The Jacksonville Jaguars are declining RB Leonard Fournette‘s fifth-year option for the 2021 season, according to Adam Schefter.
This isn’t much of a surprise. There was no way the Jaguars were picking up Fournette’s option, given that they’ve been attempting to trade him this offseason.
The fifth-year option was guaranteed for injury only and wouldn’t have prevented them from negotiating a contract extension in the coming months. It was projected to cost them $8,483,000 for the 2021 season.
Fournette, 25, is a former first-round pick of the Jaguars back in 2017. He is entering the final year of his four-year, $27.15 million contract that’s fully guaranteed and stands to make a base salary of $4.16 million for the 2020 season.
In 2019, Fournette appeared in 15 games for the Jaguars and rushed for 1,152 yards on 265 carries (4.3 YPC) to go along with 76 receptions for 522 yards receiving and three total touchdowns.
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