Fournette Given One-game Ban For Fighting

The National Football League's disciplinary committee has slapped Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette with a one-game suspension for fighting, the league announced Monday.

Los Angeles, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th Nov, 2018 ) :The National Football League's disciplinary committee has slapped Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette with a one-game suspension for fighting, the league announced Monday.

Fournette will miss Jacksonville's next game against the Indianapolis Colts due to his role in a melee during the teams' loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.

"Once you entered the fight area, you struck a member of the opposing team. Your actions adversely reflected on the NFL and have no place in the game," NFL vice president Jon Runyan wrote in a statement.

Fournette and Bills linebacker Shaq Lawson were both ejected from Buffalo's 24-21 win after getting involved in the fight late in the third quarter.

Fournette is expected to appeal the suspension.