From that conversation — as well as from watching Mateer’s games at WSU — Mayfield sees commonalities between their leadership styles.“I think there are similarities in our game, just the way he carries himself,

Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables told reporters on Wednesday that quarterback John Mateer "turned down more money" in the transfer portal to join the Sooners than he could've gotten elsewhere.

John Mateer committed to FCS program Central Arkansas since nobody anywhere viewed him as a major-college quarterback.