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INDIANAPOLIS \u2014 Dwayne Haskins sounds like a New York Giants quarterback. Confident but not brash. Invested but not obsessed. Friendly but not overly familiar.<\/p>\n
He also looks like a Giants quarterback. Big and sturdy.<\/p>\n
Whether he comes aboard and moves in as Eli Manning\u2019s eventual successor<\/a> is a determination that will be made in the coming weeks leading up to the NFL draft. There does not seem to be any question what Haskins wants to see happen.<\/p>\n \u201cGrowing up in New Jersey, I grew up a Giants fan<\/a>, so it would be a dream come true going back home where my family is and play for that great franchise,\u2019\u2019 Haskins said Friday at the NFL scouting combine. \u201cThere are a lot of really great skill players, so either way it happens throughout this process, I\u2019m just going to be happy to be in the NFL. New York, of course, would be a great spot for me.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n Unlike other quarterbacks at this event in past years, Haskins did not make a case he should be the No. 1 pick in the draft or even the first quarterback off the board. He did not back away from the impact he believes he can make or the standard he feels he can set. He just did not thrust himself above anyone else.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m going to do what I need to do in meetings and out on the field to showcase my talents,\u2019\u2019 said Haskins, who planned to meet Friday night with the Giants\u2019 contingent. \u201cI know I\u2019m a franchise quarterback and can be a really great quarterback in the NFL.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n But what about being the first quarterback taken the night of April 25?<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not that important for me,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cFor me it\u2019s about being with the right franchise, being with the right team and win a Super Bowl. Whether I\u2019m the first quarterback taken, it\u2019s all a blessing, regardless of where I\u2019m going or what pick it is per se.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like I\u2019m a top quarterback. I just have to do what I do. I\u2019m not trying to spin it. It speaks for itself.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n Haskins, 21, could not have done more in his one and only year as a starter at Ohio State. As a redshirt sophomore, he completed 70 percent of his passes and set Big Ten records for passing yards (4,831) and touchdowns (50). The last college quarterback to throw 50 touchdown passes in a season was Sam Bradford for Oklahoma in 2008.<\/p>\n The downside with Haskins is there are just 14 starts to study and, though he has good size (6-3 \u00b3\/\u2088 and 231 pounds), he is not very mobile. He ran the ball 79 times last season and averaged just 1.4 yards per attempt. He is a pocket passer with a powerful arm; the Giants must figure out whether he can be special.<\/p>\n Haskins does not think much of those who question his mobility. He actually laughed out loud when asked about it.<\/p>\n \u201cI can maneuver if I need to, but I\u2019m deadly in the pocket,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cSo that\u2019s all I feel about it.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n Kyler Murray, the Heisman Trophy winner from Oklahoma (Haskins finished third in the voting), proclaimed, \u201cI\u2019m doing nothing. I\u2019m just doing interviews.\u2019\u2019 The quarterbacks are on the field Saturday, but Murray will not run or throw, saving himself for his Pro Day in Norman, Okla.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s the timeline me and my family, my agent, coaches, felt was best,\u2019\u2019 Murray said.<\/p>\n Haskins will do it all.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not worried about it,\u2019\u2019 Haskins said. \u201cI know I\u2019m going to do well in the interviews I\u2019ve done so far and I\u2019m going to throw really well. So I\u2019m just looking forward to showing I\u2019m the best quarterback in the class.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n There are times a quarterback does not want to hurt his draft stock, so he opts not to throw. This is not one of those times.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been throwing for 11-plus years,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cThat\u2019s all I do.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n