Career Honors
- Second Team All-American (AP & STATS Perform, 2024)
- Third Team All-American (Phil Steele, 2024)
- First Team All-Conference (2024)
- Honorable Mention All-Conference (2023)
2024 | Senior
Second Team AP All-American (DB) ... Second Team STATS Perform All-American (DB) ... Third Team Phil Steele All-American (DB) ... First Team All-Conference defensive back ... Team Captain ... started 12 of the 13 games he played this season … sat third on the team in tackles with 77 with 10 pass break-ups … posted a season-best two pass break-ups in four games this season, including three-straight against UNI, Youngstown State, and South Dakota State ... recorded his first interception of the season in the 45-3 win over Northern State (S.D.) (Aug. 29) in the season-opener ... picked up his second interception in the shutout win at Murray State (Oct. 5), setting a single-season best in interceptions ... had a game-best 12 tackles in the effort at No. 3 South Dakota State (Oct. 26), forcing the fumble that tied the contest late in the second half ... also recorded his first TFL of the season in the SDSU game ... has recorded 6+ tackles in eight games this season, including a pair of 10+ tackles games in some of the biggest games of the season (12, SDSU; 10 NDSU).
2023 | Junior
Honorable Mention All-MVFC honoree … one of 11 Coyotes who started all 13 games, he at safety … part of a secondary that finished 18
th nationally in passing yards allowed … finished as the Valley’s sixth-leading tackler with 97 stops (46 solo) … tied for the team lead and ranked 13
th in the conference in pass breakups with six … earned MVFC Defensive Player of the Week honors for his performance in the team’s upset of No. 2 North Dakota State in Fargo (Sept. 30) … had a game-high 13 tackles against the Bison, intercepted a pass that led to a Coyote touchdown and a 21-3 lead, and intercepted a two-point conversion pass late in the game … blocked a field goal in a home win against Lamar (Sept. 16) … forced a fumble at the goal line that USD recovered to preserve a late lead in a win against Murray State in week two of conference play (Oct. 7) … forced another fumble and turnover in the 34-31 win against No. 23 Youngstown State in week three of Valley play (Oct. 14) … was South Dakota’s leading tackler in both NCAA playoff games with 10 tackles in both contests
2022 | Sophomore
Played in 10 of 11 games and made eight starts at safety … finished as the team’s third-leading tackler with 67 stops including 37 solo tackles and one for loss … averaged 6.7 tackles per game which ranked 16
th in the MVFC … led the team with six pass breakups … had 10 tackles and forced a fumble that led to a one-play touchdown drive and a 17-10 halftime lead at home against top-ranked North Dakota State in the Valley opener (Sept. 24) … had a season-high 13 tackles in the road game at Youngstown State (Oct. 29)
2021 | Freshman
Played in eight of 12 games and totaled six tackles … made his collegiate debut at home in the win against Northern Arizona (Sept. 11) … one of his stops came on special teams … had three tackles in the 23-20 win against South Dakota State (Nov. 13).
2020 (Bethune-Cookman)
Season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Prep
Competed on the varsity level as a sophomore for Mainland before following defensive coordinator Travis Roland to Flagler Palm Coast ... helped lead FPC to its first undefeated regular season in school history in 2017 after the program totaled seven wins in the two seasons prior ... blocked a field goal to preserve a double overtime win against Mandarin in the final game of that regular season ... also competed in basketball in high school
Personal
Son of Kutana Fields ... has two sisters ... plans to study general studies at USD
