June 20, 2026

Justin Fields mock draft: Patriots, Bears, Panthers top best 2021 NFL Draft fits for Ohio State QB


Ohio State’s Justin Fields has emerged as the most polarizing top quarterback prospect in the 2021 NFL Draft. Fields was tabbed for a long time as the consensus No. 2 QB on the board to Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence, but the meteoric rises of BYU’s Zach Wilson, North Dakota State’s Trey Lance and Alabama’s Mac Jones have made that no longer the case. Load Error Poll a number of scouts and draft analysts, and you will get a wide range of answers. Some have kept Fields behind Lawrence the whole way, especially since he outdueled the latter in the College Football Playoff semifinal. Others have had Fields drop as low as the fifth-best prospect at the position behind Wilson, Lance and Jones. There’s just as good a chance he will be the third or fourth QB taken. MORE NFL DRAFT: SN’s latest 2021 mock draft | Top 100 big board Fields (6-2, 228 pounds) is a dynamic athlete…

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