re: Marcus Spears brings the heat: Leonard Fournette was done a disservice by LSU

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. facts and the ncaa record book

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I haven't seen anything yet.....

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LSU TIGERS' Leonard Fournette wins NCAA rushing title



Leonard Fournette of LSU finished the season as the NCAA rushing champion, the first in LSU history and the first in the SEC since 1949, according to NCAA statistics.

Fournette finished the season averaging 162.8 yards per game with a school-record 1,953 yards on 300 carries. He also scored a school-record 22 rushing touchdowns. The NCAA determines its rushing champion on yards per game rather than total yards, a change made prior to the 1970 football season. Fournette played in 12 games, with the season opener against McNeese State cancelled by bad weather.

Alabama's Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry was second with 147.9 yards per game and Stanford's  Christian McCaffrey was third with 144.2 per game. Henry led the nation in rushing yards with 2,219 and McCaffrey had 2,019.

Fournette became the first Southeastern Conference running back to lead the nation since Ole Miss' John Dottley of Ole Miss had 1,312 rushing yards. The only other SEC player to rank first in the nation Georgia's Frank Sinkwich in 1941 with 1,103 yards.



Fournette ranked No. 3 in net rushing yards (1,953), all-purpose yards (183.83), and points per game (11.5) and he finished No. 4 nationally in rushing TDs with 22.

Entering the 2016 season, Fournette has 2,987 career yards and is fourth on the school's career yardage list. Kevin Faulk holds the LSU career rushing record with 4,557 yards, followed by Dalton Hilliard (4,050), and Charles Alexander (4,035).

Scroll down for Fournette's 2015 accomplishments and records. Here's a look at the top five 

Name                                       G    Att.     Yards   TDs    Avg. Game

Leonard Fournette, LSU         12   300      1,953    22    162.8

Derrick Henry, Alabama             15   395       2,219     28    147.2

Christian McCaffrey, Stanford  13   337      2,019       8     144.2      

Royce Freeman, Oregon             12   283      1,836     17     142.2

Dalvin Cook, Fla. St.                    12   229      1,691     19     140.9

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admit you were wrong boy

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He was also quite injury prone towards the end. 

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He had one high ankle sprain, right? I might have missed something.

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Now, having said that, when he was on, it was very special to watch. I would put his talent, at his best, on par (or exceeding) Faulk, Alexander and Cannon - particularly in his ability to take over a game from the tailback position.

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He is about 200 yards from passing Alexander and has 240 less carries than Alexander. Had he played actually 3 full seasons he would be easily #2 all time.

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Leonard was done a disservice by LSU.

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Right, he led college football RBs in yards per game, average yards gained per run, and average TDs per game. What a disservice by LSU.

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So you're the only LSU fan who doesn't know this is true? do you have a problem with messenger, or both?

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no i'm not. I think Spears is spewng bull shite. Fournette had a great two years at LSU and was featured to the detriment of the rest of our offense imo. he was hurt his junior year. he was NOT done a disservice by LSU.

yes, there are people that spew that garbage that miles ruined all LSU players careers but there are a hell of a lot of them in the NFL. Fournette was the fist RB picked in the draft and a first rounder which is unusual these days for a RB to go before the second round. LSU did him a service,not a disservice.

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Spears has issues with Miles, always has, always will. Why drag that up now? Miles is gone Leonard got paid. Time to move on.

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exactly. that's what pissed me off about Spears bringing shite like this up. frick him. he was a great player for LSU but I have lost all respect for him. he's trashing us NOW? and for Fournette?

give me a fricking break.

Some people just can't let it go. Sheesh. The Miles era is over at LSU so why keep bringing this up?

If, if, if. Wow! Solid analysis by Spears. If, LSU had stopped Jalen Hurts they would have beaten Bama. But they didn't.

Fournette is gone. Great player at LSU and he loved CLM. Really doesn't matter what Marcus Spears says.

Spears' loyalty is to LSU not Miles. Whether or not you think his negativity for Miles is irrational, his opinions on how Fournette was utilized do not make him a bad LSU fan. I think it's funny that, while he was the coach it was said that you must support him, but now you need to get over it.

No I'm not joking you're the joke. I said best athlete for 3 years and he was. I said nothing about being the best running back did I? Learn to read before trying to come at me like that. You sound like a little whinny girl.

If LF had the metal aspect down his freshman year he would have done the same thing he did his sophomore year maybe slightly under. Then if he wouldn't of been so battered and bruised up his first couple of years he wouldn't of gotten hurt his 3rd. IDGAF what you think you know, I know and the country knows what they saw.

LF could have been put in positions to have barely been touched. I assure you the ankle wasn't his only injury either. It was the only one which slowed him down for that long but he was hurting after some of those games. If we didn't have a great team well then that falls on Les Miles ultimately, no QB, young in key areas, and this was a consistent issue with him. Again disservice.