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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 10-16-2014, 09:11 AM:

Eliot is the hear of the LSU offense and to win we will have to neutralize him an make sure he doesn't run wild.

Freshman Leonard Fournette leads LSU in rushing with 504 yards — a 5.4 yard per carry average — and six touchdowns going into Saturday night’s game with Kentucky in Baton Rouge.

“He is a very, very, very good tailback. He is extremely athletic but yet has size where he can run you over too,” said Kentucky defensive coordinator D.J. Eliot. “And he’s become a better player every game.

“Being a freshman, he doesn’t have any college experience and you can see the improvement in him every single game. And he sees the hole very well. He has great vision, change of direction and, like I said, power.”

Kentucky coach Mark Stoops said he is “impressed” with Fournette.

“You could just see him gaining more and more confidence with every run. He’s extremely talented, very big and very powerful, but also great vision and really made some nice cuts and some nice runs where he was kind of hopping over people through the lines and then making good cuts,” Stoops said.

“He can run over you when he wants to. So great vision, great back and I guess you could definitely see the mentality shift a little bit if you want, but I think that’s a staple of (coach) Les’ (Miles) teams is he wants to be physical. They’re a pretty physical bunch up front. You could tell they enjoy run blocking and coming after you and running the ball downhill.”

Eliot said LSU’s run game, which is averaging 209 yards per game, is not that diversified.

“LSU is almost exclusively a pro-style offense. Florida and South Carolina, they did a lot of different things and different looks, and LSU is a pro-style offense, so you mainly see pro-style runs,” Eliot said. You see an I backfield. You see the quarterback under center. You see power. You see iso plays, where the fullback’s (isolating) up on the linebackers.

“So it’s a little bit different in that aspect because the quarterback’s not in the gun that often. They don’t have the zone read that often. Now, they have it in their packages, but they’re mainly a pro-style offense.”

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