Connor Fields (October 10, 1995) is an American-Canadian professional

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player who plays for the Utah Archers of the

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and the

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of the

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. He played

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at the

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, where he was an All-American all four years. He was drafted by the

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in the 2018 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft. He was also drafted in

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by the

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in 2018.

College career

Fields was ranked as the 15th best player coming out of high school by Inside Lacrosse after four years at

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. As a junior, Fields scored 129 goals, a New York state record, and he won two state championships. He committed to play for the

Freshman Year

Fields started and scored in every game his freshman year. In his first college game, he scored three goals and had three assists against Drexel. He had 7 goals and 9 points in the first half against Umass-Lowell, his most for a first half in his college career. On March 25, against

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, he picked up 8 ground balls, the most in his career. Albany's season ended after losing to Notre Dame in the second round of the

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. At the end of the season, he set the record for goals in a season by a freshman, with 66. He was second in all of division one college lacrosse in average goals per game, with 3.47, and first in the

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. He also made the NCAA All-Rookie team, as well as being an honorable mention All-American.

Sophomore Year

Fields came into the year as an Inside Lacrosse preseason All-American. He once again started every game for the Great Danes. On March 26, against

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, Fields tied his career high goals with 7 in a 13-9 victory. In early April, he had back to back 4 goal games, against Umass-Lowell and

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. Albany's season ended after losing to

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in the first round of the

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He ended the season leading the American East in both goals and points, with 44 and 73, respectively. He was nominated for the

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and was a third team All-American by USILA.

Junior Year

As a junior, Fields was named to the Inside Lacrosse preseason All-American team. He set a career high for single game goals against UMass-Lowell on March 25 with 8. On May 13, during the first round of the

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, he had a career high 3 forced turnovers, as well as 5 points in a win against

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. They lost to

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in the next game 18-9 to end the season. He was an Inside Lacrosse and USILA first team All-American and a Tewaaraton Trophy finalist. He led Division 1 in points per game with 6.5, and won the

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as the nation's most outstanding attackman. At some point during the season, Fields hurt his MCL, an injury that would hamper him his senior year.

Senior Year

Fields struggled with knee pain throughout his senior season. Fields set a new career high for assists against Drexel on February 24, with 7. Fields had his career high points (12) and tied his career high in assists (7) against

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on March 6.

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named Fields the player of the week for the week of March 13 after scoring four goals and having 2 assists, including the game-winning goal with 76 seconds left. Albany made it to their first ever the

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, where they lost to the

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. Fields had at least 3 points in all three games and was named to the All-Tournament team. Fields was once again named a USILA and Inside Lacrosse All-American, as well as being a Tewaaraton nominee for the third time. He graduated with 364 career points, which was the second highest total of all time at the time of his graduation, behind only former teammate

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. After the season it was revealed he'd been playing with a torn ACL, sprained MCL and hurt meniscus, which he'd suffered during the March 24 victory over UMass-Lowell and worsened during the April 22 loss to Yale.

Statistics

:* 5th all-time in single-season points :* 7th in career goals :* 5th all-time in career points

Professional career

MLL

Fields was drafted #3 overall by the

in the 2018 Major League Lacrosse draft. He scored his first two career goals on June 23, 2018 against the

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. His season was cut short after three games due to his lingering knee injury from college. He got surgery in Buffalo for his knee shortly after playing in his final MLL game that season.

NLL

Fields was selected 10th overall in the 2018 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft by the

. In week 17, of the

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, after sitting out the rest of the season due to knee surgery, Fields made his debut. He scored his first career goal and had his first career assist against the

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. He only played one more regular season game that season, where he had a pair of assists. In the playoffs, Fields was able to participate in the playoffs for the Seals, where he scored a goal in an 11-12 loss. Fields was traded from San Diego to the

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on August 28, 2021 in exchange for the 13th overall pick in the 2021 NLL Draft and a second round pick in 2022. Following one season with the Bandits, Fields was selected by the

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in the 2022 NLL Expansion Draft and then immediately traded to the

along with the first overall pick in the 2022 NLL Entry Draft in exchange for Charlie Bertrand, their first, fourth, and sixth round picks in the same draft, and their first round pick of the 2023 entry draft. He signed a three-year contract with Rochester on November 8, 2022. During the 2023 season, Fields became just the third American-born player to record 100 points in a season, after

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and

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, and second American-born player to score 50 goals in a season after Roy Colsey, leading Rochester to the playoffs for the first time in team history. Fields led all NLL forwards with 142 loose balls, becoming one of three players in NLL history, alongside

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and Athan Iannucci to record 100 points and 130 loose ball recoveries in a season. Fields was named the

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for the 2025 season, having finished in the top 10 leaguewide in goals, assists, points, and loose balls. During this season, he became just the third player ever to record three separate 110 point seasons, after Mark Matthews,

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, and Shawn Evans.

PLL

Fields became a member of Chaos Lacrosse Club (now Carolina Chaos) of

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’s new league, the

for the

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. He made the league's first ever Premier Lacrosse League All-Star Game as a member of Team Rambo. He participated in the Adidas Freestyle Challenge during all-star weekend as well. Fields ended the season tied for second in goals. He made the 2019 PLL all pro team. Fields was traded to

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(now Utah Archers) on February 25, 2021 in exchange for midfielder Ian MacKay. In the 2023 season, Fields was named a finalist for the Eamon McEneaney Attackman of the Year Award. Archers went on to win the PLL Championship, although Fields missed the final with a shoulder injury.

NLL Statistics

PLL Statistics

Personal life

Fields is the son of Jennifer and Peter Fields and has a brother named Peter. He has

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with the United States and Canada. He was on Canada's tryout roster for the

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. However, for the

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, Fields tried out for

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. He represented Canada at the

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Awards and achievements

References

External links

Connor Fields PLL bio
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