CLEVELAND, Ohio (WCMH) — The Chicago Bears selected Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields with the No. 11 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. Chicago traded up from 20th overall with the New York Giants to select Fields.

Fields is the highest Ohio State quarterback selected since 1982 when the Baltimore Colts selected Art Schlichter with the No. 4 overall pick. Dwayne Haskins was the 15th overall pick in 2019. Fields, who transferred to Ohio State from the University of Georgia, is the fourth QB in Ohio State history to be drafted in the 1st round.

The Bears gave the Giants their 20th overall pick this year, a fifth round pick this year, a first round pick in 2022 and a fourth round pick in 2022.

Fields will go down as one of the greatest quarterbacks at Ohio State. He led OSU to a 20-2 record in two seasons, including two trips to the College Football Playoff and a dominating semifinal win over Clemson last season. In that game, Fields played through excruciating pain and threw six touchdown passes to avenge OSU’s loss to the Tigers in a semifinal the previous season.

Fields finished his career at Ohio State with 5,373 yards passing, 78 total touchdowns, nine interceptions and an impressive 68% completion percentage while winning Big Ten offensive player of the year twice.

The Kennesaw, Georgia, native committed to Georgia but transferred to Ohio State after one season when it became clear he would not start over Jake Fromm. Fields beat out the competition to claim the starting job as a sophomore and didn’t take long to establish himself as one of the top dual-threat QBs in the country and was named a Heisman finalist.

In 2020, Fields advocated for a season when it was canceled by the Big Ten by starting a petition that garnered more than 400,000 signatures. But recently ESPN analyst and former NFL quarterback Dan Orlovsky said he heard from personnel inside the NFL that Fields does not love football and is the type of player who is ‘last in, first out’ at practice.

Those comments sparked a firestorm of people coming to Fields’ defense, including OSU coach Ryan Day.

“The season gets canceled, he doesn’t opt out and go to the NFL draft. Some guys did,” Day said. “Not only does he not opt out, he fights to get the season back. He has a petition, he goes on national TV and fights to get the season back. Then he comes out and plays and plays really well. … All I know about Justin Fields is, he’s one of the hardest working guys, he’s one of the most competitively tough guys and when he sets his mind to something, he gets it done.”

Orlovsky said he called Fields to apologize about the comments, but former OSU quarterback and ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit blasted Orlovsky for misrepresenting Fields.

Fields was the most accurate passer (75%) in 2020, per PFF. He showed moments of poor decision-making with five interceptions and is prone to hold onto the ball a little too long. But his upside equals that of Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson as an accurate thrower with an ability to extend plays, improvise and keep defenses off-balance with his running prowess.

He showed that speed during Ohio State’s Pro Day when he ran 40 yards in 4.44 seconds, the second-fastest time for a projected first-round pick since 2006.

Concerns arose once again when the NFL Network reported Justin Fields has been managing epilepsy and has been taking questions from NFL personnel about dealing with the disorder. Fields believes he will outgrow the disorder because other members of his family have done so as well, according to the NFL Network.