5 things you may not know about Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields

2. Justin Fields was also a pretty good baseball player.

Fields can do it all on the football field. Fields gets it down in the air, on the ground and could probably line up a receiver if he wanted to pad his Heisman resume. Fields is an athlete and just like most athletes, was a two-sport athlete in high school. Fields was a shortstop and second baseman for Harrison High Schools’ baseball team and was pretty darn good as well.

Fields started playing baseball at the age of four and played all the way up until his final year in high school and reportedly gave some consideration to pursuing a career in the big leagues before deciding that football was the way for him.

Perfect Game did a scouting analysis on Fields following their 2017 showcase:

"Fields has an “Outstanding athletic build, strong and loose. 6.63 runner, has quick feet in the middle infield with developing footwork, has the actions to stay in the middle infield with continued work and repetitions, gets good carry on his throws. Right-handed hitter, hand hitch load, tends to be late getting his hands moving forward, has late bat speed and can impact the ball hard when on time. 4.29/4.35 home to first.”"

Fields is set to be one of the first picks in the upcoming NFL Draft so it seems he made a good call on the career choice but it’s safe to say that baseball wouldn’t have been a bad choice.