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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers today activated running back Leonard Fournette(No. 7) from Injured Reserve and waived running back Le’Veon Bell.
Fournette (6-0, 228) played in 14 games for the Buccaneers during the 2021 regular season, with 13 starts, prior to being placed on Injured Reserve on December 23. The fifth-year running back rushed 180 times for 812 yards and eight touchdowns, adding 69 receptions for 454 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns. He led the team in both rushing yards (812) and scrimmage yards (1,266) this season.
Over the Buccaneers four-game playoff run to Super Bowl LV last year, Fournette led the team in rushing yards (300), rushing touchdowns (three), scrimmage touches (82), scrimmage yards (448), scrimmage touchdowns (four) and receptions (18). He also became one of just three players in NFL history to record a touchdown in all four of their team’s playoff games in a single postseason, joining Larry Fitzgerald (2008) and Terrell Davis (1997). His 448 scrimmage yards marked the most in team history for a single postseason, the ninth-most in NFL history for a single postseason and stand as the second-most all-time in franchise playoff history, trailing only Mike Alstott (502). Fournette’s 300 rushing yards and 18 receptions both also set team records for a single postseason.
In addition, Tampa Bay elevated wide receiver John Brown (No. 89) and quarterback Ryan Griffin (No. 4) from the practice squad to the active roster for Sunday’s game vs. the Los Angeles Rams.
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