(Photo : Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images) ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 15: Damien Harris #22 of the Buffalo Bills is helped by athletic trainers earlier than being taken away in an ambulance after an damage within the second quarter of a sport in opposition to the New York Giants at Highmark Stadium on October 15, 2023 in Orchard Park, New York.
The Buffalo Bills have signed Leonard Fournette to fill the rising gaps of their operating again division because the group make a playoff push.
Fournette already handed the medical examination and can be a part of the group’s apply squad.
BREAKING: Leonard Fournette tells me he’s in Buffalo and is planning to signal with the #Bills at present, pending a bodily.
“Playoff Lenny” had practically 1,200 all-purpose yards, together with a career-high 523 receiving yards, together with 6 TDs final season. @BleacherReport pic.twitter.com/OWkSmyEGrs
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) October 30, 2023
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He was drafted as fourth general choose by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2017 and was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020. He was a part of the 2020 Buccaneers squad that gained the Super Bowl LV.
Fournette is named Playoff Lenny as a result of the way in which he elevates his sport come playoff time, most particularly throughout Bucs 2020 postseason run the place he recorded 448 scrimmage yards. He additionally rushed for 135 yards as Tampa Bay beat the Kansas City Chiefs within the remaining sport.
Will he grow to be a part of the 53-man roster?
For now Fournette will stay with the apply squad however many consider he can be pushed to the principle 53-man roster because of the operating again deficiency of the Bills.
Damien Harris not too long ago went down with an damage and which means James Cook and Latavius Murray have to separate the carrying job for the group.
The Athletic’s Dianna Russini and Joe Buscaglia reported that the plan is to slowly assimilate Fournette into the principle group.
“The Bills could choose to use the time this week as a slow ramp-up for Fournette from a physical and playbook-learning standpoint, as he hasn’t been on a roster since the 2022 season.”
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