Leonard Fournette says he's in a much better place than last year – ProFootballTalk

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Jaguars offender Leonard Fournette was very disappointed with a second year in the NFL. He missed half of the season and had only 439 yards in 133 races in eight games. This year, he says, is different.

Fournette told Tyler Dunne of BleacherReport.com that compared to last year, his mental approach to the game was much better

"I'm in a happy place right now," Fournette said. "Well, well, good, 100% better. 100 per cent."

Fournette spent time in Wyoming during this off season, submitting to grueling high-altitude training, and said that he came back after losing weight and that he understood how important it was for him to be great.

"It was really the first time in my life, in football, I had a bad year. A year down, "he said. "I had an injury. A lot of things were happening. I wanted to reinvent myself. "

The Jaguars took Fournette with the fourth overall pick in a repechage that saw Patrick Mahomes rank 10th and Deshaun Watson 12th. It would be virtually impossible to erase the question of whether the Jaguars made a mistake by switching to a potential franchise quarterbacks and chosen so high. But Fournette seems committed to becoming one of the best runners of the game.