From SB Nation...
Baker Mayfield made waves in 2013. First, he chose to walk on at Texas Tech, also forgoing offers from Washington State, Rice and others. Then, he won the starting job in Lubbock from day one. Then, after losing his job, he announced he was transferring. Then, he ended up at Oklahoma despite the fact that he would lose a year of eligibility by transferring within the Big 12.
Mayfield keeps you on your toes. He might also win the OU starting job from his first day of eligibility. It's obviously pretty easy to assume that when you consider that the new offensive hires might move the Sooners toward the type of air raid system Mayfield initially thrived in at Tech.
Most versions of the air raid are geared first around efficiency and safe throws. Mayfield brings some issues to the table, but he's at least better at that than either of OU's experienced returnees, Trevor Knight or Cody Thomas.
Knight is perhaps unfairly maligned -- he was fine through the first eight games (60 percent completion rate, 13.7 yards per completion, 3.2 percent INT rate) but stunk against Baylor and Clemson (45 percent, 8.6 per completion, 6.3 percent INT) and missed three games to injury in between. He is not the Heisman candidate he was made out to be after the 2014 Sugar Bowl, but he could be just fine. If he's the starter.
(Lot more info at the link)
http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...klahoma-football-2015-preview-schedule-roster
Baker Mayfield made waves in 2013. First, he chose to walk on at Texas Tech, also forgoing offers from Washington State, Rice and others. Then, he won the starting job in Lubbock from day one. Then, after losing his job, he announced he was transferring. Then, he ended up at Oklahoma despite the fact that he would lose a year of eligibility by transferring within the Big 12.
Mayfield keeps you on your toes. He might also win the OU starting job from his first day of eligibility. It's obviously pretty easy to assume that when you consider that the new offensive hires might move the Sooners toward the type of air raid system Mayfield initially thrived in at Tech.
Most versions of the air raid are geared first around efficiency and safe throws. Mayfield brings some issues to the table, but he's at least better at that than either of OU's experienced returnees, Trevor Knight or Cody Thomas.
- Completion Rate: Mayfield 64 percent (in 2013), Knight 57 percent, Thomas 46 percent
- Yards Per Completion: Knight 12.8, Thomas 11.4, Mayfield 10.6
- Sack Rate: Knight 1.9 percent, Thomas 2.9 percent, Mayfield 6.6 percent
- Interception Rate: Mayfield 2.6 percent, Knight 3.8 percent, Thomas 6.1 percent
Knight is perhaps unfairly maligned -- he was fine through the first eight games (60 percent completion rate, 13.7 yards per completion, 3.2 percent INT rate) but stunk against Baylor and Clemson (45 percent, 8.6 per completion, 6.3 percent INT) and missed three games to injury in between. He is not the Heisman candidate he was made out to be after the 2014 Sugar Bowl, but he could be just fine. If he's the starter.
(Lot more info at the link)
http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...klahoma-football-2015-preview-schedule-roster
