Baker Reagan Mayfield (born April 14, 1995)
is an American professional
football
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quarterback
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for the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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of the
National Football League
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(NFL). He played
college football
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for the
Texas Tech Red Raiders and the
Oklahoma Sooners
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, where he won the
Heisman Trophy
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in 2017, becoming the first
walk-on player to ever win the award.
He was selected
first overall by the
Cleveland Browns
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in the
2018 NFL draft.
Mayfield set the NFL rookie quarterback record for passing touchdowns during his first season, along with ending a 19-game winless streak for the Browns in his debut. His most successful season with the franchise was in 2020 when he led the Browns to their first playoff appearance since 2002 and first playoff victory since 1994. Due to a performance decline and conflict with Browns management, Mayfield was traded from Cleveland in 2022, spending the year with the
Carolina Panthers
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and
Los Angeles Rams
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.
Mayfield joined the Buccaneers ahead of the 2023 season, leading the team to two consecutive division titles and a playoff victory, as well as earning
Pro Bowl
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honors and setting career highs in consecutive years. Mayfield is currently the all-time leader in
playoff passer rating.
Early life
Baker Reagan Mayfield was born on April 14, 1995, in
Austin, Texas
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, to James and Gina Mayfield as the younger of two sons.
James, a
private equity
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consultant, encountered financial difficulties during his younger son's senior year in high school. These struggles forced the Mayfields to sell their home and live in rental homes.
Mayfield was given his distinctive name, Baker, which was his mother's idea, under the condition by his father that he also be named after the 40th U.S. President
Ronald Reagan
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, which became his middle name.
Mayfield grew up as a fan of the
University of Oklahoma
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; he attended a number of their games during his childhood.
His father played football for three years for the
University of Houston
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, though he never
lettered.
Mayfield was the starting quarterback for the
Lake Travis High School Cavaliers
football team
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in Austin.
He led Lake Travis to a 25–2 record in two seasons and won the 2011 4A State Championship.
He finished his high school football career totaling 6,255 passing yards, 67
touchdown
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s, and eight
interceptions
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.
He was offered scholarships by
Washington State
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,
Rice
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,
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...
and
Florida Atlantic. Mayfield said "I easily could've gone to a place like Florida Atlantic, but my dad pushed me to realize that my dream was to play somewhere big." He chose to go to
Texas Tech, where he was a walk-on.
College career
Texas Tech
2013 season
Shortly before the start of the
2013 season, Mayfield was named as the starting quarterback following a back injury to projected starter and former Lake Travis quarterback
Michael Brewer. Mayfield was the first
walk-on true freshman quarterback to start an
FBS season opener at the quarterback position.
In his first start against
SMU, Mayfield passed for 413 yards and four touchdowns. His 43 completions of 60 attempts broke a school record held by
Billy Joe Tolliver, and fell only four completions short of the
NCAA Division I FBS
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single-game record for completions by a freshman, held by
Luke McCown.
For his performance, Mayfield was named
Big 12 Conference
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Offensive Player of the Week – the first freshman Texas Tech quarterback to be named so since former Red Raider head coach
Kliff Kingsbury in
1999
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. The game featured the last four former Lake Travis quarterbacks combined on both teams:
Garrett Gilbert, Michael Brewer, Collin Lagasse, and Mayfield.
Following the Red Raiders' second victory over
Stephen F. Austin, Mayfield's 780 season yards and seven touchdowns already exceeded the 755 yards and six touchdowns accrued by Texas Tech's last true freshman quarterback, Aaron Keesee, in 10 games.
After being affected by a knee injury and losing the starting job to fellow true freshman
Davis Webb, Mayfield finished the season with 2,315 yards on 218-of-340 completions with 12 touchdowns and 9 interceptions.
Mayfield was named one of 10 semifinalists for the
Burlsworth Trophy in November; the award is given to the best player in Division I football who began his college career as a walk-on.
Mayfield earned Big 12 Conference Freshman Offensive Player of the Year for the 2013 season.
Mayfield announced that he would be leaving the program due to a "miscommunication" with the coaching staff.
Oklahoma
2014 season
After playing for Texas Tech, Mayfield transferred to the
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two territories became the ...
in January 2014, but had not contacted the Sooners coaching staff. Mayfield further elaborated in an interview with
ESPN
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that he sought to transfer due to scholarship issues and a perception that he had earned the starting position and that further competition was not "really fair".
The alleged scholarship issues were denied by Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury.
In February 2014, Oklahoma head coach
Bob Stoops confirmed that Mayfield would be walking on for the
Oklahoma Sooners
The Oklahoma Sooners are the college athletics in the United States , athletic teams that represent the University of Oklahoma, located in Norman, Oklahoma, Norman. The 19 men's and women's varsity teams are called the "Sooners", a reference to ...
. Mayfield was not eligible to play until the 2015 season, and he lost a season of eligibility due to Big 12 Conference transfer rules following an unsuccessful appeal of his transfer restrictions.
2015 season
On August 24, 2015, Mayfield was named the starting quarterback for the
Sooners
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after winning an open quarterback competition against
Trevor Knight. On September 6, 2015, Mayfield started against
Akron. Mayfield totaled 388 passing yards with three passing touchdowns on 23 completions in the 41–3 win. In the second game of the 2015 season, Mayfield started at
Tennessee
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at
Neyland Stadium
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. The Sooners were ranked 19th at the time and the Volunteers were ranked 23rd. Mayfield started off very slow in the game, not even reaching midfield until the 13-minute mark of the fourth quarter. Oklahoma came back from a 17-point deficit to win the game by a score of 31–24 in double overtime. Mayfield threw for 187 yards and three touchdowns on 19 completions while throwing two interceptions early in the game. In the third game of the season, Mayfield started against
Tulsa
Tulsa ( ) is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and the 48th-most-populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tul ...
. He had a career day, throwing for 487 yards and four touchdowns, including 316 yards in the first half. Mayfield also ran for 85 yards and two touchdowns in the 52–38 win.
Mayfield finished the year with 3,700 passing yards, 36 touchdowns, and seven interceptions, a résumé which propelled him to fourth place in voting for the
Heisman Trophy
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. Mayfield helped lead Oklahoma to the
2015 Orange Bowl, which served as the semifinal for the 2015
College Football Playoff. However, Oklahoma lost to
Clemson by a score of 37–17.
2016 season
Mayfield started off the 2016 season with 323 passing yards and two touchdowns in a 33–23 loss to #15
Houston
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. In the rivalry game against
Texas
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on October 8, he had 390 passing yards, three touchdowns, and two interceptions in the 45–40 victory. On October 22, in a
66–59 victory over
Texas Tech, Mayfield had 545 passing yards and seven touchdowns in a historic matchup against future NFL quarterback
Patrick Mahomes. Mahomes tallied 734 passing yards and five touchdowns to go along with Mayfield's numbers in a game that broke various single-game passing records. Over the final five games of the regular season, Mayfield totaled 1,321 passing yards, 15 passing touchdowns, and three interceptions, to go along with three rushing touchdowns. All five games were victories for the Sooners.
In December 2016, it was announced that Mayfield and his top receiving target,
Dede Westbrook, would be finalists for the 2016
Heisman Trophy
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. It was also announced that they would play in the
2017 Sugar Bowl. Mayfield ended up finishing third in the Heisman voting.
In the 2017 Sugar Bowl, Mayfield helped lead the Sooners to a 35–19 victory over
Auburn. He finished the game with 19 completions on 28 attempts for 296 passing yards and two touchdowns, earning him the MVP award.
2017 season
On September 9, 2017, after a win against the
Ohio State Buckeyes in
Columbus, Mayfield planted the
Sooners
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' flag in the middle of the painted "O" at
Ohio Stadium, causing a major public backlash.
Mayfield issued an apology shortly afterwards.
On November 4, 2017, Mayfield threw for a school-high 598 yards against in-state rival
Oklahoma State. Mayfield finished 24-for-36 with five passing touchdowns and one rushing touchdown, and Oklahoma won the game by a score of 62–52.
Mayfield completed his career 3–0 as the starting Oklahoma quarterback in the
Bedlam Series.

In November 2017, Mayfield was under fire again after an interaction during the game against
Kansas
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. After Kansas players refused to shake his hand pregame, and following a cheap shot by a Kansas defender, Mayfield was seen grabbing his crotch and mouthing "Fuck you!" at the Kansas coach on the sideline, and told the fans to "Go cheer on basketball." In response, Mayfield issued another public apology. Days after the 41–3 victory over Kansas, Sooners head coach
Lincoln Riley announced that Mayfield would not start or be the captain during the upcoming game against
West Virginia
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due to his actions against Kansas.
On December 2, 2017, with the return of the
Big 12 Championship Game after a six-year hiatus, Mayfield led Oklahoma to its third straight Big 12 championship, with Oklahoma beating the
TCU Horned Frogs 41–17.
Mayfield won MVP honors while Oklahoma clinched a second playoff berth in three years.
A month later, the Sooners lost to the
Georgia Bulldogs
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54–48 in the
2018 Rose Bowl, which served as the national semifinal game.
On December 9, 2017, Mayfield won the 2017
Heisman Trophy
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with a sweeping majority.
He received 732 first-place votes and a total of 2,398 points.
This amount translated to 86% of the possible points and the third highest percentage in
Heisman history.
In addition, Mayfield became the first and only walk-on player to ever win the Heisman Trophy.
"Baker Mayfield rule"
When Mayfield transferred from Texas Tech to Oklahoma after his freshman year, he filed an appeal to the
NCAA
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to allow him to be eligible to play immediately at Oklahoma on the basis that he was a walk-on and not a scholarship player at Texas Tech; therefore, the transfer rules that apply to scholarship players should not be applicable to his situation. The NCAA denied his appeal as he did not meet the criteria.
Big 12 Conference
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rules additionally stipulate that intra-conference transfers will lose one year of eligibility over and beyond the one-year sit-out imposed by the NCAA.
Mayfield attempted to appeal his initial loss of eligibility to the Big 12 Conference faculty athletics representatives but was denied in September 2014.
Officials from Oklahoma asked Texas Tech officials to authorize Mayfield's immediate eligibility, but Texas Tech officials objected and declined the request before granting a release in July 2014. Mayfield was thus forced to sit out the
2014 season, while also losing one year of eligibility, as required by the rules.
On June 1, 2016, the Big 12 faculty athletic representatives voted against a rule proposal that would have allowed walk-on players to transfer within the conference and not lose a year of eligibility. The next day, the rule proposal was amended to allow walk-on players, without a written scholarship offer from the school they are transferring from, to transfer within the conference without losing a season of eligibility. The faculty athletic representatives approved the amended proposal with a vote of 7–3. The rule change made Mayfield eligible to play for Oklahoma through the 2017 season. Texas Tech voted in favor of the rule.
College statistics
Professional career
Cleveland Browns
2018 season
The
Cleveland Browns
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selected Mayfield with the
first overall pick in the
2018 NFL draft. Mayfield signed a four-year rookie contract with the Browns on July 24, 2018, with the deal worth $32.68 million in guaranteed salary.
Mayfield played in his first NFL game in Week 3 against the
New York Jets
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, replacing an injured
Tyrod Taylor with the Browns down 14–0. Mayfield went 17 of 23, passing for 201 yards as the Browns came back and prevailed 21–17, ending their winless streak at 19 games. Mayfield became the first player since
Fran Tarkenton in
1961 to come off the bench in his debut, throw for more than 200 yards, and lead his team to its first win of the season.
Mayfield started for the first time in the Browns' next game, making him the 30th starting quarterback for the Browns since their
return to the NFL in 1999, in a 45–42 overtime loss to the
Oakland Raiders
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. In Week 5, Mayfield threw for 342 passing yards and one touchdown as he earned his first victory as a Browns starter, in a 12–9 overtime win over the
Baltimore Ravens
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. In Week 10, Mayfield led the Browns to a 28–16 victory over the
Atlanta Falcons
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. throwing for 216 yards, three touchdowns, and a passer rating of 151.2, with no turnovers. The following week, Mayfield led the Browns to their first away win since 2015, against the
Cincinnati Bengals
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. He completed 19 of 26 passes for 258 yards and four touchdowns. In Week 12, in a 29–13 loss to the
Houston Texans
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, Mayfield passed for 397 yards, one touchdown, and three interceptions. Mayfield bounced back in the following game, a 26–20 victory over the
Carolina Panthers
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, going 18 of 22 for 238 passing yards and one touchdown.
In Week 16, Mayfield completed 27 of 37 passes for 284 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions in a 26–18 win over the Cincinnati Bengals, earning him
American Football Conference
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(AFC) Offensive Player of the Week. He also won the
Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week fan vote for the sixth time. On December 29, Mayfield was fined $10,026 for
unsportsmanlike conduct
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during the game. As reported by ''
The Plain Dealer
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'', Mayfield "pretended to expose his private parts" to Browns offensive coordinator
Freddie Kitchens after throwing a touchdown to tight end
Darren Fells. Kitchens later defended the gesture as an
inside joke between the two. Mayfield's agent Tom Mills said they would appeal the fine. On December 30, in the regular-season finale against the Ravens' league-best defense and fellow rookie quarterback
Lamar Jackson, Mayfield threw for 376 yards and three touchdowns, but his three costly interceptions — one of which came at the hands of linebacker
C. J. Mosley with 1:02 left in the fourth quarter while attempting to drive the team into range of a game-winning field goal attempt — ultimately contributed to a 26–24 loss.
Nonetheless, Mayfield helped lead the Browns to finish the season at 7–8–1, their best record since
2007
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. He finished with 3,725 passing yards, and surpassed
Peyton Manning and
Russell Wilson
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for most touchdowns thrown in a rookie season with 27.
While Mayfield was considered by many to be the favorite for
Offensive Rookie of the Year for 2018, the award was won by
Giants
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running back
Saquon Barkley
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. On the annual
Top 100 Players list for
2019
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, Mayfield's peers named him the 50th best player in the league, one spot behind teammate
Myles Garrett. He was named 2018
PFWA All-Rookie, the second Cleveland quarterback to receive this honor since
Tim Couch
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in 1999.
2019 season
In Week 1 against the
Tennessee Titans
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, Mayfield threw for 285 yards and a touchdown. However, he also threw three fourth-quarter interceptions, one of which was returned by
Malcolm Butler for a touchdown. The Browns lost 43–13. After the blowout loss, Mayfield said, "I just think everybody just needs to be more disciplined. I think everybody knows what the problem is. We'll see if it's just bad technique or just see what it is. Dumb penalties hurting ourself and then penalties on my part. Just dumb stuff." In Week 2 against the Jets, Mayfield finished with 325 passing yards, including a quick-attack pass to Beckham that went 89 yards for a touchdown, as the Browns won 23–3. In Week 4 against the Ravens, Mayfield threw for 342 yards, one touchdown, and one interception in the 40–25 win. Against the
San Francisco 49ers
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, Mayfield struggled against a stout 49ers defense, completing just 8-of-22 passes for 100 yards with two interceptions as the Browns were routed 31–3.
Mayfield threw two touchdown passes in a game for the first time that year in a Week 10 victory against the
Buffalo Bills
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, completing 26 of 38 passes for 238 yards with two TDs, including the game-winner to
Rashard Higgins, as the Browns snapped a four-game losing streak with a 19–16 win. Four days later, against the
Pittsburgh Steelers
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and former
Big 12 Conference
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rival
Mason Rudolph, Mayfield recorded his first career win against Pittsburgh, accounting for three total touchdowns (2 passing, 1 rushing), as Cleveland won 21–7. In Week 12 against the
Miami Dolphins
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, Mayfield threw for 327 yards, three touchdowns, and one interception in the 41–24 victory. In Week 17 against the Bengals, Mayfield became the first Cleveland Browns QB to start all 16 games in a season since
Tim Couch
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in
2001
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. In the game, Mayfield threw for 279 yards, three touchdowns, and three interceptions as the Browns lost 33–23. Mayfield finished the 2019 season with 3,827 passing yards, 22 touchdowns, and 21 interceptions as the Browns finished with a 6–10 record.
2020 season

In Week 1 against the Ravens, Mayfield threw for 189 passing yards, a touchdown and an interception in a 38–6 loss. He bounced back in Week Two, against the Bengals, finishing with 218 passing yards, two touchdowns and an interception in the Browns' 35–30 win. In Week 6 against the Steelers, Mayfield completed 10 of 18 passes for 119 yards, with one touchdown, two interceptions and took four sacks during the 38–7 loss. Mayfield was replaced by
Case Keenum in the third quarter due to aggravation of a minor rib injury he suffered in the previous week's game. In Week 7, against the Cincinnati Bengals, Mayfield struggled early, as the only one of his first five pass attempts which was caught was an interception, but later completed 22 of 23 passes for 297 yards and a career-high five touchdowns – the last one to
Donovan Peoples-Jones with 11 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter – leading the Browns to a stunning 37–34 comeback victory. Mayfield was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in Week 7.
Mayfield was placed on the reserve/
COVID-19
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list on November 8 after being in close contact with a person who tested positive for the virus, and was activated three days later. In Week 13 against the Titans, Mayfield completed 25 of 33 passes for 334 yards. His four touchdown passes all came in the first half, as the Browns defeated the Titans by a score of 41–35. Mayfield's four first-half TDs tied
Otto Graham
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for a franchise record. Mayfield came close to throwing six first-half TDs, as Peoples-Jones dropped a would-be touchdown, leading to a field goal, and running back
Nick Chubb wrapped up the scoring with a one-yard run near the end of the first half after Mayfield completed a 17-yard pass play to
Rashard Higgins, setting up Chubb for the score. The Browns scored on all six of their first half possessions.
The victory gave the Browns a 9–3 record, clinching the Browns' first winning season since 2007.
Mayfield was named the FedEx Air player of the week for Week 13. In Week 14 against the Ravens, Mayfield threw for 343 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 1 interception as well as rushing for 23 yards and a touchdown during the 47–42 loss. In Week 16 against the Jets, Mayfield lost a fumble on fourth down with 1:25 remaining in the game while attempting a quarterback sneak during the 23–16 loss. In Week 17, Mayfield and the Browns defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 24–22 and earned their first playoff berth since 2002, at which time Mayfield was seven years old. The Browns finished the 2020 regular season 11–5.
In the
Wild Card Round against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Mayfield went 21 of 34 for 263 yards and 3 touchdowns during the 48–37 win, leading the Browns to their first playoff victory since the
1994 season, the year before Mayfield was born. It was also the Browns' first playoff road victory in 51 years, way back in
1969. In the
Divisional Round of the playoffs against the
Kansas City Chiefs
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, Mayfield threw for 204 yards, 1 touchdown, and 1 interception during the 22–17 loss.
Overall, Mayfield finished the 2020 season with 4,030 passing yards, 30 touchdowns, and nine interceptions through 18 total games. He was ranked 71st by his fellow players on the
NFL Top 100 Players of 2021.
2021 season
The Browns exercised Mayfield's fifth-year contract option for the 2022 season on April 23, 2021, worth $18.9 million guaranteed. On October 7, 2021, it was revealed that Mayfield was playing with a partially torn
labrum which he suffered during the Browns' Week 2 victory over the Texans. Mayfield continued to play with the injury until reaggravating it in Week 6 against the
Arizona Cardinals
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. Due to the injury, Mayfield was ruled out for the Browns' Week 7 game against the
Denver Broncos
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, missing his first game since taking over as the Browns' starter in 2018. On November 14, 2021, Mayfield suffered a right knee contusion during their crushing Week 10 loss to the
New England Patriots
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. While the injury was not severe, coach
Kevin Stefanski decided not to put him in for the rest of the game due to Mayfield absorbing hits and the game being out of reach. After the Browns were eliminated from the postseason following a Week 17 loss to the Steelers, the Browns announced Mayfield would undergo surgery on the torn labrum, ending Mayfield's season. He was placed on
injured reserve
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on January 5, 2022. Mayfield threw for 3,010 yards, 17 touchdowns, and 13 interceptions in 14 games played.
In the 2022 offseason, after the Browns
traded for quarterback Deshaun Watson and signed him to a contract extension, Mayfield requested that the team trade him.
Carolina Panthers
On July 6, 2022, Mayfield was traded to the Panthers for a 2024 conditional fifth-round draft pick. The fifth-round pick would become a fourth-round pick if Mayfield played in 70% of the Panthers' offensive snaps, but it did not happen.
Mayfield competed against
Sam Darnold for the starting position with the team. On August 22, 2022, Mayfield was named the Week 1 starter for the Panthers for their game against the Browns. Against the Browns, Mayfield threw for 235 yards, a touchdown, and an interception in the 26–24 loss despite a late rally. Mayfield suffered a high-ankle sprain in the Panthers' Week 5 loss to the 49ers, which made him miss the next week against the
Los Angeles Rams
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. Mayfield returned and backed up
P. J. Walker starting in Week 8. In the Week 9 game against the Bengals, the Panthers were trailing 35–0 at halftime behind a disastrous start by Walker; Interim Head Coach
Steve Wilks inserted Mayfield for the second half, in which he threw for 155 yards and two touchdowns in the 42–21 loss. Wilks announced that he would return to Walker as his starting quarterback for Week 10.
With a 1–5 record, Mayfield later requested his release from the Panthers, which was granted on December 5, 2022.
Los Angeles Rams
On December 6, 2022, Mayfield was claimed off waivers by the Rams after starting quarterback
Matthew Stafford
John Matthew Stafford (born February 7, 1988) is an American professional American football, football quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs football, Georg ...
sustained a spinal cord injury on December 2. The Rams inherited the remaining $1.35 million on his contract. With only two days for Mayfield to learn the playbook after he was claimed, the Rams started
John Wolford at quarterback for their game against the
Las Vegas Raiders
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. Rams' head coach
Sean McVay benched Wolford after the first offensive series, though, and inserted Mayfield. The Rams were trailing 16–3 in the fourth quarter, seemingly headed for their seventh consecutive loss, when Mayfield led them on a comeback. With 1:45 remaining in the game, still down by 6 points, and with no timeouts left to use, the Rams' offense took the field at their own two-yard line. Mayfield then led the Rams to a game-winning 98-yard drive, which became the longest touchdown drive of his career. Mayfield completed 22 of 35 passes for 230 yards without an interception in the game and was named the
National Football Conference
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Offensive Player of the Week.
In a Week 15 ''
Monday Night Football'' matchup against the
Green Bay Packers
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, Mayfield threw his 100th career passing touchdown. In a Week 16 matchup against the Broncos, Mayfield led the Rams to a dominant 51–14 win while completing 24 of 28 pass attempts for 230 yards and throwing for two touchdowns.
Mayfield would later credit his five-game stint with the Rams for rejuvenating his career following the disappointment of his time with Carolina. “It brought the fun back. When I’m having fun, talking trash, and enjoying it, like that’s when I’m my best. Yeah, I needed that,” Mayfield said.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2023 season
On March 15, 2023, the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (colloquially known as the Bucs) are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC S ...
signed Mayfield to a one-year, $4.00 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $2.87 million. Mayfield was brought in to compete against
Kyle Trask and
John Wolford to determine who would be the successor at starting quarterback to
Tom Brady after he retired after the 2022 NFL season.
In Week 1 against the
Minnesota Vikings
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, Mayfield went 3 for 11 to start the game, but soon thereafter threw a touchdown to end the first half. After that, Mayfield went 18/23 for 110 yards and a touchdown for the rest of the game, including a crucial scramble for a first down to secure a 20–17 victory. In Week 2 against the
Chicago Bears
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, Mayfield went 26 for 34 for 317 yards and one touchdown in a 27–17 win. His 76% completion percentage for this game narrowly marked the best completion rate of his career at that point, in any of 33 games with 33+ pass attempts. Before that, his 75.8% completion rate on December 6, 2020, in a win against the Titans while on the Browns, had been his highest completion rate. This was also the first time in his career that Mayfield had started 2–0. In Week 3 against the
Philadelphia Eagles
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, Mayfield went 15/25 for 146 yards, with one touchdown and one interception, his first turnover of the season. He had one rush for 2 yards and fumbled once, which was recovered by Tampa Bay. Mayfield was also sacked twice.
In Week 15 against the Packers, Mayfield posted a
perfect passer rating, completing 22 of 28 passes for 381 yards and four touchdowns in a 34–20 win. He was the first opposing quarterback to ever have a perfect passer rating at
Lambeau Field
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. He was named the
National Football Conference
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(NFC) Offensive Player of the Week for this performance.
In Week 18 against the Panthers, Mayfield led the Buccaneers to a 9–0 victory, clinching the Buccaneers' third straight
NFC South
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title. Mayfield concluded the season with 28 touchdown passes, 4,044 passing yards and a 64.3% completion rate, all career highs. He earned his first Pro Bowl nomination.
In the
Wild Card Round game against the Eagles, Mayfield completed 22 of 36 passes, for 337 yards, with three touchdowns and no interceptions. He led the Buccaneers to a 32–9 win over the defending NFC champions. In the
Divisional round against the
Detroit Lions
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, Mayfield completed 26 of 41 passes for 349 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions. The second interception proved costly as it allowed the Lions to run out the clock as the Buccaneers lost, 31–23.
2024 season
On March 10, 2024, Mayfield signed a three-year contract extension with the Buccaneers, worth up to $100 million, with $50 million guaranteed. In Week 1, Mayfield went 24-of-30 for 289 yards and four touchdowns in a 37–20 win over the Commanders. In a rematch of last season's Divisional round playoff game, Mayfield completed 12 passes for 185 yards and ran for a go-ahead touchdown as the Buccaneers beat the Lions 20–16. After a poor performance against the
Denver Broncos
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, Mayfield rebounded the following week against the Eagles, throwing for 347 yards and accounting for three touchdowns as Tampa improved to 3–1. In Week 5 against the Falcons, Mayfield threw three touchdown passes in the first half, but a lack of efficiency on offense in the second half cost the Buccaneers as they lost in overtime. In Week 6, Mayfield threw for 325 yards, four touchdown passes, and overcame three interceptions in the second quarter to win 51–27 against the Saints, leading the offense to a franchise record 594 yards.
In a 41–31 loss to the
Baltimore Ravens
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in Week 7, Mayfield threw for 370 yards and three touchdowns, but he threw a pair of costly interceptions in the first half and lost receivers
Mike Evans and
Chris Godwin, the latter of whom ruled out for the season. Without his top receivers, Mayfield still completed a career-high 37 passes the following week against the Falcons. He finished with over 300 yards and three touchdowns for the third straight game but threw two interceptions inside the Falcons' 10-yard line as the Buccaneers lost 31–26. Mayfield cut down on his interception miscues and led last-minute game-tying drives against the Chiefs and 49ers, but the Buccaneers lost both games, dropping to 4–6 heading to their bye week. With the return of Mike Evans following the bye, Mayfield had an efficient game against the Giants, completing 24 of 30 passes for 294 yards, no interceptions, and a rushing touchdown as the Bucs won 30–7, snapping their four-game skid. Against the Panthers in Week 13, Mayfield rallied from an Achilles injury and a poor first half to lead Tampa to a game-winning field goal drive in overtime.
Mayfield's play continued to improve with three touchdowns in a win over the
Las Vegas Raiders
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, followed by a near-flawless performance against the league's top-ranked
Los Angeles Chargers
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defense, completing 22-of-27 passes for 288 yards and four touchdowns in a 40–17 victory. In Week 17, Mayfield was 27-for-32 for 359 yards and a career-high five touchdown passes in a 48–14 win over the Panthers, earning NFC Offensive Player of the Week. Needing a win against the Saints to clinch the NFC South, Mayfield led three touchdown drives in the second half and rallied his team from a double-digit deficit to secure their fourth straight division title. Mayfield finished the season completing 71.4% of his passes for 4,500 yards and 41 passing touchdowns, becoming the fourth player in NFL history to have at least 4,000 passing yards, 40 passing touchdowns, and at least a 70% completion percentage in a single season. He also tied with
Kirk Cousins
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for the most interceptions with 16 and fumbles with 13, both of which led the NFL.
Mayfield helped lead the Buccaneers to a playoff berth. In the NFC
Wild Card Round, Mayfield led two touchdown drives and two drives that ended in a field goal. In that game, Mayfield threw for 185 yards completing 83.3% of his passes. The Buccaneers' season ended in the Wild Card Round with a 23–20 loss to the Washington Commanders.
NFL career statistics
Regular season
Postseason
Career accomplishments
NCAA
Accolades
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Heisman Trophy
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(2017)
* 2×
Heisman Trophy
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Finalist (2016, 2017)
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Maxwell Award (2017)
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Walter Camp Award (2017)
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Davey O'Brien Award
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(2017)
*
Associated Press Player of the Year (2017)
* 2×
''Sporting News'' Player of the Year (2015, 2017)
* 2×
Burlsworth Trophy (2015, 2016)
* 2×
Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year (2015, 2017)
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Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year (2013)
* 2× First-team
All-American
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2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
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Events
January
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,
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
)
* 3× First-team
All-Big 12 (
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
–
2017
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Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
)
* First former walk-on to win
Heisman Trophy
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* NCAA passer rating leader (2017)
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NFL
Accolades
* 2×
Pro Bowl
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The format has changed ...
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2023
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,
2024
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)
* Highest playoff passer rating (minimum 150 attempts): 105.9
* 7×
Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week (2018 Weeks 3, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 17)
* 2×
AFC Offensive Player of the Week: Week 16 (2018), Week 7 (2020)
* 2×
NFC Offensive Player of the Week: Week 14 (2022),
Week 15 (2023)
*
PFT Rookie of the Year (2018)
*
PFWA Rookie of the Year (2018)
*
PFF Offensive Rookie of the Year (2018)
* PFWA All-Rookie Team (2018)
Cleveland Browns franchise records
* Most consecutive games with at least two passing touchdowns – 5
* Most passing yards per game in a season – 266.1
* Highest QBR for a rookie – 55.7
* Highest passer rating by a rookie – 93.7
* Highest completion percentage by a rookie – 63.8%
* Highest net yards per pass attempt by a rookie – 6.95
* Highest adjusted net yards per pass attempt by a rookie – 6.77
* Lowest percentage of sacks per pass attempt by a rookie – 4.9
* Most pass completions by a rookie – 310
* Most passing yards by a rookie – 3,725
* Most passing yards per game by a rookie – 266.1
* Most 4th quarter comebacks by a rookie – 3
* Most game-winning drives by a rookie – 4
* Most passing yards in a game by a rookie – 397
* Most touchdown passes in a game by a rookie – 4
* Most touchdown passes by a rookie – 27
* Most pass completions in a game by a rookie – 29 (Done twice, tied with
Tim Couch
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)
Personal life
On February 25, 2017, Mayfield was arrested in
Washington County, Arkansas
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on charges of
public intoxication,
disorderly conduct, and fleeing and
resisting arrest
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. At 2:29 a.m. that Saturday, a police officer was flagged down on an assault and battery report. The person who flagged the officer was yelling at Mayfield. The preliminary police report described Mayfield as unable to walk straight, having slurred speech and food covering the front of his shirt. When he was asked to stay so the police could get a statement, Mayfield began shouting obscenities and "causing a scene". Mayfield was booked at 8:21 a.m. local time on the misdemeanor charges. He had a court date on April 7 for the public intoxication charge, and pleaded not guilty to all charges. On June 15, 2017, the University of Oklahoma ordered Mayfield to perform 35 hours of community service along with completing an alcohol education program.
In July 2019, Mayfield married Emily Wilkinson. In December 2023, the pair announced they were expecting their first child, a girl, who was born in April 2024.
During his tenure with the Browns, Mayfield starred in a continuing series of ads for
Progressive Insurance. The ads showed him living "at home" in
FirstEnergy Stadium with his wife and performing household chores like mowing the lawn and holding a yard sale.
References
External links
Tampa Bay Buccaneers bioOklahoma Sooners bio*
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1995 births
Living people
All-American college football players
American football quarterbacks
Cleveland Browns players
Heisman Trophy winners
Maxwell Award winners
National Conference Pro Bowl players
First overall NFL draft picks
Oklahoma Sooners football players
Players of American football from Austin, Texas
Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
Texas Tech Red Raiders football players
Carolina Panthers players
Los Angeles Rams players
Lake Travis High School alumni
Walter Camp Award winners