About Baker Mayfield
An American football quarterback is named for Baker Mayfield. He is playing for the current team, Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He rose to fame being the player for Oklahoma Sooners of the College of Oklahoma. He is most notable for being the first walk-on true freshman quarterback to start a season opener at a BCS school, he began his college football career as a walk-on player for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. He later transferred from Texas Tech to Oklahoma following alleged scholarship issues and a lack of communication with coaches. He won the starting quarterback job in 2015 after sitting out of the 2014 season due to NCAA transfer rules. During his career, he won several awards for his performance as a senior in 2017, including the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Award, and unanimous All-America recognition. He was drafted by the Browns first overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.
Recent in the news, his NFL career began on a Thursday night. It might have just been revitalized on a Thursday night, as well. Coming off a rough 2019 season and even rougher season opener on Sunday, he roared back with perhaps the sharpest performance since his rookie year, as he propelled the Cleveland Browns to a 35-30 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. He came out hot, completing his first five passes, including a 43-yard touchdown pass to Odell Beckham Jr. He finished 16-of-23 passing for 219 yards and two touchdowns. He was intercepted once and had a passer rating of 110.6. He also benefitted from a run game that gained more than 215 yards and wasn’t sacked.
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Baker Mayfield is famous for being a famous NFL footballer. He is best known for being a quarterback for Cleveland Brown. He is also better known for winning several awards such as Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Award.
Baker Mayfield was born on 14th April 1995. His place of birth/hometown is in Austin, Texas. He was born with the full name/birth name of Baker Reagan Mayfield. He holds an American nationality and he belongs to North-American ethnicity. He was born to his parents; James Mayfield (father) and Gina Mayfield (mother). His father, James is a private equity consultant, encountered financial difficulties during his younger son's senior year in high school which forced the Mayfields to sell their family home and move from rental home to rental home. His father played football for three years for the University of Houston, though James never lettered. He also has a sibling, a brother named Matt Mayfield. Concerning his education, he attended Lake Travis Secondary School where he has won the 2011 4A State Title and went to Texas Tech. Later, he was transferred to the College of Oklahoma. Aries is his Zodiac sign and his religion is Christian. As of 2020, Baker celebrated his 25th birthday. As of today, he is residing in Austin, Texas, the USA.
Baker Mayfield is a cool and handsome person with amazing body measurements. He stands tall with a height of 6 ft 1 in. And his balanced bodyweight consists of 95 KG. He has got a charming smile on his face attracting a lot of people towards him. He has dim darker hair and dull darker eyes. His body build is athletic. His body measurement is 40-32-35 in (chest-waist-hips). He maintained his body a lot doing frequent exercises.
Baker Mayfield's Football Career (NFL)
- Baker Mayfield started his football career being a quarterback for Lake Travis High School Cavaliers football team where he led Lake Travis to a 25-2 record in two seasons and won the 2011 4A State Championship.
- With 6,255 passing yards, 67 touchdowns, and eight interceptions, he completed his high school football career.
- After then, he passed for 413 yards and four touchdowns. His 43 completions of 60 attempts broke a school record held by Billy Joe Tolliver against SMU for Texas Tech in his first start of the 2013 season.
- Also, he was named Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week, and then he finished the season with 2,315 yards on 218-of-340 completions with 12 touchdowns and 9 interceptions.
- He again earned Big 12 Conference Freshman Offensive Player of the Year for the 2013 season.
- Later, he was transferred to the University of Oklahoma in January 2014.
- He was named the starting quarterback for the Sooners after winning an open quarterback competition against Trevor Knight on 24th August 2015.
- He then started against Akron on 6th September 2015 where he totaled 388 passing yards with three passing touchdowns on 23 completions in the 41-3 win.
- Soon, he started at Tennessee at Neyland Stadium in the second game of the 2015 season.
- He started against Tulsa in the third game of the season throwing for 487 yards and four touchdowns, including 316 yards in the first half.
- He finished the year with 3,700 passing yards, 36 touchdowns, and seven interceptions.
- He also helped lead Oklahoma to the 2015 Orange Bowl, which served as the semifinal for the 2015 College Football Playoff but lost the game with a score of 37-17 against Clemson.
- With the loss against #15 Houston, he had 323 passing yards and two touchdowns in a 33-23 loss.
- He had 390 passing yards, three touchdowns, and two interceptions in the 45-40 victory against Texas on 8th October.
- He had 545 passing yards and seven touchdowns in a historic matchup against future NFL quarterback Patrick Mahomes against Texas Tech with a score of 66-59 on 22nd October.
- He totaled 1,321 passing yards, 15 passing touchdowns, and three interceptions, to go along with three rushing touchdowns over the final games of the regular season where all of the five games were won by the Sooners. He ended up finishing third in the Heisman voting.
- In the 2017 Sugar Bowl, he finished the game with 19 completions on 28 attempts for 296 passing yards and two touchdowns, earning him the MVP award against Auburn with the score of 35-19 victory.
- He planted the Sooners' flag in the middle of the painted "O" at Ohio Stadium, causing a major public backlash after winning against Ohio State Buckeyes on 9th September 2017.
- He then threw for a school-high 598 yards against in-state rival Oklahoma State on 4th November 2017 where he finished 24-for-36 with five passing touchdowns and one rushing touchdown, and Oklahoma won the game by a score of 62-52.
- He was seen grabbing his crotch and mouthing "F**k you!" at the coach of the opposing team due to which he was fired in November 2017. Later, he apologized for that.
- After that, he led Oklahoma to its third straight Big 12 championship, with Oklahoma beating the TCU Horned Frogs 41-17 on 2nd December 2017.
- Successfully, he won MVP honors while Oklahoma clinched a second playoff berth in three years.
- Finally, he won the 2017 Heisman Trophy with a sweeping majority on 9th December 2017 where he received 732 first-place votes and a total of 2,398 points.
- Starting off his professional career, he was selected by the Cleveland Browns with the first overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft where he signed a four-year rookie contract with the Browns on 24th July 2018, with the deal worth $32.68 million in guaranteed salary.
- He then made his professional NFL debut game in Week 3 on Thursday Night Football against the New York Jets.
- Similarly, he started for the first time in the Browns' next game against Oakland Raiders, making him the 30th starting quarterback for the Browns since their return to the NFL in 1999, in a 42-45 overtime loss.
- In Week 10, he led the Browns to a 28-16 victory over the Atlanta Falcons, and then he passed for 397 yards, one touchdown, and three interceptions with the loss score of 13-29 against Houston Texans in Week 12.
- He also won the Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week fan vote for the sixth time.
- He was fined $10,026 for unsportsmanlike conduct during the game on 29th December.
- He finished the 2018 season with 3,725 passing yards and also surpassed Peyton Manning and Russell Wilson for most touchdowns thrown in a rookie season with 27.
- Additionally, he was named 2018 PFWA All-Rookie, the second Cleveland quarterback to receive this honor since Tim Couch in 1999.
- Against the San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football, he 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.
- He threw for 249 yards, one touchdown, and three interceptions against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 6 where he rushed four times for 35 yards and his first career rushing touchdown as the Browns lost 32-28.
- He finished the 2019 season with 3,827 passing yards, 22 touchdowns, and 21 interceptions as the Browns finished with a 6-10 record.
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Awards And Achievements of Baker Mayfield
- PFWA All-Rookie Team (2018)
- PFWA Rookie of the Year (2018)
- 2× Burlsworth Trophy (2015, 2016)
- Heisman Trophy (2017)
- Maxwell Award (2017)
- Walter Camp Award (2017)
- Davey O'Brien Award (2017)
- Associated Press Player of the Year (2017)
- 2× Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year (2015, 2017)
- 2× First-team All-American (2015, 2017)
- 3× First-team All-Big 12 (2015-2017)
- Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year (2013)
NFL records
- Most passing touchdowns by a rookie quarterback: 27
Career NFL stats as of Week 1, 2020
TD-INT: 50-36
Completion percentage: 61.2
Passing yards: 7,741
Passer rating: 85.1
Baker Mayfield is MARRIED to Emily Wilkinson
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Baker Mayfield is a married man. He was married to his beautiful wife, Emily Wilkinson. The duo got married on 6th July 2019 in Malibu, Calif. By profession, Emily Wilkinson is an Internet star who has more than 201K followers on her Instagram account. Emily was also a former patient coordinator for a plastic surgery clinic in Beverly Hills in June 2018. As of now, the couple is enjoying their present life happily without any disturbances. His sexual orientation is straight and he is not gay.
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Previously, he was in a relationship with Morgan Mayberry from the year 2016 till 2017.
Net Worth of Baker Mayfield
Baker Mayfield is a renowned and talented football quarterback. The net worth of Baker Mayfield is estimated to have $30 Million as of 2020 as per sources. He signed a 4 year, $32,682,980 contract with the Cleveland Browns, including a $21,849,440 signing bonus, $32,682,980 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $8,170,745. As of today, he is satisfied with his earnings. His major source of income comes from his football career.
