Patrick Fields

Photo by: Ty Russell

Photo by: Joshua R. Gateley

Position:
S
Class:
Senior
Height:
6-0
Weight:
204
Hometown:
Tulsa, Okla.
High School:
Union HS

Season	GP-GS	UT	AT	Total	TFL	Sacks	INT	FF	FR	PBU
2018	6-0	8	5	13	0.0-0	0.0-0	0-0	0	0	0
2019	14-14	44	20	64	6.0-23	2.0-1.4	0-0	0	1	5
2020	10-10	27	18	45	1.0-3	0.0-0	1-1	0	0	4
2021	13-13	47	33	80	5.0-1.0	0.0-0	2-21	0	0	1
Career	43-37	126	76	202	12.0-36	2.0-1.4	3-22	0	1	10

2021
A CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team honoree ... finalist for William V. Campbell Trophy (nation's absolute best football scholar-athlete), Wuerffel Trophy (FBS player who best exhibits exemplary community service), Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year (outstanding leadership on and off the field) and the Pop Warner College Football Award (senior who excels on and off the field) … an Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree ... named to CoSIDA Academic All-District Team … an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection by league's coaches … started all 13 games … ranked second on team with 80 tackles and had 5.0 tackles for loss, two interceptions and one pass breakup … named defensive MVP of the Alamo Bowl after tallying a team-high nine tackles and 0.5 TFLs vs. Oregon (12/29) ... made four tackles at Oklahoma State (11/27) … had six stops (1.0 TFL) and game-sealing interception deep in OU territory vs. Iowa State (11/20) … made five tackles (1.0 TFL) at Baylor (11/13) … tied for team lead with eight tackles (0.5 TFL) and logged a 21-yard interception return vs. Texas Tech (10/30) … made seven tackles at Kansas (10/23) … had a team-high eight stoops (0.5 TFL) vs. TCU (10/16) … registered eight tackles and a pass breakup at Kansas State (10/2) … notched a team-high nine tackles vs. West Virginia (9/25) … recorded nine tackles vs. Nebraska (9/18) … tallied five tackles (1.5 TFLs) in season opener vs. Tulane (9/4).

2020
Named to CoSIDA Academic All-America Football Second Team, CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 Team and Academic All-Big 12 First Team … recipient of Big 12's Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award (3.8+ cumulative GPA, letterwinner, 100 earned credit hours) and Cotton Bowl's Dan S. Petty Scholarship Award for exemplifying strong academics, athletics and character ... started all 10 games in which he played (missed 12/5 Baylor game) … ranked third on team with 45 total tackles (27 solo, 18 assists) and had 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) … notched a team-high eight tackles (six solo) in Cotton Bowl win over No. 10 Florida (12/30) ... recorded his first career interception and had six tackles (four solo) and one tackle for loss in Big 12 Championship win vs. No. 8 Iowa State (12/19) … made four stops (one solo, three assists) vs. No. 14 Oklahoma State (11/21) … registered a career-high 12 tackles (six solo, six assists) vs. No. 22 Texas (10/10) … notched four solo tackles and a career-high three pass breakups at Iowa State (10/3) … tallied five stops (two solo, three assists) and a QB hurry vs. Kansas State (9/26).

2019
An honorable mention All-Big 12 selection by league's coaches ... named to Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... started all 14 games at free safety ... ranked third on team with 64 total tackles (44 solo) and had 6.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks and a fumble recovery ... logged six tackles (four solo) in CFP Semifinal at the Peach Bowl vs. No. 1 LSU (12/28) ... tallied six tackles (1.0 for loss) in Big 12 Championship win against No. 8 Baylor (12/7) ... recorded four solo tackles at Oklahoma State (11/30) ... notched a season-high eight stops (six solo) against Iowa State (11/9) ... registered seven tackles (six solo) and a tackle for loss at Kansas State (10/27) ... finished with two tackles (1.0 for loss) against West Virginia (10/19) ... had seven stops (four solo) and a TFL against Texas (10/12) ... tallied two solo tackles and one TFL at Kansas (10/5) ... notched six tackles (four solo) against South Dakota (9/7) ... registered five tackles in season opener against Houston (9/1).

2018
Named to Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ... played in six games, including three of last four ... recorded a career-high eight tackles (five solo) against No. 1 Alabama in CFP Semifinal at the Orange Bowl (12/29) ... made two tackles in Big 12 Championship win against No. 9 Texas (12/1) ... registered one tackle versus Kansas (11/17) ... logged two tackles against Baylor (9/29) ... made career debut in season's second game against UCLA (9/8).

HIGH SCHOOL
Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals ... ranked as the 34th-best safety in the country by 247Sports, 45th by Rivals and 54th by ESPN ... tabbed the No. 9 recruit in the state of Oklahoma by 247Sports, No. 11 by Rivals and No. 15 by ESPN ... high school teammate of fellow 2018 Sooner signee Jordan Kelley ... also received offers from Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, TCU and others.

PERSONAL
Enrolled at OU in January 2018 ... simultaneously pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting and a master's degree in accounting and is projected to complete both in December 2021 ... one of two players nationally who served on the NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years (19-person group included 11 athletics directors) ... helped create an educational seminar on financial literacy, money management, credit and personal branding for high school student-athletes in his hometown of Tulsa ... leading an initiative to create an endowment to provide scholarships for lower-income and underrepresented Tulsa students ... one of OU's nominee for 2020-21 Big 12 Male Sportsperson of the Year.