No. 1 pick Baker Mayfield: I'm here because I've been myself, not Manziel

Being chosen first overall by the Cleveland Browns on Thursday won't do much to stop the rampant comparisons drawn between Baker Mayfield and Johnny Manziel, the Browns' previous first-round quarterback selection.

Both check in at 6-foot, won a Heisman Trophy in college, and are known for on-field antics and off-field issues.

Shortly after Manziel finished a stint in the Spring League in an attempt to return to the NFL just four years after being selected with the 22nd pick, Mayfield says the comparisons will stop in due time.

"For me, I'm here right now because I have been myself,'' Mayfield said on a conference call, according to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. "Johnny and I are two completely different people. That is nothing against him, but what I have been able to do is be able to be upfront and honest about who I am during these meetings. I'm confident that I have shown that with this coaching staff and with the management and throughout the process. For me, moving forward, it is just being myself. I am not going to go out and try to prove that I am not Johnny. I am going to be myself. To me, that is going to take care of the rest."

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Browns general manager John Dorsey addressed some of Mayfield's in-game displays, which have been interpreted as cockiness and disrespect for his opponents, by saying the quarterback deserves the opportunity to prove himself.

"You guys are going to try to create. ... Here is how I look at this: In doing all of our research on Baker Mayfield, he is an individual who has earned it all the way through his life,'' he said. "As I look at this thing, whatever he has done from high school to college and now here, he's earning. He has really worked his way up here."