The 2018 NFL draft is still more than two months away but the players that will be selected early are already known. One of them is Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield, a two-time first team All-American who won the Heisman Trophy last year. The 22-year old is projected to be picked early on day one and therefore likely be out of reach for the New England Patriots in case they want to make him Tom Brady's de facto successor.
If it goes according to Mayfield, though, he would embrace the role as the Patriots' franchise quarterback in the waiting.