 30, 2017). "Michigan lands commitment from three-star RB Hassan Haskins (2018)". mlive. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ "Hassan Haskins – Football". University of Michigan Athletics. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ Sang, Orion (October 14, 2019). "Michigan football's Hassan Haskins used time on defense to boost his running back game". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ "Michigan's Haskins scored 5 TDs". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. November 27, 2021. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ "Postgame Notes: #6 Michigan 42, #2 Ohio State 27". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. November 27, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- ^ "Hassan Haskins Bio". mgoblue.
- ^ "Postgame Notes: #2 Michigan 42, #15 Iowa 3". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. December 4, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
- ^ Brown, Brandon (December 9, 2021). "Another Reason Why Hassan Haskins Is The Man". Fan Nation. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ "Hassan Haskins Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "Hassan Haskins, Michigan, RB, 2022 NFL Draft Scout, NCAA College Football". draftscout.com. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "Hassan Haskins 2022 NFL Draft Profile". insider.espn.com. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
- ^ Wyatt, Jim (April 30, 2022). "Titans Select Michigan RB Hassan Haskins in the Fourth Round (Pick 131) of Saturday's NFL Draft". TennesseeTitans.com. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ "Dallas Cowboys at Tennessee Titans – December 29th, 2022". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ Wyatt, Jim (August 28, 2023). "Roster Moves: Titans Remove OL Dillon Radunz from PUP List, Place RB Hassan Haskins on IR, While Waiving Three More Players". TennesseeTitans.com.
- ^ Moraitis, Mike (August 29, 2023). "Titans' Hassan Haskins placed on Commissioner Exempt List". USAToday.com. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ Wyatt, Jim (August 29, 2023). "Titans Trim Roster Ahead of NFL's Deadline". TennesseeTitans.com.
- ^ Wyatt, Jim (August 27, 2024). "Titans Trim Roster Ahead of NFL's Deadline". TennesseeTitans.com.
- ^ "Chargers Claim Hassan Haskins; Sign 15 Players to Practice Squad". Chargers.com. August 28, 2024.
- ^ Kvidahl, David (August 3, 2017). "No. 28: Haskins brings old-school mindset to Eureka backfield". STLToday.com. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ Moraitis, Mike (June 30, 2023). "Titans' Hassan Haskins charged with aggravated assault". USAToday.com. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ Davenport, Turron (June 30, 2023). "Titans' Hassan Haskins arrested on aggravated assault charge". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 31, 2023.