#23

Damarcus Fields

Senior defensive back on Texas Tech's 2021 roster.

DB · Texas Tech · Sr. · #23

6′0″ · 200 lb · Taylor, TX

CFB Index 30 · #271 of 321 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceTexas Tech 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 963 nationally · Signed with Texas Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Texas Tech's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Texas Tech in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Texas Tech, 221 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2016

Signed with Texas Tech3-star out of Taylor

202111 games

All-Big 12second

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#963 national

CFB

College

Texas Tech

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Big 12 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017–2018

Kliff Kingsbury

Texas Tech

2019–2021

Matt Wells

Texas Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Kliff Kingsbury → Matt Wells. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Texas Tech6-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Texas Tech5-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2019Texas Tech4-8HC: Matt Wells · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2020Texas Tech4-6HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

2021Texas Tech7-6HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

30Below cohort / limited sample #271 of 321?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (89th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#19 / 2743 · 99th pct

Solo tackles#277 / 2743 · 89th pct

Tackles#647 / 2743 · 76th pct

Tackles for loss#794 / 2743 · 69th pct

4.0

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.8	0.2	0.0	1.2
Road5g	4.4	0.4	0.0	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	0.3	0.0	0.8
Weeks 8+5g	5.2	0.2	0.0	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joey McGuire

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

30 · #271 of 321 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #271 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Texas Tech	48	40	4.0	0.0	11	--	--
2020	Texas Tech	31	28	1.0	0.0	11	--	--
2019	Texas Tech	54	46	6.0	1.0	5	3	--
2018	Texas Tech	38	29	2.5	1.0	11	--	--
2017	Texas Tech	50	38	0.0	0.0	7	1	--
Career		221	181	13.5	2.0	45	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 41–38

vs Iowa State

1 PD · 6 SOLO · 6 TOT

Edged out Iowa State at home in a shootout.

With D. Smith — 322 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 85.9 · 50 rush yds (14 car) · M. Price — 9 rec · 175 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-21@ Houston	4	4	1.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 28-22vs Stephen F. Austin	7	4	0.0	—	2
Wk 3	W 54-21vs Florida International	1	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 35-70@ Texas	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 31-52vs TCU	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 41-14@ Kansas	3	3	1.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 24-25vs Kansas State	7	4	1.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 21-52@ Oklahoma	8	6	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 11	W 41-38vs Iowa State	6	6	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 0-23vs Oklahoma State	0	0	0.0	—	2
Wk 13	L 24-27@ Baylor	5	5	0.0	—	1
Total		45	37	3.0	—	10

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Damarcus Fields

2016

202111 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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