Adam Schefter apologizes for insensitive tweet after death of Dwayne Haskins

By Aron Yohannes, The Oregonian/OregonLive: ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter faced harsh backlash over the weekend after he posted a tweet about the death of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins.

In a tweet that has been deleted, Schefter wrote: “Dwayne Haskins, a standout at Ohio State before struggling to catch on with Washington and Pittsburgh in the NFL, died this morning when he got hit by a car in South Florida, per his agent Cedrick Saunders. Haskins would have turned 25 years old on May 3.”

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ESPN’s Adam Schefter apologizes for insensitive tweet after death of Dwayne Haskins

Haskins, 24, was in South Florida training with Steelers teammates before he was struck by a dump truck on a Florida highway Saturday morning.

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