Tampa Bay Buccaneers RB Leonard Fournette lashes out at reporter in since-deleted tweet

Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Leonard Fournette has slammed reports that he has come back to training camp overweight. 

The NFL season is fast approaching, as team veterans are set to report to training camp next week before the preseason games begin during the second week of August (with the exception of the Las Vegas Raiders and Jacksonville Jaguars who will be playing in the Hall of Fame Game the week before). 

There have already been some activities for NFL teams including minicamps and OTAs, both the voluntary and mandatory kind, but this last stage really does make it feel as though we are in the final stretch when it comes to time without football.

And as a result, it’s time for the players to be in peak physical condition, something that apparently isn’t the case with Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Leonard Fournette. 

Like a men amongst boys

Coming out of college at LSU, Fournette was seen as someone who could easily make the transition into the NFL given his incredible size which meant he was more of a powerful runner than someone with a burst of speed, which is why the Jaguars picked him up with the 4th overall pick.  

And make the transition he did as he hit the ground running during his rookie season with over 1,342 total yards and 10 total touchdowns including this 90-yard run against the Pittsburgh Steelers:

Leonard Fournette made (and ruined) a lot of fantasy weeks with this 90-yard TD run. pic.twitter.com/Jd9OhlIHc2

Injuries in both his first and second year in the league hampered some of his progress, but he bounced back the following year with another 1,000-yard season, despite this though he was released by the Jaguars and moved to Tampa Bay where alongside the likes of Ronald Jones and LeSean