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• Leonard Fournette’s current expert rankings
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It’s been a long journey for Leonard Fournette from his last days as “Fat Lenny” with the Jacksonville Jaguars, earning the moniker “Lombardi Lenny” due to his brilliant play for Tampa Bay the last year and a half.

He impressed the Buccaneers’ front office — and a certain No. 12 quarterback — enough to earn a fat three-year deal with his old team worth $21 million up to $24 million. There’s zero doubt with his performance and contract that he will be the entrenched clear-cut starter for the Bucs, and that’s exactly the desired outcome for fantasy football.

Fournette ranked fifth in fantasy points and fourth in expected fantasy points per game before his Week 15 injury, leading all running backs in receptions (62). Upon his return to the lineup for the Buccaneers’ playoff matchup against the Los Angeles Rams, Fournette reclaimed bell-cow duties, playing 86% of Tampa Bay’s offensive snaps to go with 22 touches for 107 yards from scrimmage.

With an all-encompassing skill set at just 27 years old, Fournette possesses easy top-10 running back fantasy appeal. He slides inside my early 2022 running back rankings as RB8 because a fantasy RB1 is exactly what he has been in the Tom Brady (QB – TB)-led offense.
– Andrew Erickson

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