It’s hard to believe it now, but there was a time that Northwestern actually had a chance to land Justin Fields.
Fields had only been offered from six other schools – North Carolina, Appalachian State, East Carolina, N.C. State, Wake Forest and Duke – when he received an offer from Northwestern in June 2016, and just days after participating in a camp at Northwestern.
Blessed to have received an offer from Northwestern!! #B1GCats pic.twitter.com/dIZHlKQ3M9
— Justin Fields (@justnfields) June 14, 2016
At the time, which was before Fields’ junior season at Harrison High School in Kennesaw, Georgia, he wasn’t even ranked among the top 300 prospects in the country by 247Sports, Rivals or ESPN.