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There haven't been a whole lot of 3 year hype machines that have panned out the way he projects too, though. Guys like Randall Mackey, DJ Banks, Chaz Washington, etc. got tons of pub early on in their careers but never became elite prospects. Fournette keeps getting more and more impressive.

Im not taking about this shitty players. Im talking on a national level more so.

Kenny Hilliard would be a good example, had he had a SR year like he did as a JR (2500 yards 32 TDS) he probably would have been a 5star top 3 RB in the nation. Instead he was hurt and ran for 1800 yards. Do you remember the hype Hilliard had coming up the ranks?

Im not trying to slight LF, he is awesome

Jeremy Hill for instance ran for 2,200 yards as a SR with 36 TDS

those 3 RBS are really not any better than the others. Evaluate them for what they are. Dont get too caught up in the rankings or the hype.

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Posted by AlexLSU

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Posted on 2/8/13 at 3:45 pm to Lester Earl

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Fournette ran behind 2 guys that are at LSU now.

When he was a freshman maybe.

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Kenny Hilliard would be a good example, had he had a SR year like he did as a JR (2500 yards 32 TDS) he probably would have been a 5star top 3 RB in the nation. Instead he was hurt and ran for 1800 yards. Do you remember the hype Hilliard had coming up the ranks?

Yeah, but Hilliard is what he is. He's not as dynamic, and he even shies away from contact too often for a big back.

Hill is great. He actually looks a lot faster at LSU than he did in HS (I assume that he's just more dedicated), but LF looks to have more open field moves and shiftiness. Other than that, there's not a whole lot different between those two.

Hilliard may not play a whole lot next year unless he lines up at FB in certain packages, which I would like to see.

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