Tony Fields II

Former linebacker at West Virginia. 2020: 88 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · West Virginia · Sr. · #1

6′1″ · 220 lb · Las Vegas, NV

All-Conf 1st teamCleveland — drafted 2021, Rd 5, Pick 9, #153 overall

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 610 nationally · Signed with Arizona

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at West Virginia. 2020: 88 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arizona in 2017.
Drafted round 5 by the Cleveland in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at West Virginia, 367 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #153 overall by Cleveland.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201713 games

Signed with Arizona3-star out of Desert Pines

20209 games

All-Big 12first

2021

Drafted by Clevelandround 5, pick 153

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#610 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #153

Cleveland · 2021

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

2 coaches

2017–2018

Dana Holgorsen

West Virginia

2019–2020

Neal Brown

West Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dana Holgorsen → Neal Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ClevelandEntering 6th NFL season

#153Rd 5 · Pick 9

ClevelandEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Arizona7-6HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

2018Arizona5-7HC: Kevin Sumlin · Run-leaning

2019Arizona4-8HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced

2020West Virginia6-4HC: Neal Brown · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (99th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (95th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#28 / 2211 · 99th pct

QB hurries#85 / 2211 · 95th pct

Solo tackles#188 / 2211 · 91st pct

Tackles for loss#501 / 2211 · 75th pct

4.0

Passes defended#471 / 2211 · 72nd pct

Sacks#580 / 2211 · 66th pct

1.0

Interceptions#180 / 568 · 34th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	11.0	0.4	0.2	0.4
Road4g	8.2	0.5	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	8.8	0.5	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	10.6	0.4	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	West Virginia	88	34	4.0	1.0	2	1	--
2019	Arizona	94	58	4.5	1.5	3	1	--
2018	Arizona	81	52	3.5	2.0	--	--	--
2017	Arizona	104	65	7.5	5.0	1	1	--
Career		367	209	19.5	9.5	6	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2020

W 56–10

vs Eastern Kentucky

10 TOT · 4 SOLO

Dominant 46-point win at home against Eastern Kentucky.

With J. Doege — 228 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · L. Brown — 123 rush yds (10 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week