Brandon Fields with the Miami Dolphins, 2014
With the Miami Dolphins, 2014. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Punter, Michigan State, 2002–⁠06

Brandon Fields

Lettered 2003–⁠06 (school media guide)

Born
May 21, 1984, in Southfield, Michigan

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Brandon Fields played punter at Michigan State (2002–⁠06). He was a consensus All‑American in 2004. The Miami Dolphins took Fields in round 7, No. 225 overall in the 2007 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2,469
Punting yards, 2006 (Michigan State, 4–⁠8)
Drafted
No. 225
Round 7, 2007 NFL Draft (Miami Dolphins)

Honors

Punting

Punting yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamPuntsYdsAvgLongIn 20
2004Michigan State502,39447.9650
2005‡Michigan State381,59942.1670
2006Michigan State572,46943.3730
On file (2004–⁠06)1456,46244.6730

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). ‡ Short by one game in 2005 (Oct 29 vs. Indiana): the source has no box score for it.

Game by game

2006 Michigan State 12 games, 57 punts, 43.3 average
DateOpponentResultPuntsYdsLongIn 20
Sep 2vs.IdahoW 27–⁠173167630
Sep 9vs.Eastern MichiganW 52–⁠20129290
Sep 16atPittsburghW 38–⁠23299510
Sep 23vs.Notre DameL 37–⁠407328730
Sep 30vs.IllinoisL 20–⁠236223470
Oct 7atMichiganL 13–⁠314215630
Oct 14vs.Ohio StateL 7–⁠388323510
Oct 21atNorthwesternW 41–⁠383132590
Oct 28atIndianaL 21–⁠468345550
Nov 4vs.PurdueL 15–⁠175203470
Nov 11vs.MinnesotaL 18–⁠314157420
Nov 18atPenn StateL 13–⁠176248500
2005 Michigan State 10 games, 38 punts, 42.1 average
DateOpponentResultPuntsYdsLongIn 20
Sep 3vs.Kent StateW 49–⁠143131520
Sep 10vs.Hawai’iW 42–⁠14291670
Sep 17atNotre DameW 44–⁠415213500
Sep 24atIllinoisW 61–⁠143128450
Oct 1vs.MichiganL 31–⁠343144540
Oct 15atOhio StateL 24–⁠357273520
Oct 22vs.NorthwesternL 14–⁠493126610
Nov 5atPurdueL 21–⁠286270480
Nov 12atMinnesotaL 18–⁠413124480
Nov 19vs.Penn StateL 22–⁠31399410

No box score in the source for Oct 29 vs. Indiana, so that game is not listed.

2004 Michigan State 12 games, 50 punts, 47.9 average
DateOpponentResultPuntsYdsLongIn 20
Sep 4atRutgersL 14–⁠197322560
Sep 11vs.Central MichiganW 24–⁠76332620
Sep 18vs.Notre DameL 24–⁠315224620
Sep 25atIndianaW 30–⁠204212650
Oct 2atIowaL 16–⁠386276650
Oct 9vs.IllinoisW 38–⁠253167590
Oct 16vs.MinnesotaW 51–⁠17142420
Oct 30atMichiganL 37–⁠454157600
Nov 6vs.Ohio StateL 19–⁠323162620
Nov 13vs.WisconsinW 49–⁠144204590
Nov 20atPenn StateL 13–⁠373124550
Dec 4atHawai’iL 38–⁠414172500

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2007
Height6′4⅞″
Weight239 lb
Arm length32½″
Hand size10″

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

9 seasons, 130 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.

Pro Bowl: 2013 · First-team All-Pro: 2013 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2013

All-Pro teams: AP second team 2013; Sporting News first team 2013.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2007Miami Dolphins16100
2008Miami Dolphins16–00
2009Miami Dolphins16200
2010Miami Dolphins16300
2011Miami Dolphins16100
2012Miami Dolphins16300
2013Miami Dolphins16200
2014Miami Dolphins16100
2015New Orleans Saints2–00
NFL career1301300

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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