Big 12 Football: The best quarterback in each program’s history

Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma football Big 12 (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
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3. Pick Analysis. QB. 2008-11. Brandon Weeden. player. 856. Scouting Report

No quarterback did more for the Oklahoma State Cowboys than Brandon Weeden. In just two full seasons as the starter, Weeden led the Cowboys to a combined 23-3 record a Big 12 championship and two major bowl wins.

In 2010, Weeden threw for 4,277 yards and 34 touchdowns to lead the Cowboys to an 11-2 season, a Big 12 South title and 36-10 Alamo Bowl win over Arizona.

The following season, Weeden threw for 4,727 yards and a program single-season record 37 touchdowns to lead OSU to a 12-1 season, Big 12 title, Fiesta Bowl win over Stanford and the Colley Matrix national championship.

He finished his college career second in program history in both passing yards (9,260) and passing touchdowns (75) which are both only behind Mason Rudolph.

Weeden was drafted 12th overall in the 2012 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns and went onto spend parts of seven seasons in the NFL.