re: How many RB's in the NFL are better (more talented) than Leonard Fournette?

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I hate to be a stickler here, but Fournette had 14 more career carries than Henry.

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But where Fournette really distinguished himself was in his ability to break tackles. He had 85 forced missed tackles as a runner alone (he added 10 more as a receiver) — the highest number in the nation. To put into perspective just how good that is, Heisman winner Derrick Henry of Alabama had 76 as a runner – on 96 more attempts than Fournette.

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The website I'm sure you're citing also describes him as leading the way in broken tackles

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But where Fournette really distinguished himself was in his ability to break tackles. He had 85 forced missed tackles as a runner alone (he added 10 more as a receiver) — the highest number in the nation. To put into perspective just how good that is, Heisman winner Derrick Henry of Alabama had 76 as a runner – on 96 more attempts than Fournette.

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Could it be anyone else? His 85 missed tackles forced were the most of any running back in the nation, let alone the SEC. Adding another 10 missed tackles as a receiver, Fournette is in the range that a 100 missed tackle forced season isn’t out of the question.

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There’s no question that Cook was one of the most difficult running backs to tackle in college football last season. He averaged 4.0 yards per rush after contact in 2015, the third-highest average in the nation and over half of his 7.4 yards per carry average. He also finished fifth in the nation in elusive rating, which is PFF’s measure of how effective a running back is at generating yards independent of his blocking. (The Seminoles produced an average overall run-blocking grade in 2015, slightly lower than LSU’s.)

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