Leonard Fournette
St. Augustine High School
Impact Statement
Leonard Fournette has impacted every team he’s been a part of from St. Augustine, to LSU, to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Biography
Leonard Fournette, who will play college football at LSU, was the Times-Picayune All-Metro Player of the Year in 2013.
The 6-1, 225 pound running back, amassed 3,697 all-purpose yards during his senior season with 25 touchdowns. Fournette, who was considered a 5-star recruit, rushed for 1,802 yards and 17 touchdowns. He caught 45 passes for 745 yards and six scores, plus he threw touchdown passes as the team’s Wildcat-formation quarterback.
Fournette, who carried a B average in the classroom, was named the Gatorade Louisiana Player of the Year as a junior and a senior, was USA Today’s Player of the Year in 2013, plus he made the MaxPreps.com’s All-American team. Fournette is the first National Football Player of the Year honored by the NHSCA from Louisiana.
Fournette continued to play football at LSU. He was named to the All-SEC Freshman Team in 2014. As a sophomore, he was named to the All-SEC First Team. He also earned First-Team All-America and Consensus All-America honors. Although his junior year was hampered by an injury, Fournette still earned Second Team All-SEC honors.
Fournette announced he would forgo his senior year and entered into the 2017 NFL Draft. He was the fourth overall pick by the Jacksonville Jaguars. In his three seasons with the Jaguars, Fournette notched over 2,600 rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards. He was the first Jaguar to rush for at least 100 yards in his NFL debut. He is also the youngest player in NFL history to score a touchdown of at least 90 yards.
After three seasons, Fournette was released by the Jags in late August of 2020. Three days later, Fournette found a new team with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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