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Pat Fields Named to Academic All-America Second Team
July 12, 2021 | Football
NORMAN — University of Oklahoma football defensive back Pat Fields was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Football Second Team for his combined performance on the field and in the classroom, the College Sports Information Directors of America announced Monday.
Fields, a junior on the 2020 OU football squad, has compiled a 3.81 GPA while simultaneously pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting and a master's degree in accounting. He is projected to complete both in December 2021. He was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 Team last month.
Fields was an Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree in 2019 and '20, and was a recipient of the Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, OU's Dan Gibbons Outstanding Scholar Athlete of the Year Award and the 2020 Cotton Bowl's Dan S. Petty Scholarship Award. He was also announced as a candidate for the 2021 Big 12 Sportspersons of the Year award.
A 2020 team captain, Fields started all 10 games in which he played last fall, ranking third on the team with 45 total tackles (27 solo). He registered one tackle for loss, an interception, four pass breakups and a QB hurry. Five of his tackles came on special teams (three on kickoffs and two on punts) and he notched a team-high eight tackles (six solo) in OU's Cotton Bowl win over No. 10 Florida.
Fields is Oklahoma's 54th all-time Academic All-American in football and the first since Connor McGinnis in 2019. He is the first OU defensive back to earn Academic All-America honors since Jay Jimerson in 1980.
Fields, a junior on the 2020 OU football squad, has compiled a 3.81 GPA while simultaneously pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting and a master's degree in accounting. He is projected to complete both in December 2021. He was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 Team last month.
Fields was an Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree in 2019 and '20, and was a recipient of the Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, OU's Dan Gibbons Outstanding Scholar Athlete of the Year Award and the 2020 Cotton Bowl's Dan S. Petty Scholarship Award. He was also announced as a candidate for the 2021 Big 12 Sportspersons of the Year award.
A 2020 team captain, Fields started all 10 games in which he played last fall, ranking third on the team with 45 total tackles (27 solo). He registered one tackle for loss, an interception, four pass breakups and a QB hurry. Five of his tackles came on special teams (three on kickoffs and two on punts) and he notched a team-high eight tackles (six solo) in OU's Cotton Bowl win over No. 10 Florida.
Fields is Oklahoma's 54th all-time Academic All-American in football and the first since Connor McGinnis in 2019. He is the first OU defensive back to earn Academic All-America honors since Jay Jimerson in 1980.
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