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Former Buccaneers Running Back Visiting Super Bowl Contender

Former Buccaneers' running back Leonard Fournette is visiting with the Buffalo Bills on Tuesday.

Caleb Skinner

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Leonard Fournette hasn't played a meaningful snap of football in the NFL since the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 2022-23 season following their Wild Card beating by the Dallas Cowboys exactly nine months ago, but that may be changing here in the new future as he is set to visit with the Buffalo Bills on Tuesday, according to NFL Insider Jordan Schultz.

The Buffalo Bills currently sit around the middle of the league when it comes to their rushing attack and are looking to get a boost from their running back room after backup Damien Harris scarily went down in their Sunday Night Football game against the New York Giants.

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So far this season, the Bills have relied upon second-year RB out of the University of Georgia, James Cook, and veterans Harris and Latavius Murray, but they are hoping to garner a bit more help for Josh Allen, and Lenny could be the guy to do so.

During his final season in the Pewter and Red, Fournette was mostly held in check as he shared the backfield with rookie Rachaad White - posting a modest 668 rushing yards for 3.5 yards per carry and three touchdowns while adding 73 catches for 523 yards and another three touchdowns.

Lenny never really returned to his form from when he was with the Jacksonville Jaguars after being drafted in the first round (4th overall) out of LSU, but was an integral part of the Buccaneers' Super Bowl run in the playoffs in 2020 and was close to closing in on 1,000 rushing yards the following season in 2021.

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Caleb Skinner
CALEB SKINNER

Caleb is from Nashville, TN and graduated from Florida State University in 2018 with majors in Sociology and History. He has previously written for an FSU outlet and started covering the Buccaneers in March of 2022. Caleb is an avid sports fan and former host of the Tribeoholics podcast. You can follow Caleb on Twitter @chsnole