jerrym
03-03-2018, 12:35 AM
The 2017 Heisman Trophy winner, QB Baker Mayfield, is on the Argo's negotiation list. His college stats (14,607 passing yards, a 68.5% completion rate with TDs/Int of 131/30 and 1083 rushing yards https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/baker-mayfield-1.html) reflect his high talent level that could make him an early NFL draft choice.
However, at just over 6' there are questions about his height as a potential NFL QB, although Flutie and Russell Wilson show that short QBs can succeed in the NFL. If he doesn't make it the NFL, the CFL and its history of short QBs may well suit him.
More problematic, is his brash personality and brush with the law (https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/3/10/14889892/baker-mayfield-arrest-video-oklahoma-sooners-qb-fayetteville-police-department), which remind one of another 6' QB, Johnny Manziel.
“I’m the most accurate quarterback in this draft for sure,” said Mayfield, last year’s runaway Heisman winner. “I’m ready to be a franchise guy.”
Perhaps he will be the guy who turns around a struggling franchise, regardless of venue. After all, Mayfield does possess the gaudy numbers, a multitude of honours and the winning resume pro teams covet in a starting quarterback. Mayfield went 33-6 as Oklahoma’s starter.
What he lacks in size, standing a smidge over 6 feet, Mayfield makes up with a bold confidence and brash personality that ranks second to none.
The combination has occasionally led the blurring of lines between excitable celebration and unsportsmanlike conduct.
Those antics – the planting of the flag at Ohio State, the crotch-grabbing gesture at Kansas and the image of him running onto the field against Texas Tech, his former school, with a T-shirt reading “traitor” – have some NFL executives wondering how it would resonate in a locker room full of grown men.
Mayfield insists, though, he can change his actions. “I’m up front and honest, brutally honest,” he said. “Some people don’t like that because it’s rare these days.”
But it’s not just the on-the-field incidents that worry some. Mayfield also was involved an embarrassing run-in with law enforcement officers in Arkansas last off-season and endured the humiliation of being stripped of his captain’s title before his last home game at Oklahoma.
Teammates, however, have never wavered in their support. “It’s just really a perception,” left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. said. “He’s not the guy you think he is. He’s a captain. He’s a leader. He’s very focused, and he’s going to bring everyone together.”
http://3downnation.com/2018/03/02/last-two-heisman-winners-and-cfl-neg-listers-face-scrutiny-over-nfl-futures/
However, at just over 6' there are questions about his height as a potential NFL QB, although Flutie and Russell Wilson show that short QBs can succeed in the NFL. If he doesn't make it the NFL, the CFL and its history of short QBs may well suit him.
More problematic, is his brash personality and brush with the law (https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/3/10/14889892/baker-mayfield-arrest-video-oklahoma-sooners-qb-fayetteville-police-department), which remind one of another 6' QB, Johnny Manziel.
“I’m the most accurate quarterback in this draft for sure,” said Mayfield, last year’s runaway Heisman winner. “I’m ready to be a franchise guy.”
Perhaps he will be the guy who turns around a struggling franchise, regardless of venue. After all, Mayfield does possess the gaudy numbers, a multitude of honours and the winning resume pro teams covet in a starting quarterback. Mayfield went 33-6 as Oklahoma’s starter.
What he lacks in size, standing a smidge over 6 feet, Mayfield makes up with a bold confidence and brash personality that ranks second to none.
The combination has occasionally led the blurring of lines between excitable celebration and unsportsmanlike conduct.
Those antics – the planting of the flag at Ohio State, the crotch-grabbing gesture at Kansas and the image of him running onto the field against Texas Tech, his former school, with a T-shirt reading “traitor” – have some NFL executives wondering how it would resonate in a locker room full of grown men.
Mayfield insists, though, he can change his actions. “I’m up front and honest, brutally honest,” he said. “Some people don’t like that because it’s rare these days.”
But it’s not just the on-the-field incidents that worry some. Mayfield also was involved an embarrassing run-in with law enforcement officers in Arkansas last off-season and endured the humiliation of being stripped of his captain’s title before his last home game at Oklahoma.
Teammates, however, have never wavered in their support. “It’s just really a perception,” left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. said. “He’s not the guy you think he is. He’s a captain. He’s a leader. He’s very focused, and he’s going to bring everyone together.”
http://3downnation.com/2018/03/02/last-two-heisman-winners-and-cfl-neg-listers-face-scrutiny-over-nfl-futures/