SEC Extra Points: Should Leonard Fournette and Nick Chubb Rest Up for the NFL?

Posted by Barrett Sallee on September-29-2016 Add Comments

One month into the season, two top-tier, draft-eligible running backs are ailing.

LSU running back Leonard Fournette has been nursing an ankle injury since the fourth quarter of the season opener and re-injured that ankle late in the 18-13 loss last week at Auburn.

"We don’t know, that’s up in the air right now," interim head coach Ed Orgeron said during Wednesday's teleconference. "[I] can say in all likelihood that he’ll try to play. It’ll be a game-time decision. But obviously, if it furthers any injury, we won’t play him."

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