Baker Mayfield’s potential remains up in the air, but his previous is immortalized endlessly.
Oklahoma University unveiled a larger-than-life-sized statue of Mayfield in the course of Saturday’s spring soccer game. The 2017 Heisman Trophy winner is bronzed in the famous Heisman pose, which not coincidentally is representative of the stiff-arm he gave that time to Oklahoma State linebacker Justin Phillips all through the Bedlam Sequence rivalry.
“For it to be a stiff-arm of your minimal brother,” Mayfield claimed, taking a shot at Oklahoma State’s 2nd-fiddle position all through the halftime ceremony, “forever they have to deal with that one.”
There experienced been speculation that Mayfield’s statue might be in the pose of him infamously planting Oklahoma’s flag in the field at Ohio Point out just after a road victory. Not to be, but the previous Texas Tech transfer, who was a walk-on at Oklahoma immediately after expanding up as a Sooners enthusiast, will be extra to the program’s legendary “Heisman Park” with fellow greats Billy Vessels, Steve Owens, Billy Sims, Jason White and Sam Bradford.
“I dreamt about owning a statue ideal there, and now I do,” Mayfield told the group. “It blows my brain.”
The crowd of 75,000-furthermore enthusiasts chanted, “I adore you, Baker,” which nearly brought the quarterback to tears. “Love you fellas, way too,” he explained.
By contrast, Mayfield has not been experience the enjoy in the NFL.
The Cleveland Browns gave up on the No. 1 general decide on in the 2018 NFL Draft this offseason by buying and selling a boatload of draft picks to the Houston Texans for Deshaun Watson. Mayfield stays on the Browns roster but away from the team as he waits to see if his trade ask for will be met.
Teams like the Seattle Seahawks and Carolina Panthers could trade for Mayfield, 27, rather than draft Kenny Pickett or Malik Willis with major-10 picks later on this 7 days, but they likely would want some income-cap aid from Mayfield’s entirely assured $18.8 million salary for 2022, the final yr of his deal.
“This is home,” Mayfield stated to Oklahoma supporters. “It’ll constantly be residence. I necessarily mean that.”
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