Baker Mayfield’s Heisman Trophy successful statue was revealed on the College of Oklahoma’s Everest Coaching Heart on Friday and some eyebrows had been raised. The previous OU quarterback and presently disgruntled Cleveland Browns sign caller grew to become the Sooners’ sixth Heisman Trophy winner in 2017. He left his mark at OU with 12,292 passing yards and 119 touchdowns.
Mayfield began his skilled profession in 2018 after being the No. 1 general decide by the Browns within the NFL Draft. His statue was initially set to be revealed in the course of the 2020 spring recreation, however this was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was lastly proven this week throughout an occasion during which the vast majority of the attendees had been Oklahoma soccer alumni and benefactors to the athletic division.
“In case you informed me making a statue is the toughest job on this planet I might imagine you as a result of often they give the impression of being terrible,” Offseason Chopz wrote.
Twitter was fast to react, and reminiscences of earlier statue fails had been shared, together with the considered one of soccer famous person Cristiano Ronaldo from 2017. The opinions had been tough, however Emmanuel Santos, the sculptor for that specific statue, ended up getting an opportunity to redeem himself the following year.
In 2019, The Late Late Present host James Corden pranked one other soccer legend, David Beckham, with a pretend model of a statue that was going to be unveiled by the LA Galaxy to kick off that MLS season. Beckham was lower than thrilled with what he noticed, however laughed as soon as he realized it was a joke.
Mayfield’s statue is scheduled to be unveiled publicly instantly after Saturday’s annual Purple-White spring recreation at 4 p.m. ET.