Cam Cameron: Leonard Fournette is 'most-improved' on LSU offense
LSU running back Leonard Fournette lived up to his five-star hype with 1,034 yards and 10 touchdowns as a true freshman in 2014. It’s scary to think that the 6-foot-1, 230-pounder still has room for improvement.
In fact, in an interview with ESPN104.5 in Baton Rouge, Tigers offensive coordinator Cam Cameronn said that Fournette has been the team’s “most-improved player on offense” this spring. That has to strike fear in the hearts of coaches around the SEC.
“You’d be hard-pressed to have me tell you anybody other than Leonard Fournette is the most-improved player on our offense,” Cameron said. “I tell people that and their eyes kind of open up because he was probably our best player a year ago, but he is. He’s tremendously improved. He’s a special kid. He’s a special player and people are going to get to see a lot of Leonard Fournette in Tiger Stadium this fall.”
Fournette struggled a bit at the start of his freshman season, but had his two best games in the team’s regular season finale against Texas A&M and in the Music City Bowl against Notre Dame. Cameron said Fournette is building off that late-season success.
“He’s like a lot of great players. They’re never satisfied. They never feel like they’ve arrived,” Cameron said. “Even with what he did in the bowl game and the A&M game, he came in to this spring just dialed in and focused on certain things he wanted to get better at and he’s done that.”
Cameron also touched on LSU’s quarterback situation. Both junior Anthony Jennings and sophomore Brandon Harris saw time as the team’s starter in 2014 with mixed results. Things are still wide open, but with another year of experience under their belts, Cameron has liked what he’s seen from those two so far.
“I think maturity is always a good thing. What teaches a guy to become a more mature quarterback is game experience. Unfortunately all of those game experiences aren’t positive, but I think if guys are made of the right stuff, they’re going to respond. And our guys are,” Cameron said.
“Anthony has had his best spring since he’s been here. The last two scrimmages have probably been the best that he’s played since he’s been here at any point in time, so that’s a real positive. Brandon has gone through almost like a transformation this spring. It’s just that maturation process. It’s learning from mistakes. It’s learning from things you did well. It’s chemistry with the guys. All of those things have shown themselves this spring.”
LSU has already completed 12 of its 15 spring practices and is currently away on spring break. The team is set to return to the practice field on April 14 before playing the annual spring game at Tiger Stadium on April 18.
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