Jaime Fields

Jaime Fields
Personal information
Born:	August 28, 1970; Compton, California,U.S.
Died:	August 29, 1999(aged 29); Downey, California,U.S.
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:	246 lb (112 kg)
Career information
High school:	Lynwood (CA)
College:	Washington
Position:	Linebacker
NFL draft:	1993/ Round: 4 / Pick: 103
Career history
	Kansas City Chiefs(1993–1995); Scottish Claymores(1997);
Career highlights and awards
	National champion(1991); Second-teamAll-Pac-10(1992);
	Player stats atPFR

Jaime Fields(August 28, 1970 – August 29, 1999) was anAmerican footballplayer, alinebackerwith theKansas City Chiefsof theNational Football League(NFL) for three seasons. He playedcollege footballat theUniversity of WashingtoninSeattleand was selected in the fourth round of the1993 NFL Draft.^[1]

After his playing career, Fields was killed at age 29 in ahit-and-runautomobile crash insouthernCalifornia.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Early life[edit]

Born and raised in southern California, Fields attendedLynwood High SchoolinLynwood.

Fields played for theWashington Huskiesfrom1988to1992for head coachDon James.He was known on the field for his speed and hitting ferocity.^[5]With Fields at linebacker, the Huskies went to three consecutiveRose BowlsasPacific-10 Conferencechampions and shared anational championship(1991) after thesecond.

^"1993 NFL Draft Listing".Pro-Football-Reference.com.RetrievedMarch 31,2023.
^"Ex-Husky Fields Killed In Hit-And-Run".The Seattle Times.August 30, 1999.RetrievedOctober 7,2013.
^"Ex-Husky Fields killed in car crash".Spokesman-Review.(Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. August 30, 1999. p. C4.
^"Former Husky Fields killed; suspect turns himself in".Moscow-Pullman Daily News.(Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. August 30, 1999. p. 3C.
^Raley, Dan (September 6, 2001)."12-0 A season for all time".Seattle Post-Intelligencer.The Hearst Corporation.RetrievedOctober 7,2013.