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In a heartfelt personal letter to his fans, LSU’s running back Leonard Fournette announced on Monday that he will be entering the 2017 draft. In his letter, Fournette wanted to thank all the fans around who supported him throughout his high school and college careers… and that support came before he even decided to stay in his home state and play for the LSU Tigers too.
“This has been a very trying season, but I have continued to fight to play to the best of my ability. Each day I study and work and rehab with my coaches, trainers and teammates so that I can return to the filed for the bowl game, and help our team bring another victory home.”
As he says this, it is after the Tigers play the Citrus Bowl against Louisville that will be the end of Fournette’s college days.
During his junior year, Fournette had an ankle injury that he suffered in prison camp that had him missing five games.
Regardless of his games missed, Fournette was still able to rush for 843 years in seven games and that’s also including 284 against Ole Miss.
During his season with the Tigers, Fournette ran 2,987 yards and scored 33 touchdowns in his first two season and he’s LSU’s “fourth-leading rusher in Tigers history, with 3,830 yards.”
Fournette will break #LSU records for per-game and per-carry averages (Guice is on pace to re-break per-carry avg) http://bit.ly/2gIWQ3Q
