Quote:Derrick Henry in college:

 

619 plays from scrimmage for 3876 yards (6.3 avg) and 45 touchdowns.

 

Leonard Fournette in college:

 

657 plays from scrimmage for 4356 yards (6.6 avg) and 41 touchdowns.

 

Derrick Henry ran a 4.54 forty yard dash at the NFL Combine.  Leonard Fournette ran a 4.51 forty yard dash at the NFL Combine.

 

Derrick Henry is 6'3" and 247 lbs.  Leonard Fournette is 6'0" and 240 lbs.

 

Both played in the SEC.

 

What am I missing?

 

I'm not sure that Fournette is the elite prospect he was drafted to be, but I know why Henry fell to the back half of the second round, and it wasn't because of size vs speed or college production, it was because he was thought of as having slow feet and change of direction. He was given a great chance by the team around him in college to succeed, but so far in the NFL behind one of the best lines in the NFL he's been good but hasn't shown himself to be elite or anything. The Jaguars shut him down in their December meeting.

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