With the 2024 NFL season just three days away, free agent running back Leonard Fournette has received a phone call to visit with a surprise AFC team.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Indianapolis Colts are bringing in Leonard Fournette for a visit today. The two-time 1,000-yard rusher appeared in two games for the Buffalo Bills last season.
The Colts running back room currently consists of superstar and 2021 rushing champion Jonathan Taylor, former San Francisco 49er Trey Sermon and 23-year-old Tyler Goodson.
Fournette was drafted fourth overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2017. He showed signs of stardom as a rookie by rushing for 1,040 yards and nine touchdowns to help Jacksonville make a surprise run to the AFC Championship Game, where they fell to the New England Patriots.
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Leonard Fournette had a career year in 2019 by recording 1,152 rushing yards, three touchdowns and 1,674 yards of offense. But the Jaguars released Fournette in 2020, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers picked him up.
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After an inconsistent regular season showing, Fournette brought back his ‘Playoff Lenny” form and had four touchdowns in as many postseason games. The LSU product led the Bucs to a Super Bowl 55 championship victory over the Kansas City Chiefs,
Fournette surpassed 1,000 yards of offense in each of his next two seasons with the Buccaneers and was awarded a three-year extension in 2022.
However, the Bucs released him after the 2022 season and decided to move forward with Rachaad White as their lead RB. Leonard Fournette had 12 carries for 40 yards in the limited action he saw with Buffalo last year.
Leonard Fournette Could Be A Serviceable Backup RB
The Super Bowl 55 champion isn’t going to be a starting running back again, but Fournette can still be a useful RB2 or RB3 in the right offense, especially in goal-line runs and as a pass-catcher on third-and-short situations.
