COLUMBUS, Ohio — If you were confused to see No. 80 in an Ohio State uniform on the field for the Buckeyes on Saturday, you probably weren’t alone. After all, the only thing more limited than Chris Fields’ playing time this season has been his production.
Heading into OSU’s game on Saturday, the junior wide receiver was yet to record his first catch of the season and had only seen playing time on special teams and in the rare situations in which the Buckeyes’ starters needed their understudies to perform backup duty. The action- or lack thereof- for the reserve wideout seemed on-par for Fields’ career, where he had amassed just 11 catches, 136 yards, and no receiving touchdowns in two years of action.
But if ever there was a time that the Buckeyes needed the fourth-year junior to step up, it was on Saturday against Purdue.
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