Justin Fields has helped the Bears get off to a strong start to the 2022 season.The Bears were a Gannon Laroque Jersey touchdown underdog in Week 1 against the 49ers, who were fresh off an appearance in the NFC championship game. , Fields helped the Bears pull off the upset, although it wasn't always pretty.Fields completed just 8 of 17 pa ses for 121 yards, but he threw a pair of touchdowns and just one interception. He also rushed 11 times for 28 yards in Chicago's 19-10 victory.Fields is coming off an uninspiring rookie season in Chicago after he was selected 11th overall by the Bears in 2021. He completed only 58.9 percent of his pa ses for 1,870 yards, with seven touchdowns and 10 interceptions. He rushed 72 times for 420 yards and two touchdowns.MORE:As Fields prepares for his third meeting with the Packers and his second time facing them on "Sunday Night Football," The Sporting News looks back at the Bears' decision to draft Fields, why they decided to select Kelly Kisio Jersey him, and how he looked coming out of college.Fields left college with plenty of hype.In 2018, he was the No. 2 prep prospect in the country, , trailing only Trevor Lawrence. His composite ranking was tied for .Fields committed to Georgia, but he was with the Bulldogs for only one season. There were multiple elements that led to his transfer: one was that a Georgia baseball player reportedly directed a racial slur at Fields; another was that he backed up Jake Fromm for the 2018 season.MORE: Fields landed at Ohio State and found immediate succe s. He started all 14 games of his sophomore season and completed 67.2 percent of his pa ses for 3,273 yards and 41 touchdowns to just three interceptions. He also rushed 137 times for 484 yards and 10 scores. He led Ohio State to the College Football Playoff, where it lost to Clemson in the semifinals.The next year, in the abbreviated 2020 season, Fields completed 70.2 percent of his pa ses for 2,100 yards and 22 touchdowns to six interceptions, while also adding 81 rushes for 383 yards and five touchdowns. Ohio State returned to the CFP and beat Clemson before falling to Alabama in the national championship title game.His profound collegiate succe s led NFL teams to view him as one of the most dynamic prospects in the 2021 NFL Draft cla s. compared him to Dak Prescott. He praised Fields' accuracy and velocity as well as his dual-threat ability to extend plays.That didn't mean Fields was without blemishes. Zierlein wrote that Fields often became locked onto his primary target and took Sharks Custom Jersey too many sacks.Fields began to slide down boards as the draft approached. He was initially viewed as being closer to Lawrence at the top, but as the predraft proce s progre sed, other quarterbacks, such as Zach Wilson, Trey Lance and Mac Jones, began being discu sed as po sibilities to be taken ahead of him.On draft night, Lawrence went first overall, Wilson went second and Lance Jamie Baker Jersey went third. Fields kept sliding in Round 1., the Bears entered the draft wanting to select one of the top five quarterbacks in the 2021 cla s and were willing to move up if needed. If they were unable to do that, they'd either trade up to addre s another need or stay at No. 20 and make their pick there.As it turned out, the Bears were able to put together a compelling enough package to move up and select Fields.MORE: When the Giants offered the 11th overall pick, the Bears traded the 20th pick, a 2021 fifth-round pick, their first pick in the 2022 draft and their fourth-round pick in 2022.The Giants used the No. 20 overall pick on wide receiver Kadarius Toney; the 2022 first-round selection (seventh overall) on tackle Evan Neal; and the 2022 fourth-rounder on tight end Daniel Bellinger. They traded the 2021 fifth-round pick to the Broncos."We feel really fortunate to be able to get Justin in the area of the draft where we Jimmy Schuldt Jersey were able to select him," then-Bears general manager Ryan Pace said at the time. "The excitement throughout our whole building, you could feel it."The Patriots selected Jones with the 15th overall pick. It would not be until the final pick of the second round that another quarterback, Kyle Trask, would go off the board.Here's how the full 2021 first round played out:Pick No.TeamPlayerPositionSchool1JaguarsTrevor LawrenceQBClemson2JetsZach WilsonQBBYU349ersTrey LanceQBNorth Dakota State4FalconsKyle PittsTEFlorida5BengalsJa'Marr ChaseWRLSU6DolphinsJaylen WaddleWRAlabama7LionsPenei SewellOTOregon8PanthersJaycee HornCBSouth Carolina9BroncosPatrick Surtain IICBAlabama10EaglesDeVonta SmithWRAlabama11BearsJustin FieldsQBOhio State12CowboysMicah ParsonsLBPenn State13ChargersRashawn SlaterOTNorthwestern14JetsAlijah Vera-TuckerGUSC15PatriotsMac JonesQBAlabama16CardinalsZaven CollinsLBTulsa17RaidersAlex LeatherwoodOTAlabama18DolphinsJaelan PhillipsDEMiami19WashingtonJamin DavisLBKentucky20GiantsKadarius ToneyWRFlorida21ColtsKwity PayeDEMichigan22TitansCaleb FarleyCBVirginia Tech23VikingsChristian DarrisawOTVirginia Tech24SteelersNajee HarrisRBAlabama25JaguarsTravis EtienneRBClemson26BrownsGreg Newsome IICBNorthwestern27RavensRashod BatemanWRMinnesota28SaintsPayton TurnerDEHouston29PackersEric StokesCBGeorgia30BillsGregory Rou seauDEMiami31RavensOdafe OwehDEPenn State32BuccaneersJoe Tryon-ShoyinkaDEWashington