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How Justin Fields created an Ohio State legacy, and why it will follow him into the NFL
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Justin Fields came to Ohio State as a transfer with very little familiarity with the program. He left as perhaps the greatest Buckeye quarterback of all time.Getty Images
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COLUMBUS, Ohio The typical career arc for an Ohio State quarterback begins years in advance, anticipation building with each high school touchdown they throw as a future Buckeye.
Justin Fields was more of an overnight delivery. Fans did not dwell inside his pending arrival as they had with Troy Smith or Terrelle Pryor or even one-time Maryland commit Dwayne Haskins. This was a modern college football marriage. A potential championship team needed a quarterback, a potentially special quarterback needed a team, and a process that usually builds over years came together in less than a bowl season.
Clemson bruised Justin Fields’ body, but Ohio State’s QB broke the Tigers’ spirit in the Sugar Bowl
Updated Jan 02, 2021;
Posted Jan 02, 2021
Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields reacts after one of his six touchdown passes in a 49-28 victory over Clemson in a College Football Playoff semifinal at the Sugar Bowl.Getty Images
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NEW ORLEANS Justin Fields said everything that needed to be said about his aching midsection without uttering a word.
First came a groan, then a pained exhalation. Taking a seat for his interview following a 49-28 drubbing of Clemson in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Sugar Bowl, Ohio State quarterback’s first comments were involuntary.