Chandler Fields
| Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns – No. 18 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  Senior |
| Major | Kinesiology |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | February 4, 2000 |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | Archbishop Rummel (Metairie, Louisiana) |
Chandler Fields (born February 4, 2000) is an American college football quarterback for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.
Early life
[edit]Fields grew up in Metairie, Louisiana and attended Holy Cross School before transferring to Archbishop Rummel High School during his junior year. During high school, he completed 179 out of 303 passing attempts for 2,359 yards, 30 touchdowns and five interceptions during his junior year.[1] He was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Louisiana over offers from Memphis, Nicholls State and Jackson State.[2][3]
College career
[edit]During his true freshman season in 2019, Field appeared in only three games.[4] During the 2020 season, he made appearances in only two games and made six passing attempts by the end of the season.[5] During the 2021 season, he appeared in eight games and finished the season by completing nine out of 13 passing attempts for 106 yards and a touchdown.[6] During the 2022 season, he was named the team's starting quarterback[7] and started the first five games of the season and played for the final three games of the season due to an injury.[8] He finished the season by throwing 1,182 yards and 11 touchdowns. During the 2022 Independence Bowl, he completed 17 out of 25 passing attempts for 169 yards and a scoring pass and a season-high 32 yards on the ground.[9][3][10]
Statistics
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| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 144.8 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | — | 9 | 13 | 69.2 | 106 | 8.2 | 1 | 0 | 163.1 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 3−5 | 106 | 182 | 58.2 | 1,123 | 6.2 | 11 | 4 | 125.6 | 36 | 87 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 7 | 4 | 1−3 | 96 | 143 | 67.1 | 1,069 | 7.5 | 7 | 3 | 141.9 | 29 | -18 | -0.6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 2−1 | 63 | 87 | 72.4 | 897 | 10.3 | 5 | 1 | 175.7 | 26 | 88 | 3.4 | 2 |
| Career | 35 | 15 | 6−9 | 277 | 434 | 63.8 | 3,211 | 7.4 | 24 | 8 | 140.5 | 96 | 169 | 1.8 | 6 |
References
[edit]- ^ Walker, Rod (May 16, 2018). "Rummel quarterback Chandler Fields commits to UL-Lafayette". The Acadiana Advocate. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ "Chandler Fields, Archbishop Rummel, Pro-Style Quarterback". 247sports.com. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ a b "Chandler Fields". Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.
- ^ "Chandler Fields 2019 Gamelog". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ "Chandler Fields 2020 Gamelog". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ "Chandler Fields 2021 Gamelog". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ Diaz, Cory (August 22, 2022). "How Chandler Fields won Louisiana football's starting QB job: 'He makes our team better'". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Jamarcus (October 8, 2022). "Cajuns QB Chandler Fields out due to injury; Wooldridge to start". KATC. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ "Louisiana's Three-Game Bowl Winning Streak Snapped in Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl". Sun Belt Conference. December 23, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ "Chandler Fields 2022 Gamelog". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 24, 2023.