Jaime Fields
Personal information
Born:(1970-08-28)August 28, 1970
Compton, California, U.S.
Died:August 29, 1999(1999-08-29) (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
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Jaime Fields (August 28, 1970 – August 29, 1999) was an American football player, a linebacker with the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons. He played college football at the University of Washington in Seattle and was selected in the fourth round of the 1993 NFL Draft.[1]

After his playing career, Fields was killed at age 29 in a hit-and-run automobile crash in southern California.[2][3][4]

Early years

Born and raised in southern California, Fields attended Lynwood High School in Lynwood.

College career

Fields played for the Washington Huskies from 1988 to 1992 for head coach Don James. He was known on the field for his speed and hitting ferocity.[5] With Fields at linebacker, the Huskies went to three consecutive Rose Bowls as Pacific-10 Conference champions and shared a national championship (1991) after the second.

References

  1. ↑ "1993 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  2. ↑ "Ex-Husky Fields Killed In Hit-And-Run". The Seattle Times. August 30, 1999. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ex-Husky Fields killed in car crash". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. August 30, 1999. p. C4.
  4. ↑ "Former Husky Fields killed; suspect turns himself in". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. August 30, 1999. p. 3C.
  5. ↑ Raley, Dan (September 6, 2001). "12-0 A season for all time". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The Hearst Corporation. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
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