#21

Wesley Fields

Senior running back for Georgia Southern. 2018: 1,050 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 10 catches.

RB · Georgia Southern · Sr. · #21

6′0″ · 205 lb · Americus, GA

Georgia Southern 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 2023 nationally · Signed with Georgia Southern

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Georgia Southern. 2018: 1,050 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 10 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Georgia Southern in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Georgia Southern, 3,035 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201513 games

Signed with Georgia Southern3-star out of Americus Sumter County South

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2023 national

CFB

College

Georgia Southern

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

3 coaches

2015

Willie Fritz

Georgia Southern

2016–2017

Tyson Summers

Georgia Southern

era →

2018

Chad Lunsford

Georgia Southern

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Willie Fritz, Tyson Summers, and Chad Lunsford. Multi-era developmental context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Georgia Southern9-4HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2016Georgia Southern5-7HC: Tyson Summers · Run-heavy

2017Georgia Southern2-10HC: Tyson Summers · Run-heavy

2018Georgia Southern10-3HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (91st percentile). Strength: carries (88th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#30 / 326 · 91st pct

237

Carries#41 / 339 · 88th pct

200

Rush yards#44 / 339 · 87th pct

1050

Rush TDs#55 / 339 · 82nd pct

Long run#90 / 339 · 73rd pct

Yards / carry#128 / 339 · 60th pct

5.3

Receptions#148 / 326 · 52nd pct

Fumbles lost#56 / 217 · 48th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	77.8	5.4	0.8
Road6g	97.2	5.1	0.7

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	80.4	5.0	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	97.4	5.6	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clay Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Georgia Southern	200	1,050	5.2	9	--
2017	Georgia Southern	173	811	4.7	5	--
2016	Georgia Southern	94	492	5.2	3	--
2015	Georgia Southern	101	682	6.8	7	--
Career		568	3,035	5.3	24	--

Season	Team
2018	Georgia Southern	10	237	23.7	1	--
2017	Georgia Southern	11	71	6.5	1	--
2016	Georgia Southern	11	177	16.1	3	--
2015	Georgia Southern	4	105	26.2	1	--
Career		36	590	16.4	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2018

W 34–14

vs App State

98 rush yds (18 car) · 2 TD

With M. Bauerle — 37 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG · S. Werts — 57 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 129 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 37-6vs South Carolina State	12	32	2.7	1	10
Wk 2	W 34-13vs Massachusetts	21	141	6.7	0	43
Wk 3	L 7-38@ Clemson	14	27	1.9	0	6
Wk 5	W 28-21vs Arkansas State	10	98	9.8	0	64
Wk 6	W 48-13vs South Alabama	13	81	6.2	2	27
Wk 7	W 15-13@ Texas State	26	93	3.6	1	18
Wk 9	W 34-14vs App State	18	98	5.4	2	32
Wk 10	L 25-44@ UL Monroe	17	73	4.3	0	15
Wk 11	L 21-35vs Troy	10	17	1.7	0	5
Wk 12	W 41-17@ Coastal Carolina	20	148	7.4	2	31
Wk 13	W 35-14@ Georgia State	16	151	9.4	1	63	Season-high 151 yds
Bowl	W 23-21@ Eastern Michigan	23	91	4.0	0	7
Total		200	1050	5.3	9	64

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology