He clapped at them and later in the game grabbed his crotch and yelled an obscenity at the Kansas sideline.After the season, he left Texas Tech and walked on at Oklahoma, where he had to sit out the next year. "So I stepped in and never looked back after that," Mayfield said.With the Cavaliers riding a streak of four consecutive rings, he knew what was expected of him.Success wasn't instant, but there was improvement. High School. Posted Fri, Sep 11 2015 @ 05:32 PM . Mayfield was born on April 14, 1995 in Austin Texas, to James and Gina Mayfield, the second of two sons. They jumped in their car and waved the Cav-man at us as they sped off.”It’s that comparison that irks people like Austin and others in the Lake Travis community who are close to Mayfield. "The next season, Reesing took the reins and the Cavaliers went 8-3 and won their district championship. “Baker has a pattern of disrespect,” a scout told Mary Kay Cabot. "The expectations are very high. He finished his first season at Oklahoma completing 68.1 percent of his passes for 3,700 yards, 36 TDs and just seven INTs.Led by Mayfield and a dynamic backfield of Joe Mixon and Samaje Perine, the Sooners were the first Big 12 team to make the College Football Playoff.Gregg Williams was named interim head coach and Freddie Kitchens became the offensive coordinator.After blowing out UTEP in Week 1, Mayfield and the Sooners, who had a new head coach in Lincoln Riley, headed up to Columbus for a rematch with the Buckeyes.They lost to Houston, 33-23, in the opener and were routed at home two weeks later by Ohio State, 45-24. "Football was kind of a laughingstock," he said. View Baker Mayfield's career, season and game-by-game football stats while attending Lake Travis High School. "I think to be the big man on campus at Lake Travis High School, it prepares you to play at the college level," Mayfield said. Still amazing to me that only 4 FBS schools offered Baker Mayfield a scholarship out of high school. We know this: Mayfield and his friends weren’t going to let the aggression stand. And in the win, he dropped a memorable quote about his mindset entering the game.Coach Hue Jackson named Baker Mayfield the new starting quarterback. Mayfield High School to host Baker Mayfield camp Baker Mayfield football camp at Mayfield High School June 1-2 By Mark Podolski mpodolski@news-herald.com @mpodo on Twitter Participation has stayed steady ever since.Succeeding Reesing was going to be a considerable task for the next Lake Travis quarterback, but when Gilbert whipped up a 348-yard, four-touchdown performance in a 41-34 win over Texas City High on Sept. 2, 2006, in San Antonio's Alamodome, it was clear: The kid was special. “These guys that everybody was touting and trying to recruit, he was side by side, and beat them, and it didn’t get portrayed that way. Mayfield was two years behind Brewer. Parents cut plywood into silhouettes shaped like Cavaliers and paint the boys’ names and numbers onto the wood, to be displayed on a prominent fence on the sprawling campus. It made Baker aware. These struggles forced the Mayfields to sell their family home and move from rental home to rental home.
He announced himself on the national scene with three TD passes in a 31-24 double-overtime win at Tennessee in Week 2.Mayfield, was named the 2013 Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year, completed 64.1 percent of his passes for 2,315 yards, 12 TDs and nine INTs in eight games.He had a solid second season, completing 63.2 percent of his passes for 2,467 yards, 22 TDs and three interceptions.Since then, Mayfield has helped transform the Browns almost instantly into a team that can make an NFL playoff run this season.The Cleveland Browns made Baker Mayfield the first overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.After a great amount of success as the offensive coordinator, Kitchens was promoted to head coach.Under the lights, the two combined for almost 1,300 passing yards and 12 touchdown passes.
A big reason for the move was the tenuous relationship between Mayfield and then-Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury.CLEVELAND, Ohio — It’s been about 15 months since the Browns drafted quarterback Baker Mayfield out of Oklahoma with the first pick of the 2018 NFL Draft.Mayfield and Lake Travis went up in classification to Class 5A and were knocked out in the first round of the playoffs by Pflugerville, 23-20.But they were blown out in the Orange Bowl by eventual runner-up Clemson, 37-17.Mayfield’s career has been a whirlwind. I’ve never heard anyone question Baker’s dedication in the film room, or on the practice field, or in the offseason.