Last confirmed: LSU, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · New Orleans, LA · St. Augustine
Leonard Fournette: RB · LSU · #7.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Leonard Fournette
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Leonard Fournette has played for two head coaches in three seasons at LSU. A game that shows it: 284 rushing yards and 25 receiving yards against Ole Miss — Week 8, 2016.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Feast or famine
33.0% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — and he's stuffed on 15.5% of his carries. 17 carries for 35 yds vs Alabama; 16 for 284 vs Ole Miss.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
4 of the team's 29 inside-the-5 carries (13.8%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-16@ Wisconsin | 23 | 138 | 6.0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-20vs Mississippi State | 28 | 147 | 5.3 | 2 | 25 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-18@ Auburn | 16 | 101 | 6.3 | 0 | 35 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-21vs No. 23 Ole Miss | 16 | 284 | 17.8 | 3 | 78 | Season-high 284 yds |
| Wk 10 | L 0-10vs No. 1 Alabama | 17 | 35 | 2.1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-10@ Arkansas | 17 | 98 | 5.8 | 3 | 17 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 12 | L 10-16vs No. 21 Florida | 12 | 40 | 3.3 | 0 | 11 | |
| Total | 129 | 843 | 6.5 | 8 | 78 |
Week 8 · 2016
W 38-21
vs Ole Miss
284 rush yds (16 car) · 3 TD · 3 rec · 25 yds
With J. Growden — 44.8 yards per punt · 5 punts · 57 long · D. Etling — 204 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 58.2
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
43%129 carriesFumble rate
2.3%3 of 129 carries · 2 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.5 yds/carry on 129 carries · 16% explosive (10+ yds) · 43% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 126 | 7.1 | 1.2 |
| Road2g | 99.5 | 6.0 | 1.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 129 | 5.9 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 114 | 7.2 | 1.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ed Orgeron
Pass share
39.6%
298 pass / 455 run
Plays / game
62.8
12 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
320 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
More touches a game than nearly every FBS running back who plays every week.
Career, closed
Gone at #4 overall.
How it ended
Three seasons at LSU, 3,830 rushing yards — drafted at #4 overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
His career
He has a stat line in 32 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Les Miles → Ed Orgeron. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where he ended up · NFL
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 10th NFL season
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 10th NFL season
