Justin Fields

QB·

Kansas City Chiefs·#6·6'3"·227 lb·5th year·Ohio State

Tier 1Round 1, pick 11 in 2021

Updated November 6, 2026

76.9

Model Score

Down from 79.3 last year

Trade value ·a 7th

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Justin Fields is a QB for the Kansas City Chiefs on a deal paying $11M a year through 2026, a $3.0M cap hit in 2026 (updated November 6, 2026).

Model Score by season

Down 2.4 from last season.

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

A quarterback whose legs are real and whose passing never arrived.

The case for

NFL single-game record for QB rushing yards (178) and 23 career rushing TDs; the fantasy floor lives off the legs.
Two-time Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year keeps the original ceiling argument credible even after four pro seasons.

The worry

Four NFL seasons, zero tier-5-or-better finishes; the passing-game development has not arrived.
61.4 percent career completion percentage and 84.7 passer rating are bottom-quartile for a fifth-year starter.

What to watch: Whether the 2026 system can finally pair his rushing baseline with a tier-5 passing line; that combination would be a real fantasy QB1.

Full take and bio

Fields at STTM #39 tier 8 in 2025 closed his Jets year on the same trajectory as his 2024 PIT stint (#24 tier 6) and his 2023 CHI line (#26 tier 7). Four NFL seasons, four different teams, four tier-6-or-worse finishes. The rushing profile (2,892 career yards, 23 TDs) is real; the passing component has not arrived.

Fields was born in Kennesaw, Georgia and starred at Harrison High before a transfer arc that took him from Georgia to Ohio State, where he was twice named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and reached the 2021 National Championship Game. Chicago took him 11th overall in the 2021 NFL Draft. He owns the NFL single-game record for rushing yards by a quarterback (178) and was the third NFL quarterback ever to record a 1,000-yard rushing season. He has since started for the Bears, Steelers, and Jets across four NFL seasons.

Comps

The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.

Ryan Fitzpatrick ’0883%Vince Young ’0980%David Garrard ’0663%

Steve McNair ’9862%

Plays like: Ryan Fitzpatrick, Tarvaris Jackson, Randall Cunningham. Built like: Jake Locker, Quincy Carter, Jeff Driskel. Coming out: Tim Tebow, Robert Griffin III, Andrew Luck.

Of his 20 closest coming out: 8 stars, 3 starters, 6 backups, 3 didn't stick.