Redskins Officially Name Case Keenum Week 6 Starter, Dwayne Haskins Will Be Backup

On Friday, Redskins interim HC Bill Callahan officially named Case Keenum their Week 6 starter for their matchup against the Dolphins.

Callahan also announced that rookie Dwayne Haskins will server as Keenum’s backup this weekend.

This likely means that Colt McCoy will be inactive on Sunday.

Keenum had been dealing with a foot injury that kept him out of last week’s game. However, reports from earlier in the week mentioned that he was expected to return as the team’s starting quarterback. 

Keenum, 31, wound up signing on with the Texans as an undrafted free agent out of Houston back in 2013. He spent two years with the Texans before he was claimed off of waivers by the Rams.

Keenum later returned to the Texans before being traded back to the Rams for a 2016 seventh-round pick. The Rams used a first-round tender on Keenum that paid him $3.635 million for the 2016 season.

After spending a year with the Vikings, Keenum agreed to a two-year, $36 million contract that included $25 million guaranteed with the Broncos last year. However, the Broncos later traded him to the Redskins this past March. 

In 2019, Keenum has appeared in four games and completed 68.1 percent of his passes for 970 yards, seven touchdowns and four interceptions.