Mayfield, who transferred to Oklahoma after his freshman season at Texas Tech and walked on to the Sooner football program, set a number of NCAA, Big 12 and school records in his three full seasons as the OU starting quarterback. Oklahoma was 34-6 with Mayfield at quarterback, won three consecutive Big 12 championships and appeared in the College Football Playoff in two of the three seasons he was there.
The one problem with being the first player selected in the annual NFL Draft is that the team making the first plck is generally the one with the worst record in the league the year before.