2019 NFL Draft QB Dwayne Haskins responds to bold Tom Brady comparison

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Ohio State star Dwayne Haskins might be the best quarterback prospect entering the 2019 NFL Draft.

Haskins completed 70 percent of his passes for 4,831 yards, 50 touchdowns and just eight interceptions for the Buckeyes last season. 

The 21-year-old received some high praise earlier this month from former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer, who compared Haskins to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Here's what Dilfer told The MMQB's Albert Breer:

I thought Dwayne should’ve waited (to declare for the NFL Draft), but he’s the most like Tom Brady of anyone we’ve had. He sees it like Tom, he works at it, he plays that way. He plays on time, with his intellectual process. I don’t want to compare anyone to Brady, but he’s Tom Brady-ish.

What did Haskins think of Dilfer's Brady comments?

"From the neck up I feel I'm a lot like Tom Brady," Haskins recently told Sports Illustrated. "From how I study, to how much I commit to get ready for the game, to how I read defenses, to how I pick up protections and how I operate my guys. That's a great comparison for me because I want to be like Tom Brady. He's one of the best quarterbacks of all-time, if not the best. Just to be in the same sentence as 'Tom Brady-ish' is pretty cool to me."

Oklahoma star and reigning Heisman trophy winner Kyler Murray is at the top of most experts' quarterback draft boards. Murray could go as high as No. 1 to the Arizona Cardinals, and if that happens, the next team in need of a quarterback likely is the New York Giants at No. 6. Haskins would be an excellent fit with the Giants, who desperately need a successor to veteran QB Eli Manning.

The comparisons between Brady and Haskins obviously are absurd at this stage, but there's still a lot to like about the Ohio State star's game.

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