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My Take
What I admire most about Baker Mayfield is the chip he carries on his shoulder. A walk-on who clawed his way to the Heisman Trophy, then went first overall, only to spend years proving doubters wrong all over again. At 185 cm he's undersized for a quarterback, so he wins on grit and improvisation rather than physical gifts. To me, that makes him far more compelling than the prototype passers. He's the kind of athlete whose career is a referendum on stubbornness, and I find myself rooting for that defiance every time he digs out of another supposed dead end.
Overview
Baker Reagan Mayfield (born April 14, 1995) is an American professional football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). Following one season of college football with the Texas Tech Red Raiders, he played for the Oklahoma Sooners, becoming the first walk-on player to win the Heisman Trophy. He was selected first overall by the Cleveland Browns in the 2018 NFL draft.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Baker Mayfield
- Name (Japanese)
- ベーカー・メイフィールド
- Reading
- べーかー・めいふぃーるど
- Born
- March 14, 1995 (age 31)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Boar
- Origin
- Austin, Texas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 185 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- American football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Lake Travis High School
- University
- Texas Tech University
Awards & achievements
- 2015 Burlsworth Trophy
- 2015 The Sporting News College Football Player of the Year
- 2017 Heisman Trophy
- 2017 Associated Press College Football Player of the Year
- 2017 Maxwell Award
- 2017 Walter Camp Award
- 2017 Davey O'Brien Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.