2009: Sat out the 2009 season as a redshirt...Did not appear in, or dress for, and of the Rams' games...Earned repetitions with the practice squad.

Personal: Carlos Fields a 6-2, 215-pound linebacker from Northern Vance high school in Henderson, N.C. led Northern Vance HS to the Mid-State Conference Championship and was selected as the conference's Defensive Player of the Year...Was selected to represent the State of North Carolina in the East vs. West All-Star Game...Collected over 100 tackles his senior season and was a two-sport star who was named All-Conference in basketball...Turned down an offer from North Carolina A&T and drew recruiting interest from James Madison...The son of Carlos Fields, Sr. and Shelia Seward, Carlos was born on Oct. 3, 1990.