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Report: Baker Mayfield Has Fractured Humerus In Addition to Torn Labrum

After re-injuring his non-throwing shoulder last week, Mayfield's diagnoses have gotten worse and worse until telling NFL insider Jay Glazer he has a broken bone.
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Report: Baker Mayfield Has Fractured Humerus In Addition to Torn Labrum
Report: Baker Mayfield Has Fractured Humerus In Addition to Torn Labrum

NFL on Fox insider Jay Glazer tweeted Thursday night that former Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield's injury is more serious than first thought.

"Baker Mayfield tells me in addition to his torn labrum, he also fractured his humerus bone (shoulder) according to a scan this week," Glazer wrote on Twitter. "Baker said the fracture is preventing his rotator cuff from firing."

Mayfield told Glazer, "I need that fracture to heal for me to get back out there."

Mayfield originally dislocated his left (non-throwing) shoulder in a Week 2 game against Houston earlier this season. In Sunday's loss to Arizona, he re-dislocated it while trying to jump on a fumble, but the Browns medical staff popped the shoulder back in place and he finished the game.

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Mayfield was later diagnosed with a torn labrum, and it was believed he could brace it up and continue playing. But earlier this week, the Browns said Mayfield would not be available for Thursday night's home game against Denver, and that backup QB Case Keenum would start.

No timetable for Mayfield's return this season has been made. It's possible if he has the surgery, he'll be out for the rest of the season, though that hasn't been decided yet. The Browns haven't placed him on injured reserve yet.

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JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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