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Giants RB Saquon Barkley Beats Out Browns QB Baker Mayfield for Pepsi Rookie of the Year

Browns fans have been excited from day one about first overall pick Baker Mayfield, and he delivered in his first season bringing excitement back to the team it hasn’t seen in a very long time.

Mayfield set rookie records for touchdown passes, helping the Browns get to 7-8-1 and putting high expectations on 2019.

All those factors though were not enough to take home the “Pepsi Rookie of the Year award,” as Thursday morning it a source told Giants beat reporter Art Stapleton that the award winner was New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley.