Oklahoma to honor Baker Mayfield with statue after spring game

Before Baker Mayfield turned into a polarizing figure as the starting quarterback of the Cleveland Browns, he won the Heisman Trophy for the 2017 college football season with the Oklahoma Sooners en route to becoming the first overall selection of the 2018 NFL Draft. 

Oklahoma announced Monday that it will dedicate a statue of Mayfield following the spring game held on Saturday, April 23. 

"I'm a Sooner for life and incredibly grateful for all of the success my teammates and I had at OU," Mayfield said in a statement shared by the university. "It's humbling and surreal to think about having a statue in iconic Heisman Park. I can't wait to be back in Norman and reunite with the most passionate fans in college football."

According to ESPN and The Associated Press, Oklahoma already has statues of five other Heisman winners at Heisman Park, which is located across the street from Memorial Stadium. Kyler Murray of the Arizona Cardinals won the Heisman with Oklahoma in 2018 and will receive a statue at some point down the road. 

Mayfield won college football's top individual honor when he passed for 4,627 yards with 43 touchdowns in 2017 and helped guide the Sooners to a Big 12 title and an appearance in the College Football Playoff, where Oklahoma ultimately fell to the Georgia Bulldogs.