Junior running back Leonard Fournette is not expected to play Saturday against Southern Miss, LSU interim coach Ed Orgeron said on the Southern Conference teleconference Wednesday morning.
“I don’t think he’s going to play,” Orgeron said. “I would not expect him to be ready. He hasn’t practiced and I don’t expect him to play.”
Fournette is still dealing with a lingering ankle sprain he suffered in fall camp. The leg injury was worsened in LSU’s 14-16 season opening loss against No. Wisconsin.
It’s the second-straight game the Tigers will be without the 6-foot-1, 236-pound tailback and the third game he may miss this year.
Sophomore running back Derrius Guice will start his third of the season for LSU if Fournette is absent. Guice has team-leading 402 rushing yards and four touchdowns this season. Fournette trails the sophomore with 386 rushing yards.