Part 4 of our draft season series on Baker Mayfield, the 2018 draft’s most fascinating prospect on and off the field
Baker Mayfield made landfall in Lubbock, Texas in the Summer of 2013. Six short months later, he was gone.
It was the last time Mayfield was a rookie at anything, and the odds were stacked against him. There was a sophomore quarterback, Michael Brewer, in line for the starting job. Brewer’s competition, or so he thought, was Davis Webb, a true freshman and ESPN-rated four-star recruit from suburban Dallas whom new head coach Kliff Kingsbury had convinced to remain committed to Tech after a regime change.