LSU Tigers

Injured Leonard Fournette reportedly decides to play after LSU's scuffle with Florida

Published Dec. 9, 2016 12:51 p.m. ET

Dieter Kurtenbach

LSU star running back Leonard Fournette wasn't going to play in Saturday's game against Florida because of an ankle injury.

Then the two teams started shoving and exchanging unpleasantries before the game — a fracas that saw Fournette and a Florida assistant coach shoving each other.

Fournette wasn't happy, and you don't want to slight Leonard Fournette. According to SEC Nation, Fournette asked LSU interim coach Ed Orgeron if he could be in uniform for the contest.

He cleared him.

And then Orgeron played him.

Which leads to the big question: Was Fournette even injured?

Because there are only two options, should the report that Fournette was not going to play and then changed his mind is true (and it feels wonky):

We'll update this story because something doesn't add up here.