Baker Mayfield Says Oklahoma Players Are to Blame for Off-Field Incidents

Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield wants blame for the recent off-field exploits of players to fall at their feet instead of the coaching staff. 

Per ESPN's Jake Trotter, Mayfield addressed the topic of Sooners players who have gotten in trouble with the law in recent years:

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I think people have let it slip a little bit and gotten a little lackadaisical about all the off-the-field stuff. I think it can be said that I might have set a bad example first, but we all know there's a higher standard here -- not just being quarterbacks, but at the University of Oklahoma. There's a tradition here at Oklahoma that compares to no other.

We've got to realize that expectation and those standards and rise up to it and be the ones that everybody looks at in every single situation. We've got to be accountable and let everybody know that we have the responsibility and they can look up to us no matter what.

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He also defended head coach Bob Stoops and the Oklahoma coaching staff for "not letting anything slip."

"That's not something Coach Stoops or anyone on his staff would ever let anybody let that slip," Mayfield said. "He's always done his job well, and we have to do ours. They bring us here for a reason, and we have to rise up to the occasion and do that."

Mayfield was arrested in February on charges of public intoxication, disorderly conduct, fleeing and resisting arrest. He pleaded not guilty to the charges during a court appearance on April 7. 

He wasn't the only Oklahoma quarterback arrested in the last two months, as freshman Chris Robinson along with defensive back Ronnie LaRue were taken into police custody after the spring game on April 8 for public intoxication, per Brooke Pryor of The Oklahoman.

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