March 31 (UPI) — Justin Fields, a top prospect in the 2021 draft class, clocked what would have been the second-best 40-yard dash time for a quarterback in combine history and said he threw “pretty well” for scouts at Ohio State pro day. Fields logged an unofficial time of 4.44 seconds in his 40-yard dash Tuesday on the Buckeyes campus in Columbus, Ohio. College campuses will continue to host combine workouts this year in individual pro days because the NFL’s annual combine in Indianapolis was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Advertisement Robert Griffin III ran the fastest 40-yard dash time for a quarterback in NFL combine history, when he clocked a 4.41 in 2012. Fellow quarterback Marcus Mariota clocked a 4.52-second 40-yard dash at the 2015 combine. “I think overall, I had a solid day,” Fields told reporters Tuesday in a Zoom video conference. “Of course, as I think…
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