Jaime Fields
Personal information | |
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Born: | Compton, California,U.S. | August 28, 1970
Died: | August 29, 1999 Downey, California,U.S. | (aged 29)
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 | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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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.
College career
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- ^"1993 NFL Draft Listing".Pro-Football-Reference.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.
External links
[edit]- Just Sports Stats
- Career statistics and player information fromNFL·Pro Football Reference
- Jaime FieldsatFind a Grave
- 1970 births
- 1999 deaths
- American football linebackers
- Washington Huskies football players
- Kansas City Chiefs players
- Scottish Claymores players
- Players of American football from Compton, California
- Road incident deaths in California
- Pedestrian road incident deaths
- Lynwood High School alumni
- Players of American football from Lynwood, California