5:37 PM BST Ohio State coach Ryan Day thinks quarterback Justin Fields “checks all the boxes” as an NFL prospect and will become a franchise player for the team that drafts him next month. Fields, who started the past two seasons for Day at Ohio State, goes through his pro day workout Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio. The 6-foot-3, 228-pound Fields passed for 5,373 yards, 63 touchdowns and nine interceptions as a Buckeye after starting his career at Georgia in 2018. ESPN’s Mel Kiper last week projected Fields to go No. 3 overall in the draft to the Carolina Panthers, after fellow quarterbacks Trevor Lawrence and Zach Wilson. Kiper’s mock draft was published before the San Francisco 49ers traded up to the No. 3 spot. “Whatever they teach in terms of a scheme, he’s going to pick that up very, very quickly,” Day said Monday. “And he’s very, very competitive. So…
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