“I soaked it all in,” Baxter said. “I mean, words can't explain how I was feeling.”
Many a walkon has made the team. Some earn scholarships. A few have become stars. But who has a story like Baxter, who literally two months ago was headed to the University of South Florida, the best scholarship offer Baxter received out of Trinity Valley Community College? Instead, on the very first snap of OU's 2015 season, Baker Mayfield fired a pass for a 15-yard gain, caught by Jarvis Baxter.
“Hell, they'll probably make a movie about it one day,” OU offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley said.