Although not participating in practice for the last two days due to a quad injury, Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette said on Friday that he is ready to play through it. The 22-year-old said that he has been massaging and icing the injury in order to make himself capable to play against the Houston Texans on Sunday.
“Right now it’s taking care of it, making sure nothing else happens to it,” – said Fournette.
In case that the Jags manage to get a win in the game against the Texans, they will clinch their first playoff appearance since 2007.
Fournette suffered an injury in the third quarter of the Jaguars’ win against the Seattle Seahawks when safety Earl Thomas hit him. Despite the quad injury, Fournette remained in the game and ended it with 101 rushing yards.
This isn’t his first injury of the season, since he already had problems with an ankle injury that lad to him missing Week 7 through Week 9. These problems, however, caused Fournette to learn how to take care of his body.
“The running backs take the most licks of anybody on the field and put our bodies on the line,” – he said. “Like I said, that’s our job, and it’s how we bounce back from it by taking care of our bodies, needling [acupuncture] and stuff, the things you do to be a pro athlete.“
Leonard Fournette declared himself eligible in the 2017 NFL Draft, after spending three years at the Louisiana State University. He played 31 games for LSU Tigers (24 as a starter) and had 3,830 rushing yards and 40 touchdowns. Jacksonville Jaguars drafted him with the fourth overall pick in the draft. Fournette played 11 games for the Jaguars so far and managed 923 rushing yards and eight touchdowns, while also adding 213 receiving yards and one touchdown.
