KENNESAW, Georgia — Matt Dickmann coached football for nearly three decades without ever having a quarterback break a finger. Then the player who will likely stand up as the greatest quarterback Dickmann ever coached suffered that injury twice in three years. Harrison High School’s coach learned a lot about Justin Fields, now Ohio State’s quarterback, in how he handled those setbacks — beginning almost immediately after the first break. “It was about three weeks later, he was throwing,” Dickmann said. “I go, ‘Are you supposed to be doing that? You know, because I’m worried that he’s gonna make it worse. And he’s like, ‘I don’t know, but it feels fine.’ ” Consider that a precursor to what Big Ten football fans saw late this season from Fields. After suffering what he called a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee against Penn State, Fields jogged off the field faster…
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