*Justin Fields, Ohio State Football News: Draft Scout Player News

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09/07/19 - QB *Justin Fields, Jr/2021, Ohio State, (DS#4 QB)

The hopes for a shocking upset that Luke Fickell and Cincinnati carried with them up Interstate 71 didn't take long to dissipate into the late summer air at Ohio Stadium on Saturday. The long afternoon started when quarterback Justin Fields dashed up the middle for a 7-yard touchdown run on Ohio State's second drive of the day. And it got worse for the Bearcats from there. Fields, the Georgia transfer in his first year starting for the Buckeyes, was prolific the rest of the day with help from tailback J.K. Dobbins and an angry Ohio State defense in the 42-0 rout of Cincinnati, which last beat the Buckeyes in football 122 years ago. "We got our absolute butts whipped," said Fickell, the third-year Bearcats coach who played and coached for years at Ohio State.

Fields ran for a second score and passed for two as No. 5 Ohio State (2-0) dismantled Cincinnati in Fickell's return to Ohio Stadium. "They just ruined any sentimental thought you had," he said. "I'm disappointed we couldn't give them a real game." The Bearcats (1-1) came in with confidence after an opening week home win over UCLA but couldn't get it together. By halftime it was 28-0. The Ohio State defense held down Cincinnati and shut the door with a blocked field goal, an interception and, late in the game, a fumble for a touchback on the only occasions the Bearcats threatened. The Buckeyes sacked quarterback Desmond Ritter five times. - AP College Football

(DS#4 QB) Jr/2021