Ohio State Football: 3 takeaways from rout of Rutgers in Week 12

2. Justin Fields has just scratched the surface

Justin Fields’ efficiency was scary-good on Saturday afternoon. He finished the day 15-of-19 for 305 yards and four touchdowns and no interceptions. Any time a quarterback can throw as many touchdown passes as incompletions, you know he’s got talent — especially on 19 attempts.

But there’s just an overwhelming feeling that I likely share with countless other college football fans: Fields has just scratched the surface of his potential.

We’ve seen the Georgia-transfer become a Heisman candidate this season, but he hasn’t gotten a heavy workload like Tua Tagovailoa, Joe Burrow or even Jalen Hurts, and that’s led to him being a forgotten man in the race for the coveted trophy. He has yet to attempt more than 25 passes in a single game and he still has over 2,000 yards and 31 touchdown passes with only one interception on the year. Now that’s impressive.

Just imagine what his numbers would look like if he averaged about 30-35 attempts per game. Right now, he averages about 22-23 per game and that just shows the staff has held him back from reaching his full potential. He’s going to be even scarier when he does get the green light.