'06 PA WR/DB Elijah "Scoot" Fields (Pitt signee)

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Pitt safety Fields suspended for season
By Kevin Gorman
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, July 31, 2007


Pitt sophomore safety Elijah Fields has been suspended for the 2007 football season after violating team policy, Panthers coach Dave Wannstedt announced today.

Pitt safety Fields suspended for season - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

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Pitt's Fields realizing potential
Friday, September 25, 2009
By Ray Fittipaldo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Elijah Fields has been in coach Dave Wannstedt's doghouse so much during his four seasons at Pitt that it could be mistaken for his second residence.

A 6-foot-2, 225-pound redshirt junior safety, Fields never committed major indiscretions, only small mistakes that constantly irritated the coaching staff. He was late for meetings and did not demonstrate a strong willingness to accept coaching, all of which kept him from earning a larger role on the team.

Now, after a season-ending knee injury to starting free safety Andrew Taglianetti, Fields is being thrust into a full-time starting role for the first time, and there are signs that the once ballyhooed recruit who turned down Ohio State and Penn State to attend Pitt finally is ready to blossom as a player.

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