Leonard Fournette

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Leonard Fournette
Running back
Date of birth: January 18, 1995
Place of birth: New Orleans , Louisiana
Height: 1.83 m Weight: 105 kg
NFL debut
2017 for the Jacksonville Jaguars
Career
College : LSU
NFL Draft : 2017 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th
 Teams:
Current status: active
Career highlights and awards
college
  • Consensus All-American 2015
  • First-team All- SEC 2015
  • Second-team All-SEC
Selected NFL stats
as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Erlaufene yards     2,631
average     4th
Run touchdowns     17th
Captured passports     134
Captive yards     1.009
Captured touchdowns     2
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Leonard Fournette (* 18th January 1995 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) is an American American football poker players in the position of running backs . He is currently a free agent and most recently played for the Jacksonville Jaguars in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected fourth by the Jaguars in the 2017 NFL Draft and previously played college football at Louisiana State University (LSU).

High school and college

Fournette attended St. Augustine High School and was active in addition to football over the sprint distances in athletics. As a junior he was able to run 2,135 yards in one season and achieve 31 touchdowns. Commonly valued as one of the greatest talents in the running back position, Fournette accepted the offer to play for the LSU college . In his college days, he was able to prove his potential again, ran a total of 3,830 yards and scored 40 touchdowns. In the 2016 season, he was considered a co-favorite for the Heisman Trophy , which honors the best college football player. Due to several minor injuries, he could not play the entire season and had to end his season early. On December 5, 2016, Fournette announced that he would participate in the 2017 NFL Draft . Many experts saw Fournette as one of the best running backs of this draft year.

NFL

In the 2017 NFL Draft , he was finally elected fourth and first running back by the Jacksonville Jaguars . On May 17, he signed his rookie contract for four years and 27 million dollars .

In his first professional season in 2017 , he scored 1,040 running and 302 receiving yards and a total of 10 touchdowns. In particular in the 30: 9 win against the Pittsburgh Steelers in week 5, he showed an outstanding performance with 181 yards. He set a new Jaguars franchise record with his 90-yard touchdown run in the final quarter. It reached a top speed of over 35 kilometers per hour.

The 2018 season was overshadowed by injuries; Fournette only played 8 of the 16 regular season games. The negative climax was a suspension after fights in the game against the Buffalo Bills in week 12. At the end of the regular season there were only 439 running and 185 receiving yards.

On August 31, 2020, Fournette was released from the Jaguars.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Report on espn.com, accessed on August 15, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ Report on sports-reference.com, accessed on August 15, 2017 (English).
  3. ↑ Report on ncaa.com, accessed on August 15, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ Report on NFL.com, accessed August 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ Report on si.com, accessed on August 15, 2017 (English).
  6. ↑ Report on NFL.com, accessed August 15, 2017.
  7. ↑ Report on NFL.com, accessed August 15, 2017.
  8. ↑ Statistics on. pro-football-reference.com, accessed April 10, 2019 .
  9. ↑ report on. espn.com, October 13, 2017, accessed April 10, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Report on espn.com. November 27, 2018, accessed April 11, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Jacksonville Jaguars sack running back Leonard Fournette on spox.com. August 31, 2020, accessed August 31, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Fournette, Leonard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player on the running back position
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans , Louisiana