INDIANAPOLIS – Leonard Fournette refuses to brag about his prodigious exploits growing up in New Orleans, so Tyrann Mathieu will do it for him.
Fournette was a schoolyard legend as a child, the talk of the city by junior high, and earmarked for the NFL after rushing for more than 1,700 yards and 22 touchdowns as a freshman in high school.
As he stood on a podium at the NFL Scouting combine on Thursday afternoon, the LSU star was asked about finally getting to the level so many knew he would reach. A projected first-round pick and arguably the draft’s most talented running back, Fournette said he never took it as a given.