Penn State QB commit Justin Fields earns spot in Elite 11
2018 Penn State commit Justin Fields discovered Monday morning that he’s now part of an elite group — the Elite 11, which bills itself as “the nation’s premier quarterback competition.”
The five-star dual-threat signal-caller will compete against the country’s other top high school prospects at The Opening, an invite-only camp, that runs from June 28 to July 3 at Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Ore.
The selections were made public around 11 a.m. Monday. Fields is the third Nittany Lion quarterback since 2012 to earn the honor; Christian Hackenberg (2012) and Sean Clifford (2016) were the others.
Fields won’t be the lone Lion to be in Oregon, either. Fellow PSU commits TE Zack Kuntz (Camp Hill, Pa./Camp Hill), WR Justin Shorter (Monmouth Junction, N.J./South Brunswick) and RB Ricky Slade (Woodbridge, Va./C.D. Hylton) are also slated to compete at The Opening.
Fields, a 6-foot-3, 221-pound Georgia native, made the cut after beating out more than a dozen other passers at the finals in Los Angeles over the weekend. ESPN currently ranks Fields as the second-best QB in the class — behind Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence, who also earned an invitation — and as the No. 4 overall prospect in the country.
Just had one of the best weekends of my life at the @Elite11! I learned a lot and met some great people. Thank you! pic.twitter.com/TXwdSnTt24
— Justin Fields (@justnfields) June 5, 2017
Past Penn State QBs in the Elite 11
The Elite 11 started up in 1999. Here are the former Penn State commits who have taken part:
▪ Zac Wasserman (1999)
▪ Anthony Morelli (2003)
▪ Pat Devlin (2005)
▪ Rob Bolden (2009)
▪ Christian Hackenberg (2012)
▪ Sean Clifford (2016)
▪ Justin Fields (2017)
This story was originally published June 5, 2017 at 11:35 AM with the headline "Penn State QB commit Justin Fields earns spot in Elite 11."