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Fantasy Potential: Legarrette Blount

The punch heard round the world….at least that is how we think of Legarrette Blount in the football world.  But what if that punch never occurred?  What if Blount played and finished his last season with the Oregon Ducks?  Would he have been a top running back coming out of the draft? Blount is a 6’2″, 240 pound mirror image of Brandon Jacobs (and we all know what a bulldozer HE is).  Blount had 19 TD’s on 159 career collegiate touches, calculating out at just over 1 touchdown scored per 8 touches; numbers that any NFL run game would die for.  So again I ask the question, what if he didn’t throw that punch?

I’ll tell you what would have happened.  Blount would have been a highly sought after goal line and short yardage specialist.  He has a nose for the end zone and a love for contact.  He would have been drafted within the first 3 rounds as a perfect compliment to any shifty non-contact track …Continue reading Fantasy Potential: Legarrette Blount

The College Football season started off with a bang last night as Oregon Ducks RB LeGarrette Blount sucker punched Byron Hout a defensive player for the Boise State after a tough loss. The punch has resulted in a team suspension that’ll end this senior’s season and career at Eugene.

LeGarrette Blount was an elite running back that was due for a break out season at Oregon in 2009. The 6’2 240 lbs running back had first round draft pick written all over him, but with one punch his career could be in jeopardy. Without this monster RB the Oregon Ducks will no doubt suffer, Blount was a focal point for the team’s offense. The Ducks looked shaky in the season opener where they lost 19-8 to Boise State.

There’s no real reason why Blount would react the way he did, unfortunately there’s no taking it back. Hout yelled in Blount’s face and tapped him on the shoulder pad in celebration of the win which must have set the running back off. Before Boise State coach Chris Petersen could pull Hout away, Blount landed a right to Hout’s jaw, knocking him to his knees.