Moxie is a word that gets attached to Mayfield often, but at times poor judgment has led to trouble. Instead, he walked on at Texas Tech and started eight games as a freshman. Texas Tech could have given permission to waive the lost year but did not. For his final game against Texas Tech this season, he wore the “Traitor” T-shirt that some Red Raiders fans wore when he first returned to Lubbock with Oklahoma. Mayfield is an old-school winner, the first senior to win the award since Troy Smith of Ohio State in 2006.

Source: New York Times December 10, 2017 02:03 UTC