Bucs Nation
The National Football League today announced that Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield was named a FedEx Air & Ground Player of the Week for Week 5. He joins Josh Allen as the only quarterbacks to be named FedEx Air & Ground Players of the Week in each of the past three seasons.
In Tampa Bay’s, 38-35, win over the Seattle Seahawks in Week 5, Mayfield led his fourth game-winning drive and his fourth fourth-quarter comeback of the season to tie Tampa Bay for the NFL’s best record through Week 5. He completed 29-of-33 passes (87.9%) for 379 and two touchdowns, with zero interceptions, earning a 134.7 passer rating. His completion percentage and his 11.5 passing yards per attempt each led the NFL in Week 5, in addition to Mayfield finishing second in passing yards, fourth in passer rating and fourth in passing first downs (17). Among all Buccaneers quarterbacks with 30+ attempts in a game, Mayfield’s 87.9 completion percentage established a new single-game high, while also being the highest mark recorded by any quarterback this season. No player in league history has ever bettered Mayfield’s completion percentage and yards per attempt in the same game with 30+ attempts.
Mayfield’s performance on Sunday marked the first regular season occurrence in NFL history in which a player threw for 375+ yards and had fewer than five incompletions, with only Peyton Manning and Kurt Warner accomplishing this in a playoff game. He is 1-of-3 quarterbacks this season with 350+ passing yards, multiple passing touchdowns and zero interceptions in a win (Josh Allen – Week 1, Matthew Stafford – Week 4).
On the season, Mayfield ranks tied for third in touchdown passes (10), fourth in passing yards (1,283), fourth in touchdown-to-interception ratio (10.0) and ninth in passer rating (104.4). Since his arrival in 2023, Mayfield is tied for the league lead in touchdown passes (79) and ranks second in passing yards (9,827) and sixth in passer rating (101.2), while leading Tampa Bay to consecutive NFC South division titles.
The former No. 1 overall pick has now earned 16 weekly awards in his career, including four FedEx Air & Ground Player of the Week selections.
(Courtesy of the Buccaneers Communications Department.)
