Leonard Fournette with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, LSU, 2014–⁠16

Leonard Fournette

Number
No. 7
Height
6′1″
Hometown
New Orleans, LA
Born
Jan 18, 1995, in New Orleans, Louisiana

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Leonard Fournette played running back at LSU (2014–⁠16). He finished sixth in the 2015 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2015. The Jacksonville Jaguars took Fournette in the first round, No. 4 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,953
Rushing yards, 2015 (LSU, 9–⁠3)
Best game
228 yards
Vs. Auburn, week 3, 2015: No. 2 rushing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 3
In FBS in rushing yards, 2015
Drafted
No. 4
Overall, 2017 NFL Draft (Jacksonville Jaguars)

Career highs

284rushing yards, career highvs. Ole Miss, 20164rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Texas Tech, 2015

Honors

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2014LSU1871,0345.51089
2015LSU3001,9536.52287
2016LSU1298436.5878
Career6163,8306.24089

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2014LSU256251

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014LSU712718.1040
2015LSU1925313.3146
2016LSU151469.7038
Career4152612.8146

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2014LSU7RB
2015LSU7RB
2016LSU7RB6′1″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2014LSU1930.1764th (n=253)0.1232.022%0.26
2015LSU3300.2788th (n=268)0.1290.342%0.36
2016LSU1510.1658th (n=259)0.1323.835%0.18

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 LSU 7 games, 843 rushing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.WisconsinL 14–⁠1623138030338
Sep 17vs.Mississippi StateW 23–⁠2028147225427
Sep 24atAuburnL 13–⁠181610103524
Oct 22vs.Ole MissW 38–⁠2116284378325
Nov 5vs.AlabamaL 0–⁠1017350918
Nov 12atArkansasW 38–⁠101798317244
Nov 19vs.FloridaL 10–⁠161240011––
2015 LSU 12 games, 1,953 rushing yards, 22 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 12atMississippi StateW 21–⁠1928159326––
Sep 19vs.AuburnW 45–⁠211922837119
Sep 26atSyracuseW 34–⁠242624426217
Oct 3vs.Eastern MichiganW 44–⁠2226233375––
Oct 10vs.South CarolinaW 45–⁠2420158187325
Oct 17vs.FloridaW 35–⁠2831180225115
Oct 24vs.Western KentuckyW 48–⁠202615011812
Nov 7atAlabamaL 16–⁠301931118––
Nov 14vs.ArkansasL 14–⁠311991113336
Nov 21atOle MissL 17–⁠3825108032472
Nov 28vs.Texas A&MW 19–⁠732159123443
Dec 29 ✦vs.Texas TechW 56–⁠2729212443144
2014 LSU 13 games, 1,034 rushing yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 30vs.WisconsinW 28–⁠2481805––
Sep 6vs.Sam HoustonW 56–⁠01392140232
Sep 13vs.UL MonroeW 31–⁠01052124120
Sep 20vs.Mississippi StateL 29–⁠3473802011
Sep 27vs.New Mexico StateW 63–⁠718122217133
Oct 4atAuburnL 7–⁠411042010––
Oct 11atFloridaW 30–⁠2727140220––
Oct 18vs.KentuckyW 41–⁠31540111––
Oct 25vs.Ole MissW 10–⁠723113022241
Nov 8vs.AlabamaL 13–⁠202179013––
Nov 15atArkansasL 0–⁠175904––
Nov 27atTexas A&MW 23–⁠1719146146––
Dec 30 ✦vs.Notre DameL 28–⁠3111143289––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017
Height6′0½″
Weight240 lb
Arm length31⅝″
Hand size9¼″
Wingspan75¼″W
40-yard dash4.51 s
10-yard split1.53 sW
Vertical jump28½″

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

7 seasons, 80 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2017Jacksonville Jaguars132681,040936302
2018Jacksonville Jaguars8133439522185
2019Jacksonville Jaguars152651,152376522
2020Tampa Bay Buccaneers1297367636233
2021Tampa Bay Buccaneers14180812869454
2022Tampa Bay Buccaneers16189668373523
2023Buffalo Bills21240000
NFL career801,1444,518343122,219

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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