Derek Fields holds the SS · Starter spot in Ball State Cardinals’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Derek Fields is a safety for Ball State standing 6'1" and weighing 195 pounds. A native of Saint Charles, Missouri, he attended Chaminade High School before joining the Cardinals as a three-star recruit in the 2023 class. Fields enters his redshirt junior season after recording 31 total tackles, 23 solo stops, one tackle for loss, and two passes defended during 2025.

Ball State2023 — present