Hassan Haskins
{{Short description|American football player (born 1999)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Hassan Haskins
| image = HassanTitans2022.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Haskins with the Tennessee Titans in 2022
| current_team = Los Angeles Chargers
| number = 28
| position = Running back
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|11|26}}
| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 228
| high_school = Eureka
(Eureka, Missouri)
| college = Michigan (2018–2021)
| draftyear = 2022
| draftround = 4
| draftpick = 131
| pastteams = * Tennessee Titans ({{NFL Year|2022}}–{{NFL Year|2023}})
- Los Angeles Chargers ({{NFL Year|2024}}–present)
| status = Active
| highlights = * Second-team All-American (2021)
- First-team All-Big Ten (2021)
| statseason = 2024
| statweek =
| statlabel1 = Rushing yards
| statvalue1 = 182
| statlabel2 = Rushing average
| statvalue2 = 3.1
| statlabel3 = Rushing touchdowns
| statvalue3 = 2
| statlabel4 = Receptions
| statvalue4 = 14
| statlabel5 = Receiving yards
| statvalue5 = 106
| statlabel6 = Receiving touchdowns
| statvalue6 = 1
| statlabel7 = Return yards
| statvalue7 = 449
| pfr = HaskHa00
}}
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 for the Michigan Wolverines, and was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL draft.
Early life
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".{{Cite web |title=Eureka High School Results at Missouri State Track and Field Championships, Class 3,4,5 |url=https://mo.milesplit.com/meets/264925-missouri-state-track-and-field-championships-class-345-2017/teams/10677 |access-date=June 1, 2023 |website=MoMileSplit |language=en}} As a senior, he led the basketball team in blocks and steals while averaging 8.1 points per game.{{Cite web |title=2017–18 Basketball Boys |url=https://stats.stlhighschoolsports.com/sports/basketballboys/stats/teamstatoverall.php?t=73&s=719 |access-date=June 1, 2023 |website=STLToday.com |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |title=2016–17 Football |url=https://stats.stlhighschoolsports.com/sports/football/stats/teamstatplayer.php?t=73&s=681&p=795845 |access-date=June 1, 2023 |website=STLToday.com |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |title=2017–18 Football |url=https://stats.stlhighschoolsports.com/sports/football/stats/teamstatplayer.php?t=73&s=708&p=795845 |access-date=June 1, 2023 |website=STLToday.com |language=en}}
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. Haskins committed to Michigan on October 29, 2017, as a three-star running back.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2017/10/michigan_lands_commitment_from_4.html|title=Michigan lands commitment from three-star RB Hassan Haskins (2018)|first1=Aaron|last1=McMann|date=October 30, 2017|website=mlive|language=en|access-date=January 5, 2020}} He ended the recruitment cycle as the no. 975 overall recruit after he signed with Michigan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2019/11/14/michigan-football-running-back-hassan-haskins-jay-harbaugh/4182434002/|title=Why almost everyone except Michigan football whiffed on Hassan Haskins|last=Sang|first=Orion|website=Detroit Free Press|language=en|date=November 14, 2019|access-date=January 5, 2020}}
College career
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.{{Cite web|url=https://mgoblue.com/sports/football/roster/hassan-haskins/19026|title=Hassan Haskins – Football|website=University of Michigan Athletics|language=en|access-date=January 5, 2020}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2019/10/14/michigan-football-hassan-haskins-linebacker-running-back/3976120002/|title=Michigan football's Hassan Haskins used time on defense to boost his running back game|last=Sang|first=Orion|website=Detroit Free Press|language=en|date=October 14, 2019|access-date=January 5, 2020}}
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On November 27, 2021, in a victory against Ohio State, Haskins recorded five rushing touchdowns.{{Cite web |date=November 27, 2021 |title=Michigan's Haskins scored 5 TDs |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/college-football-today-michigans-haskins-scored-5-tds/ |access-date=June 1, 2023 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US |agency=Associated Press}} 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).{{Cite web |date=November 27, 2021 |title=Postgame Notes: #6 Michigan 42, #2 Ohio State 27 |url=https://mgoblue.com/news/2021/11/27/football-postgame-notes-michigan-vs-ohio-state.aspx |access-date=November 27, 2021 |website=MGoBlue.com |publisher=CBS Interactive}}
He was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten running back, and named a second-team All-American by the AFCA.{{Cite web|url=https://mgoblue.com/sports/football/roster/hassan-haskins/21992|title= Hassan Haskins Bio|website=mgoblue}} 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.{{Cite web |date=December 4, 2021 |title=Postgame Notes: #2 Michigan 42, #15 Iowa 3 |url=https://mgoblue.com/news/2021/12/4/football-postgame-notes-michigan-vs-iowa.aspx |access-date=December 5, 2021 |website=MGoBlue.com |publisher=CBS Interactive}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Brandon |date=December 9, 2021 |title=Another Reason Why Hassan Haskins Is The Man |url=https://www.si.com/college/michigan/football/michigan-football-hassan-haskins-jim-harbaugh-wolverines-running-back-pff-blake-corum |access-date=December 12, 2021 |website=Fan Nation}}
= Statistics =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Season
! rowspan="2"| Team ! rowspan="2"| Conf ! rowspan="2"| GP ! colspan="4"| Rushing ! colspan="4"| Receiving | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||
| colspan="3"| [https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/hassan-haskins-1.html Career] | 32 | 452 | 2,324 | 5.1 | 30 | 24 | 171 | 7.1 | 0 |
Professional career
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| note = All values from NFL Combine{{Cite web |url=https://www.nfl.com/prospects/hassan-haskins/32004841-5328-8544-d8b7-95875ddb3ea1 |title=Hassan Haskins Draft and Combine Prospect Profile |website=NFL.com |access-date=March 15, 2022}}{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=1022823&DraftYear=2022 |title=Hassan Haskins, Michigan, RB, 2022 NFL Draft Scout, NCAA College Football |website=draftscout.com |access-date=March 15, 2022}}{{Cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112153520/https://insider.espn.com/nfl/draft/player/_/id/105910 |title=Hassan Haskins 2022 NFL Draft Profile |website=insider.espn.com |access-date=June 7, 2022}}
}}
=Tennessee Titans=
Haskins was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the fourth round, 131st overall, of the 2022 NFL draft.{{Cite web |last=Wyatt |first=Jim |date=April 30, 2022 |title=Titans Select Michigan RB Hassan Haskins in the Fourth Round (Pick 131) of Saturday's NFL Draft |url=https://www.tennesseetitans.com/news/titans-selected-michigan-rb-hassan-haskins-in-the-fourth-round-of-saturday-s-nfl |access-date=June 1, 2023 |website=TennesseeTitans.com}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Dallas Cowboys at Tennessee Titans – December 29th, 2022 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202212290oti.htm |access-date=June 1, 2023 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}
On August 28, 2023, Haskins was placed on injured reserve.{{cite web|title=Roster Moves: Titans Remove OL Dillon Radunz from PUP List, Place RB Hassan Haskins on IR, While Waiving Three More Players|url=https://www.tennesseetitans.com/news/roster-moves-titans-remove-ol-dillon-radunz-from-pup-list-while-waiving-three-mo|author=Wyatt, Jim|website=TennesseeTitans.com|date=August 28, 2023}} The next day, he was placed on the Commissioner Exempt List due to Haskins' June 2023 arrest for a domestic dispute.{{cite news|url=https://titanswire.usatoday.com/2023/08/29/titans-hassan-haskins-placed-on-commissioner-exempt-list/|work=USAToday.com|title=Titans' Hassan Haskins placed on Commissioner Exempt List|first=Mike|last=Moraitis|date=August 29, 2023|accessdate=August 31, 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Wyatt |first=Jim |date=August 29, 2023 |title=Titans Trim Roster Ahead of NFL's Deadline |url=https://www.tennesseetitans.com/news/titans-trim-roster-ahead-of-nfl-s-deadline |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=TennesseeTitans.com}} He was waived on August 27, 2024.{{Cite web |last=Wyatt |first=Jim |date=August 27, 2024 |title=Titans Trim Roster Ahead of NFL's Deadline |url=https://www.tennesseetitans.com/news/titans-trim-roster-ahead-of-nfl-s-deadline-x2824 |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=TennesseeTitans.com}}
=Los Angeles Chargers=
Haskins was claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Chargers on August 28, 2024.{{Cite web |date=August 28, 2024 |title=Chargers Claim Hassan Haskins; Sign 15 Players to Practice Squad |url=https://www.chargers.com/news/claim-hassan-haskins-sign-15-players-to-practice-squad-2024 |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=Chargers.com}} In the 2024 season, Haskins had two rushing touchdowns. He mainly played on special teams but had an increased role in the offense later in the season.{{Cite web |title=Hassan Haskins 2024 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HaskHa00/gamelog/2024/ |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}
Personal life
Haskins' older brother Maurice Alexander was drafted in the fourth round by the St. Louis Rams in the 2014 NFL draft.{{Cite web |last=Kvidahl |first=David |date=August 3, 2017 |title=No. 28: Haskins brings old-school mindset to Eureka backfield |url=https://www.stltoday.com/sports/high-school/football/super-30/no-28-haskins-brings-old-school-mindset-to-eureka-backfield/article_bfd15c44-7713-11e7-8dbb-e795e54303d9.html |access-date=June 1, 2023 |website=STLToday.com}}
On June 30, 2023, Haskins and his ex-girlfriend were both arrested by Davidson County police due to an alleged domestic violence exchange.{{cite news|url=https://titanswire.usatoday.com/2023/06/30/titans-hassan-haskins-charged-aggravated-assault/|work=USAToday.com|title=Titans' Hassan Haskins charged with aggravated assault|first=Mike|last=Moraitis|date=June 30, 2023|accessdate=August 31, 2023}} He was officially charged with aggravated assault by strangulation and released later the same day after posting a $10,000 bond.{{cite web|title=Titans' Hassan Haskins arrested on aggravated assault charge|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/37940882/titans-hassan-haskins-arrested-aggravated-assault-charge|work=ESPN.com|first=Turron|last=Davenport|date=June 30, 2023|accessdate=August 31, 2023}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://www.chargers.com/team/players-roster/hassan-haskins/ Los Angeles Chargers bio]
- [https://mgoblue.com/sports/football/roster/hassan-haskins/21992 Michigan Wolverines bio]
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