NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield said getting arrested last month in Arkansas was an "instant regret" and that he realizes he "let down" many people.
On Tuesday, Mayfield spoke publicly for the first time about the Feb. 25 incident, after which he was charged with misdemeanor complaints of public intoxication, disorderly conduct, fleeing and resisting arrest.
"It's a special honor to play quarterback here -- I messed up," he said after the Sooners' first spring practice. "I can't have any slip-ups. Because not only do I have my teammates looking up to me, I have my coaches counting on me, I have Sooner Nation, all the fans looking up to me, all the little kids -- I was once that little kid.