Buccaneers' Baker Mayfield Finally Has Top-10 Billing In 2025

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield has finally found a place to call home, and his play over the past two seasons has reflected that.

Multiple Pro Bowls and division titles, and he is coming off a 2024 season in which he threw for 4,500 yards and 41 touchdowns, both career highs. 

That is a far cry from his form earlier in his career, and one could say the turnaround is nearly complete. But for some, they are waiting for Baker to revert to the gunslinging, mistake-prone quarterback he once was.

Yes, the interceptions are still there, but there's no denying Mayfield has morphed into a more than competent quarterback since moving to Tampa.

And now we have another feather in Mayfield's cap, one that not many have noticed.

CBS Sports' Pete Prisco recently named his top 100 players in the NFL, with Mayfield coming in at No. 57. 

Ok, that isn't the headline. 

But this is.

Out of the 11 quarterbacks Prisco named, Mayfield is listed as the eighth-best with Jalen Hurts (52), Justin Herbert (49), Jayden Daniels (33), Joe Burrow (7), Lamar Jackson (6), Josh Allen (4) and Patrick Mahomes (1) ahead of him.