Watching Baker Mayfield shine in the unfriendly confines of Neyland Stadium and McLane Stadium made it easy to understand why the postseason accolades rained down on the Sooners’ quarterback after his stellar 2015 season. Mayfield was great at home, but he really distanced himself from other quarterbacks with his play on the road.
The Big 12 is full of talented quarterbacks, with seven teams returning a signal-caller who started at least half of their team’s road games in 2015, but true greatness often reveals itself on the road. Let’s take a look at the Big 12’s best returning road quarterbacks based on their road QBR against Big 12 or Power 5 opponents.