Leonard Fournette should follow up on a standout season with the LSU Tigers, when the electric runner really came into his own. Fournette is expected to be the focal point of a strong LSU team, one that Les Miles hopes can become a serious title contender.
If they're going to do so, Fournette will need to put up big numbers, and that could pay off big time in the end.
As SEC Country points out, if the Tigers make a run to the College Football Playoffs, Fournette could conceivably take down Barry Sanders' record 2,628-yard season on the ground.
Here's the numbers breakdown:
15 games: Average of 175.3 yards
14 games: Average of 187.7 yards
13 games: Average of 202.2 yards
12 games: Average of 219.1 yards
Fournette averaged 162.75 yards per game last season despite totaling just 31 yards on the ground in a stinker against Alabama. That games would put LSU in a bowl game, while 14 would mean the Tigers made the SEC Championship game and a bowl game or College Football Playoff game.
He's got a chance, albeit an outside one.
