Fields crafted a reputation as a dynamic receiver in 2016; the Denver Post published an article this week that started out with a look back at Shay’s highlight year as a junior:
In 2016, Colorado started its unlikely road to the Pac-12 South championship by beating Oregon on the road to open conference play, and then smashing Oregon State at home two weeks later.
In that 47-6 blowout of the Beavers junior wideout Shay Fields lived up to his “Big Play Shay” nickname, hauling in seven catches for 169 yards that included three long touchdowns.