Fields started his career at Arizona and finished with a final year at West Virginia as a graduate transfer.
Fields racked up strong tackle numbers as a linebacker that runs to the ballcarrier and has been compared to the Browns second-round pick Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah in his style of play.
Fields is 6'2, but only 222 pounds with more of a rangy build than a prototype linebacker.
Dane Brugler rated Fields as a 4th or 5th rounder that will need to play in space due to his size as larger blockers can push him away from the play.
Fields speed should help him play on coverage teams and this could be a pick that puts pressure on Mack Wilson to make the roster.
I just don't see the Browns keeping seven linebackers with Anthony Walker from free agency, Jacob Phillips, Malcolm Smith, and Sione Takitaki returning, Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah and Fields drafted, and then Wilson.
I'm a Mack Wilson fan, but I may like him more than the front office does.
It'll be interesting to see how the linebacker situation plays out in Berea.
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