Leonard Fournette packed more value into his peak seasons than almost any running back in NFL history — a comet career that burned brightest when it mattered most. His KV-H peak of 74 is historically rare; while longevity was not his calling card, the impact of his best seasons is undeniable.

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Leonard Fournette

Top 10% all-time RBsElite PlaymakerTeam Carrier · #354

Height6'0"

Weight228 lb

BornJan 18, 1995

Age

Career Value · VORP

100 career value over replacement — #1149 all-time of 4,695. 16.7/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

3 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Comet64% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #4 (Rd 1) · JAX · 2017 · +6.7 vs expected KV-H

70actual

63.3 expected · Δ+6.7

💔+35.1 stolen VORP·2.1 szns lost

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Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #354 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2019 JAX·6 team wins#7

Rushing Yards · 1,152 · score 19

2019 JAX·6 team wins#25

Receptions · 76 · score 1

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 25% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

25% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader25

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 92%.

Encyclopedia Coverage6/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:1.943 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.943Touch rate0.442EPA/snap0Snap share55.7%Off snaps3,467ReliableCV 0.24

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within running backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average RBs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2017

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

RB · 2017 class

4.51s

40-Yard

Above avg · 63th pct

Pos 63thAll 77thClass Pos 60thClass All 78th

28.5"

Vertical

Low · 2th pct

Pos 2thAll 15thClass Pos 8thClass All 20th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Carry: 3.9 regular season → 4.0 playoffs (4 playoff seasons)

+1%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

6,737

4,518 rush · 2,219 recv

Total TDs

34 rush · 7 recv

Total Touches

1,456

1,144 carries · 312 rec

Yds / Touch

4.6

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones6

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

20171K career rushing yards
20191K career receiving yards
2019100 career receptions
20213K career rushing yards
202125 career rushing TDs
2022250 career receptions

Understanding These Stats

Passing

Cmp / Att — Completions and pass attempts.

Cmp% — Completion percentage — completions ÷ attempts × 100.

Yds — Passing yards — total air + yards after catch on completions.

TD / TD% — Passing touchdowns. TD% = TDs per 100 attempts, measuring scoring efficiency.

Int / Int% — Interceptions thrown. Int% = INTs per 100 attempts — the primary ball-security metric.

Y/A — Yards per attempt — passing yards ÷ attempts. The core passing efficiency rate.

AdjY/A — Adjusted yards per attempt: (Pass Yds + 20×TD − 45×INT) ÷ Att. Penalizes turnovers and rewards touchdowns — widely considered the most predictive single-season QB metric.

TD:INT — TD-to-interception ratio — passing touchdowns ÷ interceptions thrown. Elite QBs sustain career ratios above 3.0; HOF greats often exceed 4.0. Not shown when no interceptions.

Rate — NFL passer rating — the official formula combining Cmp%, Y/A, TD%, and INT% on a 0–158.3 scale. Good QB performance ≈ 90+; elite ≈ 110+.

Sk — Times sacked — how many times the QB was brought down behind the line of scrimmage.

Postseason Career

9 playoff games

Rushing

Att152Yds604TD9Y/A4.0TD%5.91D351D%23.0

Receiving

Tgt43

College Stats

LSUCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (LSU), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

Top Teammates

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Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2023team change
Joined BUF (from TB)
2023final season
Last recorded season with BUF
2020team change
Joined TB (from JAX)
2017draft
Drafted by JAX — Round 1, Pick 4

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 228 lb

Frame

240 lb at 4.51s

Size-speed

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 6-season peers. See all →

peak 74

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B+2017

B2018

B+2019

C+2020

B2021

B2022

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

70%

Era Translator

Rush Yds translated to the 2025 NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Rush Yds	Rush Yds/G	→ 2025 Rush Yds	→ 2025 /G
2017	1,040	80	1,422+382	83.6
2018	439	54.9	962+523	56.6
2019	1,152	76.8	1,373+221	80.7
2020	367	30.6	530+163	31.2
2021	812	58	993+181	58.4
2022	668	41.8	729+61	42.9

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.