Baker Mayfield’s connection to Brett Favre may end with this Instagram photo:
During a recent episode of “Behind Baker” on Facebook, Mayfield told an interesting story of how he stiff-armed Favre’s agent, Bus Cook.
"Bus Cook, Brett Favre's agent, great story," the Heisman-winning QB said. "Every agent does the same thing, they give their resume, what they're about, all this stuff. Finally, when he was about to give me a chance to talk, he asked, 'So, when did Bob Stoops start recruiting you?' And I literally, I said, 'Excuse me?' And he repeated the question. And then I said, 'Yeah, I gotta go.' And I just hung up."
Cook, who has an impressive list of NFL clients with the likes of Cam Newton, Myles Garrett and Jadeveon Clowney, shot himself in the foot by not doing his homework on the Heisman Trophy winner.
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Mayfield began his college career as a walk-on at Texas Tech before transferring to Oklahoma and joining the Stoops-led Sooners as a walk-on.
"If you're going to pursue a guy and say that you want him, you want to be that guy that's going to be there for him, why not do your research?" Mayfield said. "And I get it, he doesn't need me, he's already made enough money, it doesn't matter, but at the same time, that just shows what'll happen if you go to those big agencies, those big places. There's no personal relationship, and that's always been important to me."
Mayfield eventually signed with agent Tom Mills of Capital Sports Advisors — an agency with a less star-studded client list — for a more personal approach.
“We pitched the size of our firm as an advantage because we told him we’re not going to have any potential conflicts with another quarterback. You’re our guy. We’re all in with you.' I think that was important to him." Mills told The Coloradoan earlier this year. “We have a personal-service approach. We’re not the biggest group and we’re not trying to be the biggest group. But we’re going to devote a ton of attention to you and make sure you get the best result you can possibly have.’’
Mayfield is expected to be off the board early in the first round (possibly to the Browns at No. 1 overall) of Thursday's NFL Draft.