re: Syracuse Running Back Most like Fournette: Ernie Davis or Jim Brown?

quote:

---

Fournette also seems like a pretty humble kid, so I'll go with Ernie there, too. Ernie, after getting tackled, would famously often help the defender up and say "Nice tackle."

---

Son's friend played safety in high school. Which meant he rode LF's back all night when they played St Aug, saw him the next day and he had brush burns up and down his arm. Anyhow he told me after the game was over LF made a b-line straight for him and he thought there was gonna be trouble. Well LF proceeds to tell him what a great tackler he was and how impressed he was that he never let up or gave. True story. From what I saw on the field that game I knew he'd be good and the story confirmed he was just as good a person.