Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield certainly kept busy during the team’s bye week.
Earlier this week, he Appeared on the Rich Eisen Show I talked with him about Tampa Bay’s start to the season and more. He then appeared in the Tampa Bay Rays’ American League Wild Card game against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday. And despite his roots as a Rangers fan, he showed up at Tropicana Field wearing one. kevin kelly devil rays jersey What happened to the Rays’ rookie relief pitcher? He was forced to wear a Bucs uniform. – Wearing Baker Mayfield’s No. 6 jersey – September 24th.
And on Thursday, Mayfield and Vince Young set up a drive-through showdown with Dallas’ Raising Canes ahead of Saturday’s matchup between Mayfield’s Oklahoma Sooners and Young’s Texas Longhorns at the Red River Rivalry. .This is what Friday looks like He’s scheduled to appear on The Pat McAfee Show Also from the Texas State Fair.
The Bucs signal-caller’s busy week concludes (or so it seems) with an appearance as a guest picker on College GameDay on Saturday, followed by the Oklahoma-Texas game.
This guy knows a thing or two about the Red River rivalry 😏
see you on saturday @Baker Mayfield!#CollegeGameDay pic.twitter.com/TIx66zlr4k
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) October 5, 2023
Mayfield himself announced on instagram In the same way.
“Hey everyone, I have big news. One of the biggest news of my life, that’s for sure,” Mayfield said on Instagram Reels. “Saturday morning at 11:30 ET, I’ll be joining my friends on ESPN’s College Game Day. We’ll be picking our guests. Not too soon, friends. This weekend is the Boomer Sooners. Big game. Yes, we got them.”
Bucks QB Baker Mayfield – Photo courtesy of USA Today
Baker Mayfield is, of course, an Oklahoma legend, winning the Heisman Trophy as a Sooner in 2017. That season, he completed 70.5 percent of his passes for 4,627 yards, 43 touchdowns, and just six interceptions. He became the first player to win the Heisman after starting his career as a walk-on since the NCAA began awarding scholarships in 1950.
Mayfield played at Texas Tech in 2013 before transferring to Oklahoma, where he threw for 12,292 yards, 119 touchdowns and 21 interceptions for the Sooners from 2015 to 2017. He and Oklahoma lost to Texas in the 2015 Red River Rivalry, but rallied to win the final two seasons. In 2016, he threw for 390 yards and three touchdowns (he also ran for one) in a 45-40 win, and in 2017 he again threw for over 300 yards and a touchdown in a 29-24 win. Recorded 2 times.
Baker Mayfield re-establishes himself as a great player among those in the know
Baker Mayfield came to Tampa Bay this offseason. trying to revive his career After a rough year, he was dumped by the Browns and traded to the Panthers, who waived him midway through the season. He finished 2022 with the Rams, but it certainly wasn’t how he foresaw how the final year of his rookie contract would go.
Mayfield’s resignation came quickly and felt more circumstantial than anything else. He was the 2017 Heisman Trophy winner and the No. 1 overall pick in 2018. Who regularly appeared in commercials He then became the first quarterback since 1995 to lead the Browns to a playoff victory. However, after an injury-plagued 2021 season, Mayfield was sidelined by the Browns in favor of Deshaun Watson. So Mayfield found himself in a bad situation in Carolina until he hooked up with Sean McVay in Los Angeles.
Bucks QB Baker Mayfield – Photo courtesy of USA Today
Including Todd Bowles of the Bucs. Mayfield has played for eight head coaches. During the first six seasons of the NFL. Now, in 2023, the former No. 1 pick is starting to revitalize his career under Bowles and offensive coordinator Dave Canales.
During the Bucs’ 3-1 start, Mayfield completed 69.6 percent of his passes for 882 yards, seven touchdowns, and two interceptions. He gave Tampa Bay what it needed. After Tom Brady retired, Tampa Bay gave him what he needed after the ups and downs from 2018 to 2022: a chance.
Baker Mayfield’s story has been making headlines nationally lately, and it’s no wonder he’s been busy during the team’s bye week. He is back in the spotlight and thriving in it. It’s still early days and there’s a lot of work left to do for No. 6 and the Bucks, but this has been a fun story of success and redemption.
