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Leonard Fournette spends birthday at high school awarding teachers, coaches
By Andrew Olson
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Leonard Fournette was in a giving mood on his 22nd birthday.
The future NFL ball-carrier returned to St. Augustine High School in New Orleans, his alma mater, for the first “BUGA 5” awards, in which he awards five teachers and coaches. The award is a trip to watch Fournette in a future NFL game and $1000.
As far as where Fournette will be playing in the NFL, he will find out in late April, when the draft starts on April 27. Fournette is projected to be a high first-round pick. CBS Sports currently ranks Fournette the No. 9 overall prospect.
Fournette and Under Armour plan to make the “BUGA 5” awards an annual event. Future awards will go to students and teachers.
“It’s a special moment. A lot of people don’t give back on the day they expect things to be given to them,” Fournette told The Times-Picayune’s Julie Boudwin. “Like I’ve said since high school, why not be different? That’s why I’m here.”
Fournette graduated from St. Augustine in 2014 and joined LSU later that year.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
