CLEVELAND, Ohio — Baker Mayfield sat in the interview room among the reporters after Sunday’s 40-25 victory over the Ravens while game MVP Nick Chubb took his turn at the podium.

“I won’t be long,’’ Chubb said quietly as he stepped up to the mic.

That’s the essence of current AFC Offensive Player of the Week Nick Chubb: Do your job, say a few words if you must and step out of the spotlight.

“That’s just who I am,’’ he said Tuesday, two days after his 165-yard, three-TD rushing effort against the Ravens, highlighted by that spectacular 88-yard blast. “I don’t try to be this way, it just happens. I guess you can say that. I just want to play ball and win games.’’

The only time Chubb cracked a smile during that Tuesday locker room interview was when Olivier Vernon — who has a clear shot of the podium from his locker just a few feet away and offers commentary along with his neighbor Sheldon Richardson — said “that’s my running back.”

Other than that, Chubb treated the chore in workmanlike fashion, just like he does stretching or gassers during training camp.

“It doesn’t matter,’’ Chubb said of the attention he’s receiving for his ascent up the rushing leaders list this season, all the way to No. 4 with 398. “I know what comes with success. I know it’s a part of it. I had success when I was at Georgia so it’s not new to me at all. I just mind my own business and keep working.”

Chubb’s humility and team-first attitude have made him a superstar in the organization, beloved by teammates, coaches, the front office and other staffers. If Freddie Kitchens needed a simple way to explain what he wants from his players, he could distribute “What Would Nick Do?” bracelets to the team.

“Nick, first and foremost, is an excellent individual,’’ Kitchens said. “He works his tail off every day he walks on the football field, walks into the weight room or walks into the classroom. You know exactly what you’re getting from Nick every time he walks out there.

"Every time the clock starts turning, you know what you’re going to get from him. After all of that, you throw in his ability, his skillset, his desire inside within to be successful and his resilient nature and chasing being good. I do not know what else you want in a football player.’’

The Browns’ No. 35 overall pick in 2018, Chubb is on pace for Pro Bowl-caliber 1,592 yards and 16 touchdowns this season — which would be second in yards to Jim Brown’s single-season club record of 1,863 and second in TDs to Brown’s 17.

If not for the prime time games this season, Chubb might still be toiling in obscurity in a league where the Zeke Elliotts and the Le’Veon Bells grab all the attention at the position. But Chubb has established himself as one of the premier running backs in the NFL, and the league will have another chance to watch him motor against the 3-0 49ers on Monday Night Football.

“He's always quiet, always working,’’ said right tackle Chris Hubbard. “That's what you need in a locker room. He always has his 10 toes in, and he's going to continue to do that each day in and each day out. That's what he brings to the table.”

Chubb revealed after the game that he was fueled by getting stopped after two yards on that ill-fated fourth-and-9 in the loss to the Rams.

“I might need to run a couple more draws on fourth-and-9,’’ Kitchens quipped. “Maybe not at that time in the game.”

Chubb was mic’d up during the game, and left Joel Bitonio said it summed up his personna: quiet, workmanlike. He said he’s never heard someone say so few words in a mic’d up:

“Not in a seven-minute one,’’ he said with a laugh. “He was breathing a lot. I think he said he was tired one time. That’s really who he is and it was kind of cool to see that.”

The funny thing is, Bitonio said, is that Chubb didn’t tell anyone he was wired.

“Usually it’s an unwritten rule to be like, ‘Hey, I’m mic’d up this week, don’t say anything dumb,’’’ said Bitonio. “I don’t think anybody ever says anything dumb to him. He was just who he was.’’

We mic’d up our team’s biggest trash talker against the Ravens: Nick Chubb 😅



Watch the extended mic’d up » https://t.co/Qo4LZ5YaTu pic.twitter.com/MWHyZ0vtS6 — Cleveland Browns (@Browns) October 2, 2019

Bitonio told the story of how Chubb gave the o-line credit for his 63-yard touchdown run in Oakland last year.

“We blocked the play probably the worst you could block the play,’’ Bitonio said. “I don’t think we blocked anybody and he scored a touchdown, and he’s like, ‘The O-line did all the work there,’ and I was like, ‘Ehhhhhhh, not on that one.’ But you appreciate it. He’s giving you the credit and that’s the guys you love to block for. He tries hard. He respects you. He’s going to break a tackle for you and that’s the guy you like to have behind you on the line.”

Chubb did have some action in the end zone after Sunday’s long touchdown run, but not of his own doing. Some of his best friends such as Mayfield turned on their own afterburner speed and met him there to celebrate, Mayfield’s arms outstretched and then pinwheeling as he got close, and then jumping up and down in the end zone when he arrived. Next Gen Stats clocked Chubb at 21.95 mph — fastest TD run this season — and Mayfield at a surprising 19 mph.

“As soon as I turned around, he was the first person I saw,’’ Chubb said. “He was moving fast. I saw he ran 18 or 19 [miles per hour] so he was pretty fast. That’s crazy. It surprised me a little bit.’’

As usual, Chubb gave all the credit to his offensive line.

“Our O-line did a great job of blocking,’’ he said. “So many creases opened up everywhere on the field, so I think it started with them as it always does and I was able to hit the hole and make the big play.’’

After each one of his three touchdowns in Baltimore, he handed the ball back to the ref like he had been there before. No Duck Duck Goose, no Electric Slide, no limbo contest, no bouquet throwing.

“He’s been that way ever since he left high school," said Kitchens, who was Chubb’s position coach in the first half of last season. “I have a lot of friends who coached him at the University of Georgia. Nick Chubb is not changing. Nick came in during rookie minicamp, and he was ready to go.

"He’s always going to have that pursuit of being great. You saw it. You saw it initially. You saw it how he worked. You saw it how he finished runs during a practice, and we are only talking about a rookie minicamp. He’s always been that way.”