Former running back at LSU. 2016: 843 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 15 catches.
6′1″ · New Orleans, LA
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 1 nationally · Signed with LSU
Statement game16 car · 284 yds · 3 TDvs Ole Miss (FBS) · W 38-21
Top 0.1% rushing yards game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former running back at LSU. 2016: 843 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 15 catches.
Leonard Fournette
Leonard Fournette has played for two head coaches in three seasons at LSU. The receipt: 284 rush yds, 25 rec yds against Ole Miss — Week 8, 2016.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career, closed
Gone at #4 overall.
How it ended
Three seasons at LSU, 3,830 rushing yards — drafted at #4 overall by Jacksonville.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Badges
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Les Miles → Ed Orgeron. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
JacksonvilleEntering 10th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: long run (90th percentile). Strength: yards / carry (88th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (21st percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 126 | 7.1 | 1.2 |
| Road3g | 112 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
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
Lane Kiffin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2016
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 7 games
| 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 Ole Miss | 16 | 284 | 17.8 | 3 | 78 | Season-high 284 yds |
| Wk 10 | L 0-10vs 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 Florida | 12 | 40 | 3.3 | 0 | 11 | |
| Total | 129 | 843 | 6.7 | 8 | 78 |
Final Heisman position · 2016
Leonard Fournette finished 146th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.