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Report: Baker Mayfield using Johnny Manziel's lawyer for eligibility fight
By Chip Patterson | Staff Writer
December 16, 2015 9:59 am ET
For all the on-field successes Baker Mayfield has experienced in 2015 with Oklahoma, it is easy to forget how stressful the 2014 offseason was for Mayfield and his family.
Mayfield's transfer from Texas Tech to Oklahoma was nasty; Bob Stoops believed Mayfield should not have to sit out a year because he was a walk-on, Texas Tech initially blocked the transfer entirely and the final result was Mayfield being allowed to play for the Sooners but having to sit out the 2014 season.
As it stands, Mayfield has only played two full seasons but will have just one year of eligibility remaining after the 2015 season.
NCAA and Big 12 rules state that if a player transfers to an in-conference school and is not immediately eligible (like a graduate transfer, for example), they must lose the year of eligibility they sit out. Mayfield's family appealed the rule to the Big 12 Faculty Athletics Representatives last May, but the league declined to give the Sooners' quarterback his fourth year of eligibility back.
With few options left at the Big 12 level, the Oklahoman points out that Mayfield's family hired Jim Darnell, the attorney who represented Johnny Manziel during his eligibility dispute with the NCAA, to help fight the NCAA. If the family can draw enough attention to Mayfield's case, the hope is that the NCAA will grant Baker a one-year hardship waiver so he can gain back the 2014 season as a redshirt year.
Baker Mayfield's eligibility will be up after 2016 unless he gets a waiver from the NCAA. (USATSI)
Report: Baker Mayfield using Johnny Manziel's lawyer for eligibility fight
By Chip Patterson | Staff Writer
December 16, 2015 9:59 am ET
For all the on-field successes Baker Mayfield has experienced in 2015 with Oklahoma, it is easy to forget how stressful the 2014 offseason was for Mayfield and his family.
Mayfield's transfer from Texas Tech to Oklahoma was nasty; Bob Stoops believed Mayfield should not have to sit out a year because he was a walk-on, Texas Tech initially blocked the transfer entirely and the final result was Mayfield being allowed to play for the Sooners but having to sit out the 2014 season.
As it stands, Mayfield has only played two full seasons but will have just one year of eligibility remaining after the 2015 season.
NCAA and Big 12 rules state that if a player transfers to an in-conference school and is not immediately eligible (like a graduate transfer, for example), they must lose the year of eligibility they sit out. Mayfield's family appealed the rule to the Big 12 Faculty Athletics Representatives last May, but the league declined to give the Sooners' quarterback his fourth year of eligibility back.
With few options left at the Big 12 level, the Oklahoman points out that Mayfield's family hired Jim Darnell, the attorney who represented Johnny Manziel during his eligibility dispute with the NCAA, to help fight the NCAA. If the family can draw enough attention to Mayfield's case, the hope is that the NCAA will grant Baker a one-year hardship waiver so he can gain back the 2014 season as a redshirt year.
Baker Mayfield's eligibility will be up after 2016 unless he gets a waiver from the NCAA. (USATSI)
