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Baker Mayfield Named a FedEx Air and Ground Player of the Week

The league announced that Baker Mayfield was named a FedEx Air and Ground Player of the Week for Week Five

Oct 08, 2025 at 05:55 PM

Brianna Dix

Staff Writer/Reporter

The accolades continue to rise for Baker Mayfield in 2025, celebrating his prolific play on the field. The National Football League announced that Buccaneers quarterback, Mayfield, was named a FedEx Air & Ground Player of the Week for Week Five. 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 Five, 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 Five. Against Seattle, 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 Five, and Mayfield finished second in passing yards, fourth in passer rating and fourth in passing first downs (17). Among all Buccaneers quarterbacks with 30-plus 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-plus attempts.

Mayfield's performance on Sunday marked the first regular season occurrence in NFL history in which a player threw for 375-plus yards and had fewer than five incompletions, with only Peyton Manning and Kurt Warner accomplishing this in a playoff game.

On the season, Mayfield is 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. Mayfield has galvanized the Bucs in 2025 with improvisation skills, poise under pressure, surgical precision on throws and late-game heroics. He is a frontrunner in the MVP conversation for his contributions on the gridiron, guiding the Bucs to a 4-1 record.

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