12-Year-Old Leonard Fournette Was so Good Parents Tried to Ban Him from Playing

If you can’t beat ‘em…ban ‘em?

That’s what happened to LSU star running back Leonard Fournette when he was 12 years old.

In a feature for USA Today, George Schroeder wrote that some local New Orleans parents actually started a petition to keep Fournette off the field because he was too darn good.

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At 12, his talent was too much. Parents from opposing teams signed a petition to have him banned.

“He was bigger than everyone,” says Corey Scott, Fournette’s uncle. “He basically just destroyed ‘park ball.’ He was running over all the kids.”

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The legend continued to grow a few years later:

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As a seventh-grader, Fournette played for St. Augustine High School’s freshman team. The next season, coaches put him into a drill opposite Tyrann Mathieu, who was then a senior who would go on to become a consensus All-America at LSU.

Fournette ran over the Honey Badger.

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Things really haven’t changed for the sophomore. Last week against Auburn, Fournette rumbled for 228 yards and three touchdowns in jaw-dropping fashion:

[h/t For the Win, Instagram]