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Browns pick WVU linebacker Tony Fields in 5th round

Jerry DiPaola
By Jerry DiPaola
1 Min Read • May 1, 2021 | 5 years Ago
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National Team linebacker Tony Fields II of West Virginia and Arizona (30) celebrates during the NCAA Senior Bowl college football game in Mobile, Ala., Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
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Texas’ Sam Ehlinger (11) scrambles against West Virginia’s Dylan Tonkery (10) and Tony Fields II (1) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Austin, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020.

West Virginia linebacker Tony Fields II, who played one season for the Mountaineers after three years at Arizona, was selected in the fifth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday by the Cleveland Browns. He was drafted 153rd overall.

Fields (6-foot-1, 220 pounds) recorded 88 tackles for the Mountaineers in 2020, including four TFLs, with one sack and one interception.

At Arizona, he started 37 games, with 287 tackles, 8 1/2 sacks and 17 TFLs. He recorded double-digit sacks in 2019 against Utah and Colorado (11) and USC and UCLA (10).

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Jerry DiPaola is a TribLive reporter covering Pitt athletics since 2011. A Pittsburgh native, he joined the Trib in 1993, first as a copy editor and page designer in the sports department and later as the Pittsburgh Steelers reporter from 1994-2004. He can be reached at jdipaola@triblive.com.

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