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Oklahoma football: Baker Mayfield returning permanently to OU

By Chip Rouse

PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 01: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners throws a pass in the 2018 College Football Playoff Semifinal Game aganist the Georgia Bulldogs at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual at the Rose Bowl on January 1, 2018 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 01: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners throws a pass in the 2018 College Football Playoff Semifinal Game aganist the Georgia Bulldogs at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual at the Rose Bowl on January 1, 2018 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /
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Former Oklahoma football star Baker Mayfield is returning to Norman in permanent form.

It’s been a long time coming, but Mayfield’s Heisman Trophy statue will finally be unveiled as part of the festivities planned in conjunction with the annual Red-White spring game.

The Sooners’ spring game will take place at 3 p.m. April 23 at Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The dedication of the Mayfield statue will immediately follow the game.

Mayfield’s bronze likeness will join the five other Sooner statues permanently stationed in Heisman Park outside of the east side of the stadium.

“I’m a Sooner for life and incredibly grateful for all the success my teammates and I had at OU,” Mayfield said in a press release posted on the OU athletic website. “It’s humbling and surreal to think about having a statue in iconic Heisman Park.”.

“I’m a Sooner for life..It’s humbling and surreal to think about having a statue in iconic Heisman Park.” — Former OU Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield

Mayfield, now the starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, won the coveted Heisman Trophy as college football’s most outstanding player in 2017 and was the No, 1 overall player taken in the 2018 NFL Draft. He was also a Heisman finalist in 2016.

The OU two-time First-Team All-American threw for 4,627 yards and 43 touchdowns with just six interceptions in his Heisman winning season. In three seasons at Oklahoma, he passed for 12,292 yards and 119 touchdowns. Mayfield transferred to OU from Texas Tech after his freshman season in 2013 and sat out the 2014 season because of NCAA transfer rules.

Mayfield’s statue will join those already on display of Oklahoma Heisman winners Billy Vessels (1952), Steve Owens (1969), Billy Sims (1978), Jason White (1973) and Sam Bradford (2008). A statue for Kyler Murray, who won the Heisman Trophy in 2018, the year after Mayfield, will dedicated at a later date.

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