BuccaneersFan.com • Player Spotlight • No. 6
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Quarterback • Active
Competitive fire in pewter & red
Baker Reagan Mayfield
- Born
- April 14, 1995 • Austin, Texas
- Listed size
- 6 feet 1 inch • 215 pounds
- College
- Oklahoma; previously Texas Tech
- NFL Draft
- 2018 • Round 1 • Pick 1
Cleveland Browns - NFL career
- Cleveland, 2018–2021
Carolina and Los Angeles Rams, 2022
Tampa Bay, 2023–present - Joined Tampa
- March 16, 2023 • Unrestricted free agent
- Current chapter
- Fourth Buccaneers season in 2026
Profile and honors: Heisman Trust, Buccaneers player biography and second Pro Bowl announcement. Pro Bowl selections refer to the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
Built for the fight. At home in Tampa Bay.
A walk-on mentality. A first-overall-pick résumé. A quarterback willing to scramble, absorb a hit and come back for the next snap. Baker Mayfield brought his own brand of competitive fire to the Buccaneers—and gave the Krewe a new No. 6 to rally behind.
Mayfield arrived in 2023 after a turbulent stretch that took him from Cleveland to Carolina and then Los Angeles. In Tampa Bay, he won the starting job, helped secure an NFC South title and delivered a playoff victory in his first season. A second division championship followed in 2024, alongside a career-best 41 touchdown passes. 2023 season history • 2024 season history.
Through his first three completed Buccaneers seasons, Mayfield produced 12,237 passing yards and 95 touchdown passes. His career remains a work in progress, with another chapter unfolding in 2026. The current-season figures below include games played through November 1, 2026. Official career statistics.
The Buccaneers chapter
2023–present: a new opportunity in Tampa
The table follows Mayfield’s regular-season passing in Tampa Bay. Team records include every Buccaneers game; the quarterback records in the career tables count only his starts.
| Season | GS | Team W–L | Cmp/Att | Yards | TD | INT | Rate | Season finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 17 | 9–8 | 364/566 | 4,044 | 28 | 10 | 94.6 | NFC South champions; divisional round |
| 2024 | 17 | 10–7 | 407/570 | 4,500 | 41 | 16 | 106.8 | NFC South champions; wild-card round |
| 2025 | 17 | 8–9 | 343/543 | 3,693 | 26 | 11 | 90.6 | Missed playoffs |
| 2026 * | 5 | 3–5 | 68/110 | 679 | 3 | 2 | 80.8 | In progress through Week 8 |
| TB totals | 56 | — | 1,182/1,789 | 12,916 | 98 | 39 | 96.4 | Through Nov. 1, 2026 |
*2026 is in progress; figures are through November 1, 2026. Cmp/Att = completions/attempts; TD = touchdown passes; INT = interceptions; Rate = NFL passer rating. On a smaller screen, swipe or scroll across the table. Keyboard users can focus the table area and use the arrow keys.
Sources: Buccaneers regular-season statistics for 2023, 2024, 2025 and Mayfield’s 2026 career-statistics update, plus the season reviews below.
2023 A fresh start. A division title.
Mayfield signed with Tampa Bay in March and won the starting competition with Kyle Trask. Working with offensive coordinator Dave Canales, he threw for 4,044 yards and 28 touchdowns as the Buccaneers rallied late in the season to finish 9–8 and win the NFC South.
A perfect 158.3 passer rating at Green Bay was a December highlight. January brought a 32–9 playoff win over Philadelphia before Tampa Bay’s season ended in Detroit, 31–23. 2023 review.
2024 The 41-touchdown encore.
After signing a new three-year contract in March, Mayfield set career highs with 4,500 passing yards and 41 touchdown passes. His 71.4% completion rate and 106.8 passer rating established Buccaneers season records.
Tampa Bay finished 10–7 and claimed another division crown. The postseason ended with a 23–20 wild-card loss to Washington, while Mayfield earned a second consecutive Pro Bowl selection. 2024 review • Contract announcement.
2025 A strong start, a difficult finish.
The Buccaneers reached their bye at 6–2, but injuries and a second-half slide left them 8–9 and outside the playoffs. Mayfield finished with 3,693 passing yards, 26 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
He also contributed a career-high 382 rushing yards. The season showed both his willingness to extend plays and how difficult the margin for error had become for a depleted Tampa Bay offense. 2025 review • Player biography.
2026: back in the huddle
A dislocated right thumb against Minnesota in Week Three interrupted Mayfield’s run of starts. He missed the next three games and returned at Carolina in Week Seven. Through Week Eight, his passing line stands at 68 completions on 110 attempts for 679 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions.
The November 1 win over Atlanta was unusual: Mayfield attempted only three passes and completed none in the rain-soaked 16–0 victory. Sources: injury report, return-to-lineup update and Week 8 recap.
January 15, 2024 • Raymond James Stadium
A playoff statement in pewter & red
NFC Wild Card • Final
32 – 9
TAMPA BAY / PHILADELPHIA
Mayfield’s first playoff victory
as a Tampa Bay Buccaneer.
BUCCANEERS 32 • EAGLES 9
22 of 36 • 337 passing yards
3 touchdowns • 0 interceptions • 119.8 rating
In his first postseason game for Tampa Bay, Mayfield threw touchdown passes to David Moore, Trey Palmer and Chris Godwin. Moore’s 44-yard score and Palmer’s 56-yard touchdown helped turn short opportunities into major damage.
The defense supplied its own statement, including a safety, while the Eagles failed to convert a third down. For Mayfield and the Buccaneers, the result extended a season that had already exceeded many preseason expectations.
Sources: official Eagles game recap and Buccaneers postseason statistics.
From walk-on to first overall
The road that brought Baker to the Bay
Texas roots & an Oklahoma Heisman
Mayfield grew up in the Austin area and played at Lake Travis High School. He walked on at Texas Tech in 2013, won the starting quarterback job and later transferred to Oklahoma. After sitting out the 2014 season, he started for the Sooners from 2015 through 2017.
His Heisman finishes climbed from fourth to third to first. On December 9, 2017, Mayfield became Oklahoma’s sixth Heisman Trophy winner and the first winner to have begun his college career as a walk-on since athletic scholarships were introduced in the 1950s. His rise made persistence a central part of his story long before his NFL career began.
Sources: Heisman biography and 2017 award announcement.
Cleveland: a No. 1 pick and a playoff breakthrough
The Browns selected Mayfield first overall in the 2018 NFL Draft. He threw 27 touchdown passes as a rookie, establishing the NFL rookie record at the time, and received the Pro Football Writers of America’s Rookie of the Year award.
His biggest team breakthrough came after the 2020 season. Cleveland beat Pittsburgh 48–37 in the wild-card round on January 10, 2021, its first playoff victory since the 1994 season. Mayfield threw three touchdown passes in that win.
Sources: Browns draft report, rookie record report and playoff recap.
2022: three cities, one unforgettable Thursday
Cleveland traded Mayfield to Carolina in July 2022. After the Panthers waived him in December, the Rams claimed him on December 6. Two days later, he came off the bench against Las Vegas and led a 98-yard winning drive, capped by a touchdown pass to Van Jefferson, in a 17–16 victory.
That night did not erase a difficult season, but it supplied a memorable reminder of his ability to respond when an opportunity arrived. Rams game recap • Carolina trade announcement.
Through November 1, 2026 • Career still active
A career in numbers
Mayfield’s regular-season career through Week Eight of 2026 includes 29,204 passing yards and 200 touchdown passes. His five playoff starts have produced another 1,338 yards and 12 touchdowns. Regular-season and postseason figures remain separate below.
| Scope | G | GS | QB W–L | Cmp/Att | Yards | TD | INT | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NFL regular season | 128 | 125 | 60–65 | 2,568/4,048 | 29,204 | 200 | 103 | 90.9 |
| NFL postseason | 5 | 5 | 2–3 | 107/166 | 1,338 | 12 | 3 | 105.9 |
| Tampa Bay regular season | 56 | 56 | 29–27 | 1,182/1,789 | 12,916 | 98 | 39 | 96.4 |
| Tampa Bay postseason | 3 | 3 | 1–2 | 63/95 | 871 | 8 | 2 | 114.8 |
G = games played; GS = games started. QB W–L counts only games Mayfield started. Victories in relief appearances are not added to his starting record. The regular-season totals include the partial 2026 season.
Sources: Buccaneers career statistics, Cleveland’s 2020 postseason and Tampa Bay’s 2023 and 2024 postseason statistics.
Honors along the way
- 2017 Heisman Trophy at Oklahoma.
- 2018 PFWA Rookie of the Year.
- 2023 PFWA Most Improved Player.
- Two Pro Bowl selections: 2023 and 2024 seasons.
Buccaneers milestones
- NFC South champion: 2023 and 2024.
- First Tampa Bay playoff win: January 15, 2024, against Philadelphia.
- 2024 season: 4,500 passing yards and 41 touchdown passes.
- 2025: Tampa Bay’s Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominee.
Honors: 2018 PFWA awards, 2023 PFWA awards, Pro Bowl selections and Buccaneers community nomination.
Regular-season passing • 2018–2026
| Season | Team | G | GS | QB W–L | Cmp/Att | Yards | TD | INT | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | CLE | 14 | 13 | 6–7 | 310/486 | 3,725 | 27 | 14 | 93.7 |
| 2019 | CLE | 16 | 16 | 6–10 | 317/534 | 3,827 | 22 | 21 | 78.8 |
| 2020 | CLE | 16 | 16 | 11–5 | 305/486 | 3,563 | 26 | 8 | 95.9 |
| 2021 | CLE | 14 | 14 | 6–8 | 253/418 | 3,010 | 17 | 13 | 83.1 |
| 2022 | CAR | 7 | 6 | 1–5 | 119/206 | 1,313 | 6 | 6 | 74.4 |
| 2022 | LAR | 5 | 4 | 1–3 | 82/129 | 850 | 4 | 2 | 86.4 |
| 2023 | TB | 17 | 17 | 9–8 | 364/566 | 4,044 | 28 | 10 | 94.6 |
| 2024 | TB | 17 | 17 | 10–7 | 407/570 | 4,500 | 41 | 16 | 106.8 |
| 2025 | TB | 17 | 17 | 8–9 | 343/543 | 3,693 | 26 | 11 | 90.6 |
| 2026 * | TB | 5 | 5 | 2–3 | 68/110 | 679 | 3 | 2 | 80.8 |
| Career | All teams | 128 | 125 | 60–65 | 2,568/4,048 | 29,204 | 200 | 103 | 90.9 |
*2026 is in progress through November 1. CLE = Cleveland Browns; CAR = Carolina Panthers; LAR = Los Angeles Rams; TB = Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The two 2022 rows show his separate team stints and are each counted once in career totals.
Source: official career passing statistics.
Rushing, sacks & fumbles • 2018–2026
| Season | Team | Rush att. | Rush yds | Rush TD | Sacked | Sack yds | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | CLE | 39 | 131 | 0 | 25 | 173 | 7 | 3 |
| 2019 | CLE | 28 | 141 | 3 | 40 | 285 | 6 | 2 |
| 2020 | CLE | 54 | 165 | 1 | 26 | 162 | 8 | 4 |
| 2021 | CLE | 37 | 134 | 1 | 43 | 269 | 6 | 3 |
| 2022 | CAR | 16 | 52 | 1 | 19 | 126 | 6 | 1 |
| 2022 | LAR | 15 | 37 | 0 | 17 | 91 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023 | TB | 62 | 163 | 1 | 40 | 232 | 8 | 3 |
| 2024 | TB | 60 | 378 | 3 | 40 | 248 | 13 | 2 |
| 2025 | TB | 55 | 382 | 1 | 36 | 234 | 11 | 3 |
| 2026 * | TB | 16 | 80 | 1 | 14 | 62 | 6 | 3 |
| Career | All teams | 382 | 1,663 | 12 | 300 | 1,882 | 74 | 25 |
Regular season only. Rush att. = rushing attempts; rush TD = rushing touchdowns; sacked = times sacked; sack yds = yards lost on sacks; FUM = all fumbles; lost = fumbles lost. *2026 is in progress through November 1.
Postseason passing • three playoff seasons
| Season | Team | G | GS | QB W–L | Cmp/Att | Yards | TD | INT | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | CLE | 2 | 2 | 1–1 | 44/71 | 467 | 4 | 1 | 94.0 |
| 2023 | TB | 2 | 2 | 1–1 | 48/77 | 686 | 6 | 2 | 106.3 |
| 2024 | TB | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 15/18 | 185 | 2 | 0 | 146.5 |
| Career | All teams | 5 | 5 | 2–3 | 107/166 | 1,338 | 12 | 3 | 105.9 |
Playoff seasons are labeled by their preceding regular season. For example, the 2023 row covers the games played in January 2024.
Sources: Cleveland 2020, Tampa Bay 2023 and Tampa Bay 2024.
Every playoff appearance • five games
| Game date | Team | Round | Opp. | Result | Cmp/Att | Yards | TD | INT | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-10 | CLE | Wild Card | @ PIT | W 48–37 | 21/34 | 263 | 3 | 0 | 115.2 |
| 2021-01-17 | CLE | Divisional | @ KC | L 17–22 | 23/37 | 204 | 1 | 1 | 74.6 |
| 2024-01-15 | TB | Wild Card | PHI | W 32–9 | 22/36 | 337 | 3 | 0 | 119.8 |
| 2024-01-21 | TB | Divisional | @ DET | L 23–31 | 26/41 | 349 | 3 | 2 | 94.5 |
| 2025-01-12 | TB | Wild Card | WAS | L 20–23 | 15/18 | 185 | 2 | 0 | 146.5 |
| Totals | All teams | 5 games | — | 2–3 | 107/166 | 1,338 | 12 | 3 | 105.9 |
Scores show Mayfield’s team first. @ indicates an away game. PIT = Pittsburgh Steelers; KC = Kansas City Chiefs; PHI = Philadelphia Eagles; DET = Detroit Lions; WAS = Washington Commanders.
Sources: official postseason game logs for 2020, 2023 and 2024.
Community, opportunity & the next chapter
Beyond the huddle
Mayfield’s work in the community draws on a theme familiar from his football career: helping people get an opportunity to prove themselves. Baker and Emily launched the Baker & Emily Mayfield Foundation in 2023, and Tampa Bay recognized his community work with its 2025 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nomination.
A new home in Tampa. Mayfield signed with the Buccaneers as a free agent. Signing announcement.
A longer commitment. He signed a new three-year contract following his first season in Tampa Bay. Contract report.
- 2025
Recognition beyond football. The Buccaneers selected Mayfield as their Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominee for his community service. Team announcement.
Helping the next walk-ons. The foundation announced five recipients of its BE Resilient Walk On Scholarship, with $10,000 awarded to each student-athlete. Scholarship announcement.
Equipment that opens the door. An $80,000 partnership with Good Sports supports new sports equipment, apparel and footwear for youth programs in Tampa Bay, Central Florida and Oklahoma. Foundation announcement.
Foundation background: Buccaneers’ community profile. Football and community updates are current to this page’s November 2, 2026 publication.
Sources & statistical notes
Published November 2, 2026. Regular-season figures include games completed through November 1, 2026; the 2026 season is unfinished. Postseason figures cover Mayfield’s five playoff games through the 2024 season. Passer ratings use the NFL formula and are rounded to one decimal place.
- Player information and statistics: Buccaneers player biography and career statistics. The separate 2022 Carolina and Rams entries are not an additional NFL season.
- Tampa Bay seasons: official team histories for 2023, 2024 and 2025, plus the November 1, 2026 game report.
- College and early NFL history: the Heisman Trust and the Browns, Panthers and Rams reports linked in the career story.
- Playoffs: official team statistics and NFL game logs linked beside the postseason tables. All five games count toward the postseason total only.
- Awards and community: the PFWA, Buccaneers and Baker & Emily Mayfield Foundation announcements linked above.