Leonard Fournette, running back, LSU
If you were asked to build an NFL running back, you’d come back with Leonard Fournette. He’s 6-foot-1, 235 pounds of athlete. He runs with the power and explosion to run even NFL defenders over, but he’s also extremely quick in the open field and can be shifty.
At times at LSU, Fournette looked like the best running back in the world, let alone in college football. Injuries really ended up hampering his college career, though, so much so that his long-term viability in the NFL needs to be questioned.
He’s had chronic ankle injuries that have kept him out of games. Notably, in 2016 he missed five of LSU’s games and was questionable for many of them. That included the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl.
How many more carries does Fournette have left? On talent alone, he’s one of the best players, if not the best NFL-ready player, in this draft.
Those injury concerns are real, though.