For all the success Baker Mayfield has enjoyed on the gridiron in recent years, there have also been victories away from the field that have helped him find peace.
The Buccaneers’ quarterback revealed that he has reconnected with his family after a nasty $12 million lawsuit spilled out into the public eye.
“In the past few months, I’ve been reconnected with my family,” Mayfield told the Tampa Bay Times. “It’s been good. Also, for them to have two grandbabies, it’s tough.
“What’s in the past is in the past. (Wife) Emily and I took (daughter Kova) down right around her first birthday. … First time they met her, and you (could) tell it just melted them.”
Mayfield and his family had a falling out in recent years regarding whether $12.2 million had been misappropriated by an investment firm that includes family members from 2018-21.
The ex-Oklahoma star and his wife, Emily, filed a court petition in 2023 to investigate how Camwood Capital Management Group and its subsidiaries used those funds.
His father, James, is the senior managing director and founder of Camwood, and his brother, Matt, is listed as a managing director.
“From January 2018 through the present, more than $12 million was transferred from Petitioners’ personal account(s) and routed through various entities and investments,” the court filing read.
“Petitioners have been unable to account for, or obtain information about, the current location and/or status of those funds.”
Mayfield said that November that the petition had been a “long time coming” and he had “been dealing with that stuff for years now.”
The star quarterback escalated the situation in 2024 when he sued Camwood Ventures and its subsidiaries.
The lawsuit alleged the sides reached a confidential agreement earlier in the year reportedly for $11.7 million plus interest, but the pact had not been fulfilled.
The settlement reportedly also included a refinancing of a loan to aide Mayfield receiving the money, plus access to the company’s financial records.
“To date, Camwood Capital has not repaid even one dollar under the Settlement Agreement, Defendants have failed to refinance their existing loan, and Defendants have not provided Plaintiffs with access to their books and records,” the suit read. “As a result, Plaintiffs have been left with no choice but to file suit for breach of the Settlement Agreement to recover the assets improperly taken from them.”
Mayfield seems to be in a much better spot with his family now, continuing what has been a trend for him after a rocky start to his career.
The No. 1 pick in the 2018 NFL Draft could not be the savior that Cleveland hoped — not that he’s the only one who’s failed in this regard — before eventually finding a home with the Buccaneers.
He led Tampa Bay to the playoffs in each of his first two seasons before they missed the postseason last year with an 8-9 mark while he battled injuries.
Mayfield and his wife welcomed their second child, son Maverick, in April.
“You can’t put yourself on a pedestal and act like I haven’t made mistakes in my life,” he told the Tampa Bay Times. “I had the ability to forgive and that was what I wanted to get across. But we’re here and the door is open. The past few months, (my family and I) have made good progress and began reconnecting.”
