ARLINGTON, Texas - The Cleveland Browns drafted Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield with with the first pick Thursday in the 2018 NFL Draft at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

The New York Giants picked second and selected Saquon Barkley, a running back from Penn State University.

The New York Jets picked third.

The Browns also held the fourth overall pick in the draft.

The Houston Texans do not have a pick until the third round, but trades are always a possibility during the draft.

Here is a list of draft picks:

Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. </s> The Cleveland Browns went with former Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield for the very first pick of the 2018 NFL draft and former Ohio State cornerback Denzel Ward for their No. 4 selection.

Reaction from Browns fans was mixed after both early picks were announced, but at least they have the support of some of their new teammates. Cleveland players shared some of their reactions on Twitter.

Here's the reaction from the team, starting with Myles Garrett's pretty perfect GIF:

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Hue Jackson compared Baker Mayfield to the Pied Piper and now I'm just confused

Ranking the 9 best quarterback prospects in the 2018 NFL draft </s> After months of speculation largely centered around USC’s Sam Darnold and Wyoming’s Josh Allen, the Cleveland Browns stunned nearly everyone by instead making Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.

Mayfield rumors gained major traction very late in the draft process, but most mock drafts still projected Darnold as the selection.

Browns GM John Dorsey did a masterful job of keeping everyone, including his own family, in suspense over what decision he would make. Ultimately Dorsey tabbed the Sooner standout, who is known for his brash on-field persona and record-setting accuracy to all ranges of the field. </s> The Cleveland Browns select Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Baker Mayfield of Oklahoma first in the NFL draft

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Cleveland Browns select Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Baker Mayfield of Oklahoma first in the NFL draft. </s> It appears the Browns will take Baker Mayfield with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.

Baker Mayfield has been one of the most intriguing names to follow throughout the course of the 2018 NFL Draft process. He has seen his name rise and fall in mock drafts and seems to be hitting his peak at the right time.

According to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Cleveland Browns are currently expected to take Mayfield with the No. 1 overall pick.

Last season with the Oklahoma Sooners, Mayfield put together a massive season. He completed 70.5 percent of his pass attempts for 4,627 yards, 43 touchdowns, and just six interceptions. Mayfield also ran for 311 yards and five touchdowns throughout the course of the season.

At the end of the season, Mayfield was awarded the Heisman Trophy. He deserved the award and his numbers backed it up. Now, heading into the NFL, Mayfield may be the first player of all prospects to hear his name called in the draft.

Cleveland has been expected to take a quarterback with the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. Many have talked about Sam Darnold, Josh Allen, and Josh Rosen as potential selections, but lately, Mayfield’s name has been the one coming up the most. Schefter made it clear that no one knows what the Browns are doing for sure, but that many around the league believe that Mayfield will end up being their pick.

Also, how can you not love a quarterback that goes to extreme detail to replicate a famous Brett Favre draft photo?

It will be interesting to see what Mayfield would be able to do for the Browns moving forward. Cleveland went out and made big moves this offseason, acquiring quarterback Tyrod Taylor from the Buffalo Bills. They also traded for star wide receiver Jarvis Landry, who will form a lethal duo with Josh Gordon.

Mayfield may not end up starting as a rookie, but he would be given the chance to give Taylor a run for his money. If the Browns end up taking someone else at No. 1, many are projecting Mayfield to be taken by the New York Jets with the No. 3 overall pick. New York currently has Josh McCown and Teddy Bridgewater on their quarterback depth chart.

Hue Jackson and company may have just gone through a winless season, but things are beginning to turn around. Mayfield’s leadership and antics might be exactly what the Browns need to get back into postseason contention. </s> The Cleveland Browns selected former Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield first overall in the 2018 NFL draft on Thursday evening.

Mayfield (6-1, 215 pounds) is coming off a season in which he won the Heisman Trophy, an award given to college football’s best player each year. Mayfield took home Heisman honors after completing 70.5 percent of his passes for 4,627 yards with 43 touchdown passes against just six interceptions as a senior.

Mayfield ran the 40-yard dash in 4.84 seconds and the 20-yard shuttle in 4.28 seconds at the NFL combine earlier this offseason. Leading up to the draft, Mayfield was considered the fourth-best quarterback in this year’s class, according to Draft Wire’s Luke Easterling.

Mayfield may be a bit shorter than prototype NFL quarterbacks, but he’s proven that he can put up big-time numbers.

During his three years at Oklahoma, Mayfield completed 69.8 percent of his passes for 12,292 yards with 119 touchdowns against 21 interceptions. He transferred to the Sooners after spending one season at Texas Tech, where he was a walk-on in 2013. </s> With the number one pick in the NFL draft, the Cleveland Browns select Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield. (0:33)

The Cleveland Browns surprised the NFL world by making quarterback Baker Mayfield the first overall pick in the draft Thursday night.

The Browns had been expected to take a quarterback and had insisted Mayfield was under consideration through the pre-draft process. Most speculation still centered on USC's Sam Darnold and Wyoming's Josh Allen, but momentum for the Browns' favoring Mayfield started to build in the last few days.

Cleveland also had the fourth pick Thursday and used it to select Denzel Ward, a cornerback from Ohio State.

Mayfield, who had a stellar college career at Oklahoma but also made headlines with his behavior on and off the field, will be tasked with turning around a Browns team that went 0-16 last season.

Mayfield joins a roster that has Tyrod Taylor as the starting quarterback and Drew Stanton as the backup. The Browns hope to play Taylor this season, allowing Mayfield time to learn and grow. Mayfield, though, said at the scouting combine he would never "settle" for a backup role.

The Browns have not made the playoffs since 2002, which is the longest active drought in the NFL. Since returning to the NFL in 1999, the Browns have had 28 different starting quarterbacks -- the most in the league during that span.

Mayfield led FBS with a 70.5 completion percentage in 2017, and he set a single-season record by averaging 11.5 yards per attempt. He threw for 4,627 yards with 43 touchdowns and just six interceptions.

But Mayfield also garnered negative attention in recent years for his on-field antics, which included making an inappropriate gesture toward Kansas' sideline and planting Oklahoma's flag on Ohio State's logo at the 50-yard line after the Sooners' victory over the Buckeyes.

Mayfield also was arrested last year in Arkansas on charges of public intoxication, disorderly conduct, fleeing and resisting arrest. He reached a plea deal last June and paid fines for several of the charges.

Throughout the draft process, the Browns said they felt Mayfield had admitted to his mistakes and they were behind him. Browns general manager John Dorsey even joked with Mayfield at the team's combine interview, asking how he liked food trucks, a reference to the February 2017 arrest that took place near food trucks.

Mayfield, who is from Austin, Texas, transferred from Texas Tech to Oklahoma after his freshman season. During his college career, he threw for 14,607 yards and had 131 touchdown passes and 30 interceptions. He also rushed for 21 TDs and caught another during his college career. </s> (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, FIle). FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2017, file photo, Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) leaps over Iowa State defensive back De'Monte Ruth, bottom, in the second quarter of an NCAA college football game in Norman, Okla. Mayfield ...

(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File). FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2018, file photo, Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield celebrates after running back Rodney Anderson scored a touchdown against Georgia during the first half of the Rose Bowl NCAA college football gam...

BEREA, Ohio (AP) - The Cleveland Browns believe all Baker Mayfield has in common with Johnny Manziel are height and a Heisman.

After months of dissection and debate, the Browns selected Mayfield, Oklahoma's cocky and charismatic quarterback with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft on Thursday, a somewhat surprising selection by a team that figured to play it safe with such an important decision.

But coming off a 0-16 season, the Browns are betting that Mayfield is a better player than USC's Sam Darnold, Wyoming's Josh Allen or UCLA's Josh Rosen, a talented group regarded as the top QB class in years.

The Browns followed Mayfield's selection with another surprise, taking Ohio State cornerback Denzel Ward. Cleveland was thought to be high on North Carolina State defensive end Bradley Chubb, but instead opted for the speedy Ward, who skipped his senior season with the Buckeyes to turn pro.

Mayfield may have been college football's top player last season, when he passed for 4,627 yards, 43 touchdowns and won the Heisman Trophy. But the 23-year-old is undersized (he's just over 6-foot), and there are questions about his character following a 2017 arrest and some on-field antics which included him grabbing his crotch in a game at Kansas.

Those antics have led to the inevitable comparisons to Manziel, who was selected by the Browns in the first round in 2014 and flopped on the field while partying his way out of the league.

New Browns general manager John Dorsey has been enamored with Mayfield for some time, and believes his competitiveness and will eventually resolve the team's decades-long quarterback dilemma. Cleveland has started 28 QBs since 1999.

Last week, Dorsey defended Mayfield's character and called him "a pleasant fella. He is pretty sharp. He is fine. I have no problems with him."

Still, Mayfield was seen as a longshot to go to the Browns before word leaked out in recent days that Dorsey had the support of assistant GM Eliot Wolf and Scot McCloughan, the former 49ers and Redskins GM now working with Cleveland as a consultant, to make the pick.

Mayfield, who went 33-6 as a three-year starter for the Sooners, is the fifth quarterback taken in the first round by the Browns in their expansion era - and first since Manziel.

And although he may be Cleveland's quarterback of the future, the present belongs to Tyrod Taylor, who was acquired by the Browns in a trade from Buffalo. Coach Hue Jackson has already said Taylor is his starter in 2018, and the plan is for any rookie to sit and learn.

That might be tough for Mayfield, who walked on at Texas Tech but left the school before transferring to Oklahoma, where he became a legendary player and smashed most of the school's career passing records.

It might be daunting to join a team that has gone 1-31 the past two seasons and hasn't made the playoffs since 2002. But at this year's NFL combine, Mayfield said he's the man for the Browns.

"I think if anybody's going to turn that franchise around it would be me," he said. "They're close. They're very close. They have the right pieces. I think they just need one guy, a quarterback to make that difference."

This is the second straight year the Browns have picked first. Cleveland addressed a major defensive need and selected defensive end Myles Garrett with the first overall pick a year ago.

But while Garrett is quiet and somewhat introverted, Mayfield craves attention and loves the camera.

On the eve of the draft, Mayfield re-created an iconic photo of Brett Favre lying in his home bedroom when the future Hall of Fame quarterback got the phone call from the Atlanta Falcons in 1991 that they had drafted him.

Mayfield copied details in Favre's photo right down to wearing jean shorts. He's also the subject of a new documentary series entitled, "Behind Baker", which has given fans a closer look at his life leading up to the draft.

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Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. </s> The Cleveland Browns won their first NFL game in nearly two years Thursday night, defeating the New York Jets 21-17.

Rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield made his NFL debut late in the first half with the Browns down 14-0 and led the comeback. He stepped in for the injured Tyrod Taylor.

It's the Browns' first win since Dec. 24, 2016, a span lasting 635 days.
In American football, the National Football League starts its draft for the 2018 season, with the Cleveland Browns selecting Baker Mayfield with the first overall pick.