Baker Mayfield
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| Position | Quarterback |
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| Major | Business |
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| High school | Austin (TX) Lake Travis |
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| Date of birth | April 14, 1995 |
| Place of birth | Austin, Texas |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 218 lb (99 kg) |
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Baker Reagan Mayfield (born April 14, 1995) is a college American football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners. Mayfield began his college football career as a walk-on player for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. He is notable for being the first walk-on true freshman to start a season opener at a BCS school. Mayfield transferred from Texas Tech to Oklahoma following alleged scholarship issues and a lack of communication with coaches. After sitting out the 2014 season due to NCAA transfer rules, Mayfield won the starting quarterback job in 2015 over Cody Thomas and incumbent starter Trevor Knight.
Mayfield was the starting quarterback for Lake Travis High School. While at the position, Mayfield led Lake Travis to a 25–2 record in two seasons and won the 2011 4A State Championship. He finished his high school career totaling 6,255 passing yards, 67 touchdowns and only 8 interceptions.
Shortly before the start of the 2013 season, Mayfield was named as the starting quarterback following a back injury of projected starter and former Lake Travis quarterback Michael Brewer. Mayfield is believed to be the first walk-on true freshman quarterback to start a season opener at the quarterback position.
In his first start against SMU, Mayfield passed for 413 yards, four touchdowns, and zero interceptions. 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 single-game record for completions by a freshman. For his performance, Mayfield was named Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week – the first freshman Texas Tech quarterback to be named so since current Red Raider head coach Kliff Kingsbury in 1999. The game featured the last four former Lake Travis quarterbacks combined on both teams: Garrett Gilbert, Michael Brewer, Mayfield, and Collin Lagasse.
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