Agreed to terms with New Orleans Saints, 5/1/22…In six seasons for Texas Tech, appeared in 54 career games with 50 starts and posted 224 tackles (182 solo), 13.5 stops for loss, four interceptions, four forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and 45 passes defensed…Finished Red Raider career second among FBS players for career passes defended…Fields' 45 career passes defensed marked the most for a Red Raider defender dating back to 2000...As a super senior in 2021, played in 12 games with 11 starts. Finished with 50 tackles (41 solo), four stops for loss, a fumble recovery, and team-high 11 passes defensed…Recorded season-high nine tackles with two passes defensed vs. Stephen F. Austin…Named second-team All-Big 12…Earned an East-West Shrine Bowl selection…As a senior in 2020, appeared in ten games with nine starts…Totaled 31 tackles (28 solo) with a stop for loss, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and a team-high and Big 12-best 11 passes defensed…Had career-high three passes defensed and five tackles in a win over West Virginia…Season-high nine stops, two passes defensed, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery against Oklahoma State…Honorable mention All-Big 12…Made ten appearances with nine starts as a junior in 2019 and recorded 54 tackles (46 solo) with six stops for loss, a sack, three interceptions, and a team-high five passes defensed…Also led the team with five special teams tackles…Had two tackles for loss and a pick in win over West Virginia…Notched career-high 13 tackles (11 solo) against Texas…Was an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection…As a sophomore in 2018, Fields started all 12 games at cornerback…Racked up 38 tackles (29 solo) with 2.5 tackles for loss, 11 pass breakups, and tied a team-high with two forced fumbles…Recorded a season-high 10 tackles with a pass breakup against West Virginia…Forced a fumble, had two tackles and had a sack against Kansas…Was an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection…Appeared in 13 games with 11 starts as a redshirt freshman in 2017…Finished the year with 51 tackles (38 solo), a forced fumble, two fumble recoveries, one interception, and seven pass breakups…Made his first career tackle against Arizona State…Earned his first career start against Houston and notched three tackles, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, and a pass breakup…Had a key 95-yard interception returned for a touchdown against Oklahoma State, earning Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on Oct. 2, 2017 for his effort against Cowboys…Fields' 95-yard interception returned for a TD marked the longest interception returned for a score in the Big 12 in 2017…Redshirted in 2016…Earned his bachelor's degree in public relations in May, 2021…Became first member of his family to graduate college…Hailed from Taylor (Texas) HS…Two-year letterman…Registered 101 tackles, four interceptions, eight forced fumbles, ten passes defensed and a kickoff returned for a TD as a senior…Also a three-year letterman on track team and member of basketball team…Finished fourth in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes at the Class 4A state championship as a senior.
