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== Field Yates == Field Yates (Born April 23, 1987) is a reporter for ESPN that covers the NFL and fantasy football. He appears on NFL Live, SportsCenter and Fantasy Football Now. He is also co-host of Fantasy Focus Football podcast with Matthew Barry.

== Education and Early years == Yates was born in Lincoln, Massachusetts and resident in Weston, Massachusetts. He attended Belmont Hill School playing Varsity Football and Captain of Varsity Men's Lacrosse team. He continued his athletic career at Wesleyan College in Middletown, Connecticut lettering in Football and Lacrosse. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology graduation in May 2009.

== Professional Career == Beginning in the summer of 2004 and continuing through his college graduation, Yates spent time working with the New England Patriots organization in an entry-level capacity learning the scouting and coaching professions. That propelled him to a full-time career in football, as he was hired by the Kansas City Chiefs, where he began a role as an in-house scout. During two seasons in Kansas City, he handled both scouting duties and some coaching obligations.

In 2012, Yates worked his first assignment for ESPN, helping to cover the 2012 National Football League Draft for ESPN Boston. His role with ESPN would expand to include contributions to ESPN Insider and a fantasy football podcast entitled "The Fantasy Underground." He was amongst the original cast of insiders on ESPN's NFL Insiders, which launched in 2013. Prior to the 2015 NFL season, Yates was named a co-host of ESPN's popular fantasy football podcast the.

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