USATSI If there are any questions about the work ethic of top-five 2021 quarterback prospect Justin Fields, they are not coming from within the program that witnessed Fields’ development firsthand. That’s according to Ohio State coach Ryan Day, who told NBC Sports’ Peter King this week that criticism of the Buckeyes signal-caller has gotten “a little reckless.” Fields, who’s widely expected to go early in the first round of the 2021 draft later this month, not only “loves the game” but has an “unbelievable” work ethic, Day said. “The whole idea that he doesn’t have a very good work ethic?” Day said, per King. “(When) those other guys are opting out (in 2020), what’s he do? He petitions to have a season. He put together this petition that the Big Ten athletes all signed saying that they want to play, but they want to play safely and that they don’t…
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