How many passing yards does Baker Mayfield average a game?

Baker Mayfield has 231.3 passing yards per game in his career as of week 12 of the 2024 NFL season (via Statmuse).

Baker Mayfield, is a franchise quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He helped revive the Cleveland Browns, a franchise that had gone 1-31 in prior two years before the arrival of Baker Mayfield. He also helped the Cleveland franchise win their 1st playoff game in 3 decades. However, everything went downhill after that season, which included shipping him out of Cleveland. His best season came in his rookie year in the NFL where he threw 27 touchdowns, a stat that had been his career-best until the 2023 resurgence happened. Mayfield has 24 touchdowns through the first 11 games of the 2024 NFL season.

Coming in from Austin, Texas, Mayfield has played football his entire life. His father played college football for the University of Houston. Mayfield played football and baseball at Lake Travis High School. He was not the starting quarterback until QB1 got injured but once he got his chance, Mayfield never stopped shining. He led his team to a 25-2 record in the next two seasons he played and also won a state championship. Even though he had a really good season, Mayfield was only a three-star recruit and did not receive many offers from other colleges and not a single scholarship offer from a major program. Mayfield chose to play for Texas Tech where he was a walk-on. When an injury occurred to the Red Raiders’ starter, Mayfield was the first walk-on freshman quarterback who started the division one season opener game. He made history with his very first game as that was never done before. Usually, walk-ons are always on the bench and they rarely get to start unless an injury occurs. Fortunately for Mayfield, luck was on his side. Even after a year of playing great football for Texas Tech, Mayfield was not given a scholarship. He joined the Oklahoma Sooners. He ended up being the first walk-on player ever to win a Heisman Trophy. Mayfield was drafted by the Cleveland Browns as the number one overall pick in the 2018 NFL draft. Many looked at him as a guy who could turn around Cleveland’s losing ways. Mayfield finished his season with 3725 passing yards and 27 touchdowns breaking Peyton Manning and Russell Wilson’s record for most as a rookie.

Baker Mayfield’s Passing Yards Average Per Game

Mayfield has 231.3 passing yards per game in his career as of week 12 of the the 2024 NFL season (via statmuse). Meanwhile, he has a career pass completion percentage of 63.1 as of week 12 of the 2024 NFL season. Since he arrived in Tampa, Baker has looked like the guy who was selected 1st overall in the 2018 NFL draft.

Baker Mayfield’s Passing Yards in the 2023 NFL Season

In the 2023 NFL season, Mayfield had 4,044 passing yards along with 28 touchdowns to 10 interceptions. He had an impressive 2023 campaign leading the Bucs to the Divisional round after steamrolling the Eagles in the Wild card round.

What was Baker Mayfield's best season?

Many can argue that Mayfield’s statistics in the 2018 NFL season were the most impressive with 27 touchdowns and 3725 passing yards as a rookie. But, football is a team game and the 2020 NFL season was most likely the best season during Mayfield’s Cleveland days. He led the Cleveland Browns to their first playoff appearance since 2002 and they also had their first playoff victory since 1994. Mayfield ended Cleveland’s 18-year playoff drought while giving them significant hope to be a playoff team. However, Mayfield's 2023 season has been his best one to date. Not only did Baker throw for a career-best 28 touchdowns, but also led the Bucs to their 3rd consecutive NFC South crown along with demolishing Philadelphia Eagles in the wild-card round.