NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The main focus of every Reese’s Senior Bowl participant is to make a positive on-field impression for NFL teams.

It’s different for Baker Mayfield.

Not only is the Oklahoma quarterback the biggest name among 2018 draft prospects headed to Mobile, Ala. He’s the most controversial. Questions about Mayfield’s maturity and character abound, stemming from antics directed at other teams as well as his arrest last February on alcohol-related charges.

Mayfield hopes to dispel those concerns later this month when meeting with potential suitors, which include the QB-needy Denver Broncos, whose staff will be coaching him as part of the Senior Bowl’s North squad per the franchise’s request.

“There are a lot of skeptical people out there who think I have character issues,” Mayfield told co-host Gil Brandt and me Friday on SiriusXM NFL Radio. “That’s why I’m doing [the Senior Bowl] – to sit down and have a conversation with people. Let them know I love the game of football and I’ll do anything to win.

“Quite frankly, I think that matters a lot more than anything else.”

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Mayfield did his share of winning at Oklahoma while setting the FBS record for passer efficiency (198.9) and leading the Sooners into this season’s national championship playoff. Individual awards included the Heisman Trophy and 2017 Walter Camp Player of the Year. He will receive the latter honor Saturday during that foundation’s annual award ceremony at Yale University.

Mayfield, though, also generated his share of controversy. Some of his theatrics, like planting the Sooner flag in the middle of Ohio Stadium after Oklahoma beat the Buckeyes, can be written off as the kind of youthful exuberance his teammates thrived off. But there also were times when Mayfield crossed the line. His crotch-grabbing gesture directed at the Kansas sideline resulted in a brief benching, and Sooners head coach Lincoln Riley stripping his team captaincy.

Mayfield also must convince NFL teams he won’t follow in the footsteps of another former Heisman Trophy winner – Johnny Manziel – when it comes to his personal life. Mayfield’s arrest on misdemeanor public intoxication and fleeing charges ended with a plea arrangement that involved community service and completion of an alcohol education program.

Mayfield said he is ready to address those matters with NFL clubs, starting in Mobile.

“It’s a job interview,” Mayfield said. “That’s what it is. I want to ace my job interview at whatever the cost.

“For me, that’s just being myself, going over there and letting them know what I’m all about.”

Mayfield has started his pre-draft training and is working with ex-Notre Dame standout Jimmy Clausen as his tutor. Mayfield said that among the advice Clausen has given is “stuff he [Clausen] would have done differently” throughout the process.

One of those elements involves diagramming plays for teams “and being able to express how my mind works when I’m out there on the field.”

“[Clausen] said the most important process of all this for me is going to be getting on the board and letting them know my knowledge of the game, how I handle things, what we did at OU, and just purely knowing defenses and stuff like that,” Mayfield continued. “That’s important.”

So is persuading skeptical teams that Mayfield can be trusted in the pros.

Alex Marvez can be heard from 9 am to 12:25 p.m. ET Sunday on SiriusXM NFL Radio.