Leonard Fournette

"First games are not to be comparable to his 30th game," said Miles.

"Expectations are unrealistic."

In his second game, against the Sam Houston State Bearkats, Fournette rushed for 92 yards on 13 attempts and scored his first collegiate rushing touchdown.

In the fifth week of the season, the New Mexico State Aggies traveled to Death Valley to face the #17 LSU Tigers, and Fournette ran for 122 yards on 18 carries and scored two touchdowns.

This effort put Fournette at the top of the Tigers' rushing list for the season.

On October 11 against SEC rival Florida, Fournette rushed the ball 27 times for 140 yards and two touchdowns to help LSU secure a 30–27 last-second win in The Swamp.

Against undefeated and #3 Ole Miss, who led the nation in stopping the run, Fournette shook off an early goal line fumble and rushed 23 times for 113 yards to go along with two receptions for 41 yards.

LSU ran the ball 12 times for 92 yards on a 13-play, 95-yard touchdown drive to upset the Rebels by a score of 10–7 in Death Valley.

Leonard Joseph Fournette III (born January 18, 1995) is an American football running back who is a free agent.

Raised in the 7th Ward of New Orleans by his parents Leonard Jr. and Lory, Fournette grew up in a troubled area that was often affected by violence and gang activity, especially after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.

Fournette credited Katrina as kick-starting his football career after he moved to Houston and back within a year because of the hurricane evacuation.

He also credits his mother's Catholic faith with getting the family through the recovery process.

When he came back to New Orleans he played football at St. Augustine High School, and competed in track and field.

His 200 metres regional mark of 21.57 seconds is fastest in 4A, and his 10.68 in the 100 metres is only .02 off the best time.

He also competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay and 4 × 200 metres relay.

On the varsity football team, he was a starter since his freshman year and compiled 7,619 rushing yards and 88 rushing touchdowns for his career.

He rushed for more than 2,500 yards and 30 touchdowns his freshman season, and became the first-ever freshman to earn a scholarship offer from Louisiana State.

His sophomore year ended with 1,900 yards rushing and 27 touchdowns.

As a junior, he registered 2,135 rushing yards and 31 touchdowns and was an LFCA Class 4A First-team All-State honoree.

In his senior year, Fournette ran for 1,792 yards and 16 touchdowns and added 45 receptions for 745 yards and six scores.

Early in the season, he had a heralded performance with two touchdowns and 262 yards rushing against Malachi Dupre's John Curtis Christian, which was nationally televised by ESPN2.

St. Augustine ended the season with a 9–2 record and an appearance in the LHSAA Division I semifinal game, where they were upset 31–28 by Archbishop Rummel High School.

He won the 2013 USA Today High School Football Offensive Player of the Year and was named the top-ranked recruit in 2014 senior class according to ESPN, 247Sports.com, and CBS Sports.

Fournette was named Louisiana's 2013 Mr. Football by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association, and also was selected as an All-American by Parade and USA Today, as well as USA Today Offensive Player of the Year, the first from Louisiana since Ryan Perrilloux in 2004.

After the season, Fournette participated in the Under Armour All-America Game where he caught a 36-yard touchdown pass and rushed for 43 yards on nine carries.

Unanimously regarded as the best running back prospect of his class, Fournette was one of the most highly recruited players ever to come out of Louisiana.

Fournette had near-unprecedented hype headed into college in 2014 after an outstanding career at St. Augustine High School in New Orleans.

ESPN ranked him as the No. 1 recruit in the class of 2014, as did Scout.com.

At the 2014 Under Armour All-America Game, Fournette announced his decision to attend Louisiana State University (LSU).

Fournette attended and played college football for LSU from 2014 to 2016 under head coaches Les Miles and Ed Orgeron.

Fournette's college career was preceded by very high expectations and hype, and he was often called "the next Adrian Peterson".

In his collegiate debut against the Wisconsin Badgers on August 30, 2014, Fournette ran for 18 yards on eight carries.

After the game, Tigers head coach Les Miles downplayed the Fournette hype.

At LSU, he was a consensus All-America selection following his sophomore season in 2015, after setting school single-season records with 1,953 rushing yards and 22 rushing touchdowns, and leading the country with 162.8 rushing yards per game.

Various experts regarded him as the best player in college football.

Upon being drafted by the Jaguars, Fournette had immediate success, including rushing for over 1,000 yards in his rookie season.

However, he struggled with several injuries and suspensions and as a result, his relationship with the franchise soured, eventually leading to his release after just three seasons with the team.

He then signed with the Buccaneers, with whom he played a large part in winning Super Bowl LV over the Kansas City Chiefs.

He was the team's primary starter for most of the 2021 season, but a late-season injury kept him out of the last 3 games of the regular season, as well as part of the playoffs.

He played college football for the LSU Tigers, and was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars with the fourth overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft.