NORMAN — Wearing a gray, soy-sauce-stained hoodie, Baker Mayfield stood in handcuffs in front of a Fayetteville (Ark.) police car in the early hours of Feb. 25.
While the officers began working through protocol to take Mayfield to the Washington County jail on a misdemeanor complaint of disorderly conduct, public intoxication, fleeing, and resisting arrest, the Oklahoma quarterback tearfully repeated, “What did I do wrong?” over and over, not talking to anyone in particular.
It was an inner monologue spoken aloud, incredulity mixed with instant regret.
And though he wasn't being asked directly, a Fayetteville police officer standing near Mayfield answered.