Leonard Fournette will be at Michigan for the weekend.
Per TomVH on Twitter. He'll leave his house Thursday and visit Michigan until Sunday, which is the BBQ. A long shot for sure, but hey, a few days at Michigan is a good thing.
EDIT - Scout has information, too, but it's paywalled. I'll just say that Mr. Fournette says Leonard is NOT an LSU lock.
Has anyone seen absolute confirmation that Peppers will be at the BBQ? I've only seen people assume he would be without official confirmation.
He obviously he wants to, it's just a matter of whether or not he can get there. As far as I know, it's not confirmed one way or another.
I know I'm replying out of order, but I've been saying since forever that Fournette is not going to LSU. I'm under the impression that every member here gets one Raback, sort of like a coaches challenge. I'm using mine. Fournette will play for the University of Michigan. It's my gut feeling. Crystal ball it. You heard it here. If I'm right, I will not let it go, not that anyone on here would care.
Stick it in the general comment section like the rest of us
I'll give you him not going to LSU. But I think you may be drinking a bit too much of the blue kool-aid. If you are right, however, I will retroactively +1 insightful this post. I have this thread bookmarked.
As long as he doesn't go to Bama or Ohio I'm fine with wherever. If he joins the good guys I will vote for you collecting a million points.
I'm not as far out as you are, but I'm ahead of most...I'm actually waiting for this weekend (which is kind of cheap, I know). If Peppers is there and they have a great weekend...I'll jump in the boat with you. I still think it would be ahead of most people (and understandably so), but there was once a time when we had no shot at Green or Hand...this is creeping into that territory.
I sacrificed three goats and a donkey to appease the commit-god.
Any chance the commit-god asked carlos hyde to sacrifice a drunk chick?
Please don't use Michigan and Carlos Hyde in the same sentence, even if it's an overly touchy reply.
This actually brings up a question I never thought to ask: what kind of runner is Fournette?
I didn't know anything about him until Peppers stepped in and got him to visit. I pretty much know he's a RB, the #1 recruit in the country, and expected to stay down south. Just curious how his playing style would meld with Green's. Any good scouting reports or posters' general impressions on the type of player he is?
Every time he touches the ball he scores a touchdown. Does it really matter how he does it?
He destroys
He's like Ivan Drago except more Russian and with a better left hook!
"But faster."
with fewer steroids.
aka the Black Russian
very un-Dude-like
Last year it was Derrick Green, now Leonard?
Now that you mention it, "Antimatter" wouldn't be a half bad nickname for Fournette, were he to choose Michigan
He's received comparisons to Adrian Petersen. While I personally don't think anyone has the right to be compared to AP, especially a high school player, it goes to show the kind of talent he has.
That is probably true, but if this kid is even 80% of Adrian Petersen, I still think I want him in Maize and Blue in 2014.
Fournette is a much better talen than Green in my opinion just by comparing films. Also all the recruiting sites agree because he is the consensus number 1 RB in the country whereas Green was number 1 on some sites and much lower on others.
Here's a preview:
Like De'Anthony Thomas, but faster.
Like Trent Richardson, but stronger.
Like Barry Sanders, but shiftier.
Like Jesus, but holier.
He's like Bo Jackson in Tecmo Bowl, but faster and harder to tackle.
When you look at his highlights, he kind of is Bo Jackson in Tecmo Bowl, nobody tackles him. Like ever. At all.
He is the good kind of runner.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YiiFKr2MGs
Watch this if you haven't seen it yet. I know it's a highlight reel, but the fact that it's 6 minutes of touchdowns is extremely impressive.
I'll just say that whether we get him or not, I'll follow his career with some interest. He looks more impressive than any back I've seen coming out of high school maybe ever. Given, I haven't had access to film other than maybe the past decade, but still, he looks really, really good.
Disclaimer: I've only seen Fournette's highlight films.
That being said, my mind leaps to a bizarre-sounding comparison, but I think it's accurate. Fournette reminds me of Mike Hart. It really looks like he has good vision and instincts, knowing exactly how to slow up, turn the defender around, etc. That's one thing you can't teach very well. Thomas Rawls' lack of relative success thus far is just one of many examples. Of course, Fournette has a lot more physical tools than Hart does, but to me, vision and instincts trump the rest when you're looking for a running back. Take this with a grain of salt.
3:35
lolwut
This is honestly the most accurate possible comparison of the run at 3:34 in that video.
When I watched his highlight reel, the thought that popped into my head was "if we get this guy, he will be like our Reggie Bush and Green will be our LenDale White."
to these two although Fournette is much bigger than Reggie coming out of h.s., so I think we're getting two of the same, if that were to happen. Kid weighs around 220 right now. His speed must be significantly faster-I don't know that-for OP to make that comparison
Hopefully that holds true!