Former Dallas Cowboys govt Gil Brandt on Saturday issued an apology for remarks he made concerning the sudden dying of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins. His feedback have been broadly derided within the soccer group, with Steelers teammate Cam Heyward calling them "disgraceful."

The 24-year-old athlete was struck and killed by a dump truck on Saturday whereas strolling on the facet of a freeway in Florida. A graduate of Ohio State College, the place he was named a Rose Bowl MVP in 2019, Haskins performed for the Steelers and the Washington Commanders earlier than his profession was reduce tragically brief.

Brandt, 90, reacted to Haskins' dying on a radio present shortly after listening to the information for the primary time. He mentioned that the athlete "was residing to be lifeless, so to talk" and likewise claimed that draft evaluators had criticized his work ethic when he was seeking to make the bounce from school to the NFL, based on the New York Put up.

"It was all the time one thing," Brandt mentioned. "It was a kind of, 'I am not offsides, however they maintain calling me for offsides.' It is a tragic factor. Anytime any individual dies it is tragic, particularly while you're 24 years previous and you have your entire life forward of you. Perhaps if he'd have stayed at school an [extra] yr, he would not do foolish issues."

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Gil Brandt, above, apologized on Saturday for off-the-cuff remarks concerning the dying of Pittsburgh Steelers participant Dwayne Haskins, which some deemed "disgraceful."Duane Prokop/Getty Photographs for Sirius XM

Within the wake of the backlash to his feedback, Brandt's official Twitter account posted an apology, saying that he spoke "carelessly" and providing condolences to Haskins's household.

"This morning whereas studying of Dwayne Haskins' passing, I reacted carelessly and insensitively on a radio interview," Brandt tweeted. "I wish to apologize to Mr. Haskins' household and anybody who heard my poor alternative of phrases. I really apologize. My coronary heart goes out to his household at this troublesome time."

Heyward, a defensive sort out for the Steelers, was amongst these to chastise Brandt for his feedback.

"I have no idea or will assume to however please do not communicate on my buddy," Heyward wrote in a tweet. "He might be missed and your phrases are disgraceful. We're all hurting proper now."

Some took their criticism additional, calling for Brandt to be faraway from the skilled soccer corridor of fame for his remarks. Darron Lee, one other Ohio State alum and former participant for the New York Jets, was amongst these making the decision.

"Take away Gil Brandt from the Corridor of Fame," Lee wrote in a tweet. "That is inexcusable."

"I'm devastated and perplexed with the unlucky passing of Dwayne Haskins," Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin wrote in an announcement on Saturday. "He rapidly turned a part of our Steelers household upon his arrival in Pittsburgh and was considered one of our hardest staff, each on the sphere and in our group."