Before today just nine FBS players had eclipsed 1,000 yards in their first five games or fewer of a season. Leonard Fournette became No. 10.
Leonard Fournette: reaches 1,000 rush yards in 5th game; is 10th player in FBS history to rush for 1,000 yards in season’s first 5 games
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 10, 2015
And he did it in typically emphatic Fournette fashion, ripping off an 87-yard touchdown against South Carolina (via SB Nation):
And LSU isn’t even halfway through its regular-season slate (six games remaining).