September 29, 2024

Justin Fields eyes big picture after giving Ohio State a first look in spring game

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Eddie George, the 1995 Heisman Trophy winner, chatted with Joey Galloway on the sideline. Dwayne Haskins, a Heisman Trophy finalist and a first-round NFL Draft pick-in-waiting, stood a few yards nearby at midfield. Members of the 2014 national championship team milled around the sideline in front of 61,102 at Ohio Stadium, a crowd that would have been much bigger if not for ongoing construction in the upper deck. All were there for Ohio State’s spring game Saturday. Yet the center of attention was Justin Fields, the quarterback who transferred from Georgia this offseason and is expected to be the next Big Ten thing. Fields felt all of that. K.J. Hill, Ohio State’s top returning receiver, tried to pry a little bit from him before the game started.  “I think he was a little nervous coming out for the spring game,” Hill said with a smile. “I asked him and he [was] like,…

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