Leonard Fournette – MDHQ http://www.mockdrafthq.com Updated Mock Drafts, Prospect Rankings, Scouting Reports Fri, 04 Sep 2020 09:35:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Here’s Why Leonard Fournette Signed With Bucs http://www.mockdrafthq.com/2020/09/heres-why-leonard-fournette-signed-with-bucs.html Fri, 04 Sep 2020 09:33:11 +0000 http://www.mockdrafthq.com/?p=11414 Are the Bucs a new super team? Well quite possibly after Leonard Fournette joined the squad. All 32 teams failed to pick him up from waivers for $4M salary so Leonard was clear to choose whatever team he wanted to join as a free agent.

The Bucs already have Shady McCoy but you can never have enough talent when forming a super team. Now we all know super teams typically don’t work out but it will be fun to see.

Fournette, the 25-year-old former Jaguars star, was released by Jacksonville on Monday, just two weeks before the beginning of the season, culminating a turbulent three-year stint with the franchise.

His deal with the Buccaneers is worth $2 million, and there are incentives that can boost it to $3.4 million, according to NFL Network.

https://nypost.com/2020/09/02/leonard-fournette-signs-with-tom-bradys-buccaneers/

]]> Leonard Fournette Injury: Should He Play? http://www.mockdrafthq.com/2016/08/leonard-fournette-injury-should-he-play.html Wed, 17 Aug 2016 21:58:27 +0000 http://www.mockdrafthq.com/?p=9518 Should Leonard Fournette play? That is the question on everyone’s minds.

Currently the LSU star is nursing an ankle injury which already has the peanut gallery turning. If he’s unable to stay healthy in the summer, why in the world should he play another SEC season and risk becoming the next Marcus Lattimore?

This is exactly the point Nick Wright brought up on his show:

The over serious tone aside, I actually agree. Why risk it? Because you love your teammates? You can love your teammates when you guys are training together trying to make a top draft position this spring. No need to go out there and get hit 200+ times when you have already proven you are the best at what you do collegiately.

Now I fully expect Leonard to play because he is a different type of guy, but I don’t think it’s a wise decision.

Let’s hope I don’t have to repeat these words…

]]> Should Nick Chubb’s Injury Cause Concern for Leonard Fournette? http://www.mockdrafthq.com/2015/10/nick-chubbs-injury-concern-leonard-fournette.html Mon, 12 Oct 2015 06:23:43 +0000 http://www.mockdrafthq.com/?p=8132 Georgia running back Nick Chubb suffered a catastrophic injury on the first carry of the game Saturday at Tennessee. On a routine play, Chubb carried the ball and landed awkwardly on his knee after being pushed out of bounds during the play.

Luckily Chubb “only” tore his PCL and suffered no other ligament damages. The injury brought up thoughts of Willis McGahee’s horrific injury at Miami so Chubb was extremely fortunate in his situation.

Click here to see the injury.

So what does this mean for Leonard Fournette?

Fournette is stacking stats right now at LSU at a pace that reminds one of Adrian Peterson. For the 2015 season, he already has 1000 yards through the first five games.

Read that again. Five games. 1000 yards.

So how should Fournette approach his NFL future?

Simply put: he should play. There really isn’t anything he can do. As a true sophomore he is not eligible until the 2017 NFL draft. Some writers are saying he could go to Canada’s CFL next season and get paid to play but that won’t prove anything.

Scouts already know he can play and injuries can happen anywhere. Who’s to say he doesn’t get injured on the first carry of this hypothetical CFL season? Either way his NFL hopes are out the window over a few Canadian dollars.

Fournette should take Chubb’s injury for what it is: a freak occurrence that could happen to any player, in any league, at any time. It’s just another event that happened in the world that has nothing to do with what he’s trying to accomplish.

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