Senior running back for UTEP. 2020: 209 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 2 catches.
5′9″ · 195 lb · El Paso, TX
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 1508 nationally · Signed with UTEP
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for UTEP. 2020: 209 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 2 catches.
Joshua Fields
Joshua Fields has played for two head coaches in four seasons at UTEP. The receipt on tape: 75 rush yds, 1 receptions against Abilene Christian, Week 3, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at UTEP, 937 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Price → Dana Dimel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: epa / carry (1st percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 36.0 | 3.2 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 25.2 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 36.8 | 2.6 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 12.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scotty Walden
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2020
W 24–14
23 rush yds (9 car)
With G. Hardison — 212 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 4 rush yds (4 car) · D. Hankins — 113 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-14vs Stephen F. Austin | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-59@ Texas | 4 | 0 | -0.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 17-13vs Abilene Christian | 17 | 75 | 4.4 | 1 | 15 | Season-high 75 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 31-6@ UL Monroe | 15 | 53 | 3.5 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-21@ Louisiana Tech | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 8 | L 28-38@ Charlotte | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 15 | L 43-45vs North Texas | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 66 | 209 | 2.6 | 1 | 15 |
Player DNA
Final Heisman position · 2020
Joshua Fields finished 168th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.