Why OU quarterback Baker Mayfield is rising up NFL Draft boards

Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield staked his claim to the Heisman Trophy with his performance in Bedlam. His play this season is solidifying a top spot in next spring's NFL Draft, too. [PHOTO BY SARAH PHIPPS, THE OKLAHOMAN]Thirteen NFL teams sent representatives to scout the Bedlam game last weekend.

Was it a Baker's dozen?

Seems unlikely that all of those teams were there to get an up-close look at Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield. A couple of the teams, after all, have quarterbacks in their prime or in the early days of promising careers.

And yet, there were plenty of teams in need of a quarterback immediately or in the not-too-distant future that dispatched observers to Stillwater.

Baker…