ARLINGTON, Texas _ Baker Mayfield is the best player in college football, and a worthy recipient of the Heisman Trophy, who will go on to become JAG in the NFL.
Mayfield is your typical NFL "Just Another Guy" in the making.
If Mayfield is smart, and there's evidence to suggest that's not a given, he will just follow the Colt McCoy, Chase Daniel model and be a good soldier and figure out the NFL.
In Oklahoma's 41-17 win against TCU in the Big 12 title game on Saturday at JerryWorld, Mayfield did nothing to damage his overwhelming odds to win the Heisman Trophy, nor help his chances of being a good NFL quarterback.
Because he won't be one.
As seen by too many previous examples to list, the Heisman doesn't correlate to a long, successful NFL career. Mayfield will not be an upper-tier NFL quarterback. Five years from now, he will be lucky to be an NFL quarterback.
He's generously listed as 6-foot-1, and there is nothing to suggest he can be a typical drop-back passer, which is what all NFL teams want, and need, to succeed. He's a good athlete who knows how to win, and once he puts on an NFL uniform you will see just how small he actually stands.
Mayfield is a great college quarterback who can make a game 1-on-11; he's the 6-foot-5 center who can win an NCAA Tournament basketball game but, when facing the biggest and meanest at the next level, will be exposed.
He's also a punk who will earn a punch, kick, and a late hit or two _ maybe from his own teammates _ when he reaches the NFL.
Mayfield will likely fall in line with the many other great college quarterbacks who won the Heisman trophy but flamed out in the NFL: Robert Griffin III. Johnny Manziel. I'm calling Jameis Winston a bust right now. Sam Bradford. Tim Tebow. Troy Smith. Matt Leinart. Jason White. Eric Crouch. Chris Weinke. Danny Wuerffel. Gino Torretta. Charlie Ward. Ty Detmer. Andre Ware.
Those quarterbacks have won the Heisman trophy since 1989, all were NFL busts.
If Mayfield is smart, he will simply figure it out and try to get paid for as long as he can. Guys like former Texas quarterback Colt McCoy and Missouri star Chase Daniel aren't starters, but they are NFL veterans cashing six-figure checks.
If Mayfield can make it that far, he's a smashing success who will never buy a drink or dinner in Norman, Okla., for the rest of his life.
