Leonard Fournette steps over, stiff-arms defender en route to 81-yard run
By Keith Farner
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Former LSU star Leonard Fournette helped the Jacksonville Jaguars take the lead against the Denver Broncos with a huge run in the third quarter.
Fournette carried the ball 81 yards to setup an eventual touchdown three plays later as the Jaguars took a 20-17 lead. Fournette both stepped over a defender and stiff-armed another opponent to get the ball to the Denver 12-yard line.
That gave Fournette 178 yards on 20 carries, a nice 8.9 yards per carry average. This was by far Fournette’s best game of the season as he hadn’t even topped 70 yards to this point. Fournette also didn’t score a touchdown in his first three games.
If this is any indication, it appears to be a bounce-back season for Fournette has struggled the last couple of seasons after a 1,040 yard output in 2017. He’s had less than 500 yards the last two years.
The gassed #Broncos D gives up an 81-yarder to Fournette after a three and out by the O. pic.twitter.com/dJjzRQtFoX
— Joe Rowles (@JoRo_NFL) September 29, 2019
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
