It took them a while, but it seems like the Cleveland Browns have finally found a franchise quarterback. The expectation is that Deshaun Watson will finally step up and be the player they want and need him to be.
If asked the question “Who is the best college football quarterback of the 21st century,” there are plenty of directions you could choose to go. And then there’s the right direction.
It seems Baker Mayfield is about to get paid. A lot. Spotrac, which studies professional sports contracts, is projecting the former Oklahoma star and current Tampa Bay quarterback, is on pace for a massive contract extension.
On Tuesday, ESPN updated their top quarterback of the 2000s list, with Oklahoma football remaining well represented. Not only did the Sooners house the most quarterbacks on the list, but Oklahoma’s own Baker Mayfield sits at the top spot, narrowly beating out Auburn’s Cam Newton and Texas’ Vince Young.
Every year, ESPN writer and stats guru Bill Connelly updates his list of the top 80 college football quarterbacks since 2000. And again this year, the No.
Baker Mayfield is certainly not the biggest starting quarterback in the NFL. Undersized at 6-foot-1, 215 pounds, there are always concerns that smaller quarterbacks like Mayfield are more injury prone and can’t withstand the punishment doled out by 300-pound defensive linemen over a 17-game season.
Baker Mayfield is certainly not the biggest starting quarterback in the NFL. Undersized at 6-foot-1, 215 pounds, there are always concerns that smaller quarterbacks like Mayfield are more injury prone and can’t withstand the punishment doled out by 300-pound defensive linemen over a 17-game season.
Baker Mayfield started it, and Nick Bosa may have finished it. In 2017, when both were in college, Mayfield planted an Oklahoma flag on Ohio State's block O logo at midfield after his Sooners beat Bosa's Buckeyes 31-16.
The history of the matchup between the Sooners and Cowboys is lopsided, but when it's wild, Bedlam is really wild. In a series older than the state, these are the best games.
NOTE: This is the first in a series of memorable Bedlam matchups between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State leading up to Saturday's game in Stillwater, the last in a rivalry spanning more than 100 years.
With former Oklahoma football star Baker Mayfield in the house, Saturday’s dramatic win over Texas marked the second time since 2017 the Sooners have knocked off a top-3-ranked team in the AP poll and Mayfield was present for both.
Oklahoma had a huge week in college football knocking off the Texas Longhorns and vaulting itself into the No. 5 ranking. Baker Mayfield, who was on a bye week, appeared on ESPN’s College Gameday as the guest picker and, of course, predicted a Sooners win.
Last season was a departure from the success Baker Mayfield is used to seeing from his beloved Oklahoma Sooners. Brent Venables had Oklahoma looking awesome during the onset of his tenure, but the wheels fell off over the second half of Year 1 on the job.
Baker Mayfield has a pretty good resume. He won a Heisman Trophy, owns three Big 12 Conference championships and was the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft. But the two-time Burlsworth Award winner as college football's best walk-on has apparently always felt like something was missing.
It’s been five seasons since former Oklahoma football quarterback Baker Mayfield donned a Sooner uniform. Over those five seasons, the former Heisman Trophy winner and No.
One of the Sooners' most famous alumni was back in Norman on Friday morning for his annual youth football camp.
When thinking about the best college quarterbacks this century which name comes to mind first? Is it Joe Burrow? Cam Newton? Tim Tebow? If it is, think again. According to ESPN, at least.
Every college football team’s fanbase ranks their respective school’s greatest players. Some schools have an easier time doing this than others. The Oklahoma Football program is not one of those schools.
Kyler Murray will be all smiles this weekend. But he still has one big regret about his time at Oklahoma. “I hate that I only got one season here,” Murray said Friday.
Oklahoma quarterback Jackson Arnold has already drawn some heady comparisons. The latest comes with a Heisman Trophy pedigree. According to an ESPN list (subscription required) comparing incoming freshmen to a member of their school’s upper-level heritage, Arnold’s comparison is none other than Baker Mayfield.
Former Oklahoma football All-American and Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield is no longer a free agent. The former Sooner star and No. 1 overall NFL
Baker Mayfield’s new statue at Oklahoma would have had a different pose if it had been up to the quarterback himself.
Oklahoma legend Baker Mayfield gets his Heisman Trophy statue on Saturday at halftime of the Sooners’ annual spring game. SI Sooners commemorates the event by reliving Mayfield’s six most memorable performances during his three seasons as the OU starter.
Before Baker Mayfield turned into a polarizing figure as the starting QB of the Browns, he won the Heisman Trophy for the 2017 college football season with the Sooners en route to becoming the first overall selection of the 2018 NFL Draft.
.@bakermayfield balled — so he got the call @DeionSanders @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/NozXU8bXHH
— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) October 8, 2018
The bands, the fans and the football are back on Saturdays as college football has kicked off the 2018 season. While the pads have just been put on for the first real action in over half a year, the race for the Heisman Trophy is already in full swing with multiple players making an early case to be the best football player in the NCAA.
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