Player Dossier

2023-2025

Ball State

Derek Fields

DB • 6'1" • 191 lbs • Saint Charles, MO, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Derek Fields shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.9 disruption score.

Usage Score

5.1

Efficiency

19.9

Consistency

12.5

Season Value

11.7

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Ball State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Ball State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Derek Fields, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Ball State. Derek Fields shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.9 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Ball State paired 0 primary output with 5.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 19.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Ball State

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

19.9

Usage

5.1

Consistency

12.5

Best Game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 1. Auburn: 0. UConn: 1. Ohio: 0. Western Michigan: 1. Akron: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Purdue: 2 by 18.3. Auburn: 6 by 25. UConn: 6 by 35. Ohio: 2 by 8.3. Western Michigan: 5 by 30.8. Akron: 3 by 12.5. Northern Illinois: 5 by 20.8. Eastern Michigan: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 6 · +0.5 vs Wins
First Half0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Western Michigan

Best efficiency game

35 vs UConn

Result
Sat 11/15vs Eastern MichiganL 9-2422000
Sat 10/25@ Northern IllinoisL 7-2152000
Sat 10/18vs AkronW 42-2831000
Sat 10/11@ Western MichiganL 0-4255100
Sat 10/4vs OhioW 20-1421000
Sat 9/20@ UConnL 25-3166001
Sat 9/6@ AuburnL 3-4265000
Sat 8/30@ PurdueL 0-3121001

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Ball State

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonBall State04.20.7
2024 Regular SeasonBall State05.610
2025 Regular SeasonBall State319.95.13

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Western Michigan

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.

#2

UConn

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.6 takeover score.

#3

Purdue

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.1 takeover score.

#4

Auburn

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.1 takeover score.

#5

Northern Illinois

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Ball State

0 primary output · 5.6 efficiency · 1 usage

35.5

#2

2023 Regular Season · Ball State

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Ball State

11.7

3 primary · 19.9 efficiency · 5.1 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8197

Chaminade · St. Louis, MO

Committed To
Ball State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

40

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 15 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
40