Several prominent media outlets have started the ‘Leonard Fournette should skip his junior season’ narrative this week following the star running back’s third consecutive career-best outing.

Likely a Top 5 pick in the NFL Draft once he’s eligible after the 2016 campaign, Fournette’s a potential franchise tailback with next-generation ability, but many are worried about injury concerns.

NBC Sports and Sports Illustrated have published pieces over the last 24 hours indicating it would be in Fournette’s best interest to train — rather than play — and secure the financial pay-out that awaits in the NFL. Many thought former South Carolina All-American Jadeveon Clowney should’ve done the same after his sophomore campaign in 2012 when it was clear he was No. 1 on many draft boards for the following season.

ESPN’s Jemele Hill tweeted this on Sunday:

From NBS Sports’ Mike Florio:

“By playing for LSU in 2016, Fournette risks becoming the next Marcus Lattimore. Even if Fournette comes through the experience healthy, he will have done nothing to enhance his value beyond what it already is. Kids go to college to acquire marketable skills. Plenty of college football players are majoring in football, even though the placement rate is ridiculously low. For guys like Fournette, who has won the lottery after only two years, there’s no reason to play football for something close to free.”

From Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch:

“He owes himself the opportunity to maximize his market, and providing LSU with free labor is a foolish risk. I would find trusted business advisors, enroll at a high-performance facility that specializes in training NFL prospects, and educate myself on the business of the NFL from the summer of 2016 to the 2017 combine period. If you think Fournette’s draft status will go down because he leaves college, it’s exactly the opposite. He’ll create a better market by not giving scouts more film to pick out flaws.”