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Leonard Fournette

Running Back

 
 
Leonard Fournette Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 13, 2019
1. Leonard Fournette Marker
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Leonard Fournette staked his claim as one of the best players in college football with a record-breaking sophomore season in 2015, leading the nation with 162.8 yards per contest. A first-team All-American selection, Fournette set the LSU single-season record for rushing yards (1,953), rushing TD's (22), and overall TD's (23), in leading the Tigers to a 9-3 mark. Fournette capped his remarkable LSU career with 3,830 rushing yards and 40 rushing touchdowns.

All-American
2015

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Sports.
 
Location. 30° 24.671′ N, 91° 11.088′ W. Marker is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is in Highlands/Perkins. It is on West Stadium Drive north of South Stadium Drive, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Baton Rouge LA 70803, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is
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in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Drake Nevis (here, next to this marker); Claude Wroten (here, next to this marker); Laron Landry (here, next to this marker); Craig Steltz (here, next to this marker); Greedy Williams (here, next to this marker); Joe Burrow (here, next to this marker); Ali Highsmith (here, next to this marker); Jalen Mills (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baton Rouge.
 
More about this marker. Located on the Gordon & Shannon McKernan Family Wall. This wall features LSU All-Americans from the 21st Century.
 
Gordon & Shanon McKernan Family Wall. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 13, 2019
2. Gordon & Shanon McKernan Family Wall.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 15, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 189 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 15, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
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Sep. 10, 2026