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Cleveland Browns: Comparing Baker Mayfield’s rookie year to other rookie QBs

By Mitch Zoloty

CLEVELAND, OH - SEPTEMBER 20: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Cleveland Browns runs off the field after a 21-17 win over the New York Jets at FirstEnergy Stadium on September 20, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH - SEPTEMBER 20: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Cleveland Browns runs off the field after a 21-17 win over the New York Jets at FirstEnergy Stadium on September 20, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /
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Yards per carry

"1. Josh Allen: 7.1 YPC 2. Josh Rosen: 6.0 YPC 3. Lamar Jackson: 4.7 YPC 4. Baker Mayfield: 3.4 YPC 5. Sam Darnold: 3.1 YPC"

This might shock some, but it isn’t that surprising. A lot of Lamar Jackson’s carries are designed runs. The other rookie quarterbacks don’t have many designed runs, if at all. Josh Allen scrambled a lot this season, which got him some pretty high rushing numbers.

Josh Rosen has the least amount of carries of all the rookie quarterbacks, with 22 in games he started in. That is only 1.7 carries per game. In comparison, Lamar Jackson has 122 carries in the seven games he started, averaging 17.4 carries in those games. Us,ually when a player has significantly more carries than another he will have a lower amount of yards per carry.

Baker has made serious strides this season to try to extend plays with his arm first before his legs. Only averaging 2.8 carries per game, Baker hasn’t taken that many unnecessary hits. While scrambling to get more yards can be very beneficial to a team, the hits the quarterbacks take can hurt their longevity in their careers.

Total rushing yards

"1. Lamar Jackson: 695 yards 2. Josh Allen: 638 yards 3. Josh Rosen: 138 yards (tie) 3. Sam Darnold: 138 yards (tie) 5. Baker Mayfield: 131 yards"

As expected, Lamar Jackson has the most rushing yards. Usually, when a player has more carries he should have more yards, its pretty simple logic. Everyone knew that Lamar was dangerous with his legs.

The most surprising thing here is that Josh Allen ran for 638 yards this season. Allen ran for 767 yards in his entire college career, I don’t think many were expecting him to get over 600 in his first season.

Those who thought Baker Mayfield was Johnny Manziel 2.0 must have had a rough year this season. Baker put up some incredible passing statistics, stats Johnny Manziel never put up in his NFL career. Baker also ran significantly less than Johnny did in his NFL career too. Manziel had 230 rushing yards in the 8 games he started, compared to Mayfield’s 131 in 13 games.

Mayfield has strayed away from using his legs, which is a good thing for the longevity of his NFL career. Rosen and Darnold did the same this season, each having 23 and 44 carries respectively.

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