Sports Illustrated Ranks Leonard Fournette As No. 1 Player In College Football

LSU junior running back Leonard Fournette was ranked No. 1 in Sports Illustrated Top 100 players in college football for the 2016 season.

Fournette, along with Texas A&M's Myles Garrett (No. 3) and Alabama's Cam Robinson (No. 8) were the only players from the SEC to crack the top 10.

Here is what they had to say about Fournette, who rushed for 1953 and 22 touchdowns in 2015.

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In terms of pure dominance, no player matches the brute force of Leonard Fournette. As a sophomore in 2015 Fournette led the FBS in rushing yards per game (162.8) and finished third in total rushing yards with 1,953. That total, as well as Fournette’s 22 rushing touchdowns, both set LSU single-season records. Oh, and the 6’1”, 230-pound brick wall bounced off defenders for a startling 6.5 yards per carry. In two years Fournette is already fourth on the Tigers’ career rushing chart (2,987 yards), and he’ll enter 2016 as a preseason first-team All-America certainty. If starting a college football team from scratch, one would be remiss to not pick Fournette with the first-overall selection. — ZE

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