Buccaneers' Leonard Fournette: Starts camp at 244 pounds

Fournette weighed in at 244 pounds before the first practice of training camp and appeared much slimmer than he was at June minicamp, Jenna Laine of ESPN.com reports. "Leonard looked good," head coach Todd Bowles said Wednesday. "He ran great in the test [Tuesday] - he's explosive, he's quick and we're happy with him."

The veteran back had reportedly been close to 260 pounds at minicamp according to one report, but he appeared to have dropped plenty of excess pounds while working with trainer Jordan Bush in Austin, Texas for the last month. Bowles' satisfaction with his projected primary running back's condition underscores the desire to put the subject of the 27-year-old's weight to rest, and the coach added he expected Fournette to drop about another five pounds during training camp practices.