American football running back Leonard Joseph Fournette III, born January 18, 1995, plays for the National Football League’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL). Fournette was the third-best prospect entering the NFL Combine when he graduated from college and was widely expected to be selected in the top ten picks in the upcoming draft. He decided to only take part in the vertical and 40-yard dash at the NFL combine after weighing five pounds more than his playing weight in college.
Where did Leonard Fournette go to college? Did Leonard Fournette play college football?
From 2014 to 2016, Fournette played collegiate football for LSU under head coaches Les Miles and Ed Orgeron. He was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars as the fourth overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft while playing college football for the LSU Tigers. The excitement around Fournette’s college career was intense, and he was sometimes referred to as “the next Adrian Peterson.” On eight carries, Fournette gained 18 yards against the Wisconsin Badgers on August 30, 2014, in his collegiate debut. Les Miles, the head coach of LSU, played down the Fournette hype following the game. Miles added, “First games are not to be compared to his 30th game.”
