Jayden Fielding may want to stay off the Internet for the next several days (or weeks for that matter).
The Ohio State kicker Fielding became the laughingstock of the college football world during Saturday’s Big Ten championship game against No. 2-ranked Indiana. With just under three minutes left in the fourth quarter at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind., Fielding was called on to kick a 27-yard field goal with No. 1-ranked Ohio State trailing 13-10.
But what should have been an easy chip shot to tie the game instead turned into a calamity. Fielding hooked the field goal wide left (see the video here), and the Hoosiers took over from there.
After Indiana burned some clock and pinned Ohio State deep into their own territory with an ensuing punt, time ran out on the Buckeyes. As a result, Indiana walked away with the 13-10 victory to claim the Big Ten title, and Ohio State was left licking their wounds after suffering their first loss of the college football season.
Social media showed absolutely no mercy to the senior kicker Fielding. Take a look at some of the cruelest memes that resulted.
Jayden Fielding from 27 out with the Big 10 championship on the line pic.twitter.com/k9VgiSDuKI
— 𝓜𝓑𝓙 (@MrBigJerry_) December 7, 2025
Jayden Fielding on any clutch kick with a big game on the line pic.twitter.com/S7W3VuQuoW
— AJ Vanchieri III (@ajvanchieri3) December 7, 2025
Ohio State players when they go back into the locker room and see Jayden Fielding at his locker: pic.twitter.com/fx1H4nzgJm
—(@RAZ0RBACKS) December 7, 2025
Ohio State’s kicker today….. pic.twitter.com/awd8jjstBf
— Aidan LaPorta (@AidanLaPorta69) December 7, 2025
Ohio State kicker when his team needed him the most
— Hater Report (@HaterReport_) December 7, 2025
pic.twitter.com/riVLKRwkNs
Ohio State’s kicker pic.twitter.com/M114k0Kn0z
— Tattoo Baker (@QB1Tattoo) December 7, 2025
Fielding, though he has been Ohio State’s full-time kicker since 2023 and led all Big Ten kickers in points scored last season as the Buckeyes went on to win the national title, is notoriously poor in clutch situations. During last year’s rivalry game against Michigan, Fielding also made a fool of himself with multiple missed kicks.
Ohio State did get a raw deal from the refs on one particular sequence in the second half. But if not for Fielding’s botched chip shot, the Buckeyes would have had an excellent chance of at least trying to win the game in overtime.
