Leonard Fournette Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Leonard Fournette
RB
, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Age: 26
Weight: 228 lbs
Height: 6' 0"

ADP: 90
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	RecYds
13.5	84	0	9	51

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

After Ronald Jones landed on the COVID-19 list, Fournette started the team’s final seven games, averaging 16.9 touches for 87 yards and 1.0 touchdowns, including 135 total yards and a score against the Chiefs in the Super Bowl. Jones was a more efficient runner–5.09 yards per carry–during the season, while Fournette averaged just 3.78 YPC. But in the postseason, the production flipped. Fournette posted 4.69 YPC while Jones managed just 3.97 YPC. Did “Playoff Lenny” do enough to win the RB1 job heading into the season? Earlier this summer, Bruce Arians indicated that they’d be “splitting time” if they were both healthy. Complicating matters, Giovani Bernard was added to the mix, so the third-down snaps for both players are under serious pressure.

Latest news

Buccaneers Beat: RB Ronald Jones could be running out of second chances

The Athletic

yesterday · 1:30 PM EDT

Two weeks into the 2021 season, Ronald Jones continues to do things that could adjourn the Bucs’ run-by-committee approach.

“This is his third year, man,” coach Bruce Arians said Monday after the Bucs pulled out a 48-25 win over the Falcons. “It shouldn’t be a problem, and at times, it is.”

Related players: Leonard Fournette, Giovani Bernard

Fantasy Impact:

Jones fumbled in Week 1 and in Week 2 got the start but was out-performed by Fournette. Jones, it seems, continues to shoot himself in the foot with mistakes on the field, the story said. The story said Fournette is ahead of Jones by any measure, with twice as many snaps (73-32), carries (20-10) and rushing yards (84-41), getting nine catches for 51 yards while Jones has a single 9-yard reception. The Bucs have had their success in the passing game so the numbers for any of their backs aren't impressive. Eventually, they are going to need to run the ball, and as of now, Fournette seems to be the safer fantasy play.

Scouting report

by Jordan Heck

· Sep 17 · 3:11 PM EDT

TB RB Leonard Fournette - Week 2 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 2 vs. Atlanta Falcons

Bruce Arians' love affair with Leonard Fournette has continued into 2021. Fournette led all backs in carries (9), targets (7) and receptions (5). The carries part isn't too surprising, but the fact Fournette was so involved as a receiver despite the team bringing in Giovani Bernard this offseason was unexpected. Although Fournette benefited from Jones being benched following a fumble, so his 65% offensive snap count isn't expected to be the norm every week. Still, it appears as of now that Fournette is the best of the Bucs' three running backs to own in fantasy. He faces a Falcons defense that gave up 170 scrimmage yards to running backs in Week 1, so it's a good matchup. We like Fournette as an RB3/flex play in Week 2.

2021 Strength of Schedule - TB

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
26 DAL	3 ATL	5 @LAR	21 @NE	11 MIA	9 @PHI	4 CHI	2 @NO	BYE	7 @WAS	18 NYG	10 @IND	3 @ATL	20 BUF	2 NO	15 @CAR	14 @NYJ

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

Game Stats


Week	Opp	RuAtt	RuYds	YPC	Rec	RecYds	Tgts	YPR	STD	PPR	Snaps	%
1	DAL	9	32	3.56	5	27	7	5.40	5.9	10.9	42/65	64.6%
2	ATL	11	52	4.73	4	24	4	6.00	7.6	11.6	31/63	49.2%
Per game		10.00	42.00	4.20	4.50	25.50	5.50	5.67	6.75	11.25	36.50/64.00	56.92%
Totals		20	84	4.20	9	51	11	5.67	13.5	22.5	73/128	56.92%

Previous Games vs. LAR


Season	Week	Opp	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Fum	YPC	Rec	RecYds	RecTD	Tgts	YPR	STD	PPR	Snaps	%
2020	11	LAR	7	17	1	0	2.43	1	9	0	4	9.00	8.6	9.6	36/69	52.17%
2017	6	LAR	21	130	1	0	6.19	2	8	0	2	4.00	19.8	21.8	41/69	59.42%
Average			14.00	73.50	1.00	0.00	4.31	1.50	8.50	0.00	3.00	6.50	14.20	15.70	38.50/69.00	55.80%