Justin Fields with the New York Jets, 2025
With the New York Jets, 2025. Photo: New York Jets, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Ohio State (from Georgia), 2017–⁠20

Justin Fields

Number
No. 1
Height
6′3″
Weight
228 lb
Class (2020)
Junior
Hometown
Kennesaw, GA
Born
Mar 5, 1999

Justin Fields played quarterback at Georgia (2017–⁠18) and Ohio State (2019–⁠20). He finished third in the 2019 Heisman vote. The Chicago Bears took Fields in the first round, No. 11 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
3,273
Passing yards, 2019 (Ohio State, 13–⁠1)
Best game
385 yards
Vs. Clemson, bowl season 2020: No. 3 passing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 3
In FBS in passing touchdowns, 2019
Drafted
No. 11
Overall, 2021 NFL Draft (Chicago Bears)

Career highs

385passing yards, career highvs. Clemson, 20206touchdown passes, career highvs. Clemson, 2020104rushing yards, career highat Michigan State, 20202rushing touchdowns, career highfour times; last at Michigan State, 2020

Honors

Team titles: SEC champions, 2017; Big Ten champions, 2019 and 2020

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2018Georgia273969.23288.440
2019Ohio State23835467.23,2739.2413
2020Ohio State15822570.22,1009.3226
Career42361868.45,7019.2679

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2018Georgia422666.3447
2019Ohio State1374843.51051
2020Ohio State813834.7544
Career2601,1334.41951

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2017Georgia1QBRS
2018Georgia1QBFr.
2019Ohio State1QBSo.
2020Ohio State1QBJr.6′3″228

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2018Georgia750.46––34.710%–0.33
2019Ohio State4870.5096th (n=155)0.27243.945%0.750.32
2020Ohio State3010.4688th (n=116)0.27137.754%0.590.43

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2020 Ohio State 8 games, 2,100 passing yards, 22 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Oct 24vs.NebraskaW 52–⁠1720212762054
Oct 31atPenn StateW 38–⁠25283431840−4
Nov 7vs.RutgersW 49–⁠272428314507
Nov 21vs.IndianaW 42–⁠3518303002378
Dec 5atMichigan StateW 52–⁠12172419920104
Dec 19vs.NorthwesternW 22–⁠1012271140235
Jan 1 ✦vs.ClemsonW 49–⁠2822283856142
Jan 11 ✦vs.AlabamaL 24–⁠5217331941067
2019 Ohio State 14 games, 3,273 passing yards, 41 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31vs.Florida AtlanticW 45–⁠2118252344061
Sep 7vs.CincinnatiW 42–⁠020252242042
Sep 14atIndianaW 51–⁠1014241993011
Sep 21vs.Miami (OH)W 76–⁠514212234036
Sep 28atNebraskaW 48–⁠715212123072
Oct 5vs.Michigan StateW 34–⁠1017252062161
Oct 18atNorthwesternW 52–⁠31823194408
Oct 26vs.WisconsinW 38–⁠712221672028
Nov 9vs.MarylandW 73–⁠1416252003028
Nov 16atRutgersW 56–⁠2115193054030
Nov 23vs.Penn StateW 28–⁠1716221882068
Nov 30atMichiganW 56–⁠2714253024025
Dec 7vs.WisconsinW 34–⁠211931299301
Dec 28 ✦vs.ClemsonL 23–⁠2930463201213
2018 Georgia 12 games, 266 rushing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 1vs.Austin PeayW 45–⁠078631033
Sep 8atSouth CarolinaW 41–⁠17118003
Sep 15vs.Middle TennesseeW 49–⁠768711031
Sep 22atMissouriW 43–⁠29–––––3
Sep 29vs.TennesseeW 38–⁠121250045
Oct 6vs.VanderbiltW 41–⁠1336530018
Oct 13atLSUL 16–⁠36–––––3
Nov 3atKentuckyW 34–⁠17–––––26
Nov 10vs.AuburnW 27–⁠10222000−12
Nov 17vs.MassachusettsW 66–⁠275812120100
Nov 24vs.Georgia TechW 45–⁠2123−130010
Dec 1vs.AlabamaL 28–⁠35010006

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2021
Height6′2¾″
Weight227 lb
Arm length32½″
Hand size9⅛″
Wingspan74¾″
40-yard dash4.46 s
10-yard split1.59 s
Broad jump9′11″

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 59 games with a stat; latest team: Kansas City Chiefs.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2021Chicago Bears121592701,870710420
2022Chicago Bears151923182,24217111,143
2023Chicago Bears132273702,562169657
2024Pittsburgh Steelers101061611,10651289
2025New York Jets91282041,25971383
NFL career598121,3239,03952322,892

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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