I'm more impressed with Williams than Fournette at this point as a runner. Fournette has impressed me with his ability to catch the ball out of the backfield though. Williams just runs harder plain and simple. Fournette looks slow and timid to me. He may be just waiting for the line to open up holes but you can't do that every time in college. You have to hit the line with speed and make a split second decision/cut to gain yards. I'm sure he'll figure it out but right now Williams is the better back.
On another note, remember "Freak"? I'm not saying Fournette will be like that but some of these kids just grow/mature faster in high school than others making them look tremendous. Fournette was a grown man playing against kids in high school. Now he's a grown man playing against other grown men.

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Posted by justustm2

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Posted on 9/14/14 at 9:07 am to jwill37

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I'm more impressed with Williams than Fournette at this point as a runner. Fournette has impressed me with his ability to catch the ball out of the backfield though. Williams just runs harder plain and simple. Fournette looks slow and timid to me. He may be just waiting for the line to open up holes but you can't do that every time in college. You have to hit the line with speed and make a split second decision/cut to gain yards. I'm sure he'll figure it out but right now Williams is the better back.
On another note, remember "Freak"? I'm not saying Fournette will be like that but some of these kids just grow/mature faster in high school than others making them look tremendous. Fournette was a grown man playing against kids in high school. Now he's a grown man playing against other grown men.

WOW! I hate our fans sometimes. LF is averaging 5.2 yards per carry, 17.3 yards per catch, 25.6 per return and somehow he is a failure? That is the view of someone wanting him to be a failure. Williams being great is not mutually exclusive to Fournette being great. LF averages more per carry and more per catch, yet Williams is better? LF is slow? Biased any?

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
Leonard Fournette 3 31 167 5 162 5.2 2 40 54.0
Darrel Williams 2 21 103 1 102 4.9 3 22 51.0

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