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LeGarrette Blount is easily one of the most frustrating players in the NFL. When he puts forth an adequate amount of effort, Blount can be an explosive back and one of the toughest guys in the league to bring down. Thanks to injuries and a lack of commitment, his first two seasons in the NFL have ultimately been a disappointment.

Blount, who you probably remember was suspended at Oregon for punching a Boise State player in the face, has reportedly had trouble getting out of bed and making it to practice on time since Tampa Bay signed him as an undrafted rookie in 2012. According to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times, the Bucs made Blount hire a babysitter in 2010 so he would stop being late for work.

Exasperated, then-coach Raheem Morris and general manager Mark Dominik ordered him to hire a car service with a driver to wake him up in the morning and transport him less than 3 miles from his apartment to One Buc Place. After a few weeks, they canceled the car service for one day. And Blount was late. He continued to need a driver to get to work in 2011.

Blount has also reportedly fallen asleep multiple times during team meetings. Somebody should probably tell him that this is not some meaningless college course from freshman year, but rather a profession that he should learn to take seriously — especially if he expects to get more touches. The fact that a grown man with a tremendous job needs someone to wake him up and drive him to work so he isn’t late is an embarrassment and should tell you everything you need to know about Blount’s character.

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Shouldn’t a head coach get more than one week into an NFL season before his players are already criticizing the play calling? Every game counts in football and losing can be extremely frustrating, but most coaches need a little more than 6.25 percent of a season to prove themselves. Maurice Jones-Drew and LeGarrette Blount do not seem to care.

While premature, Blount may have a case. He was supposed to be a major part of the Buccaneers offense this season, yet he carried the ball only five times for 15 yards in a loss to the Lions on Sunday. The game was relatively close the entire way through, so the Bucs probably should have stuck to their game plan rather than running a two-minute offense for much of the second half.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back LeGarrette Blount, all 6′, 247 pounds of him, showed us again on Sunday how athletic a big man can be. In the third quarter of the Bucs’ 38-15 victory over the Seattle Seahawks, Blount did this to Seahawks safety Lawyer Milloy:

If it’s any consolation to Milloy, he’s not the first to get hurdled by Blount — LeGarrette did it earlier this season against the Cardinals and several times throughout his college career at Oregon — so it shouldn’t come as a surprise, but it does every time. Blount has gained 941 yards rushing over 12 games in his rookie season after going undrafted because of character concerns. The Chinese hurdlers could learn a thing or two from Blount.

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If you’ve seen LeGarrette Blount run for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this year, you can tell why he got into fights during college and training camp. The pudgy back runs with a bruising, physical style and like the defense stole his lunch money.

Blount’s path to the NFL was well-chronicled — a fight after Oregon’s season-opening loss to Boise State that involved Blount punching Byron Hout (and going after a teammate), resulted in him getting suspended nearly the entire season. The highly-publicized incident caused LeGarrette’s draft stock to plummet to the point where he went undrafted.

The Tennessee Titans signed Blount as an undrafted free agent and brought him into camp. Blount got into a fight during training camp but that didn’t seem to be an issue for Jeff Fisher and the coaching staff. Tennessee elected to keep just Chris Johnson and Javon Ringer on the roster and placed Blount on waivers, likely hoping they would sign him to their practice squad. Unfortunately for Tennessee, Tampa Bay wisely picked Blount up off waivers just before the season began.

Blount needed some time to learn the playbook with his new team and he struggled with pass protection early on. After accumulating just 10 carries the first six games of the year, Blount saw extensive action against the Rams in week 7. He ran for 72 yards on 11 carries, good for an average of 6.5 yards per attempt. The bulky running back truly took off the following week with 120 yards on 22 carries and two touchdowns against the Cardinals. Two weeks later, LeGarrette got it rolling again with 91 yards on 19 carries against the Panthers. A six-play 87-yard drive in the second quarter is where Blount showed his talents.

LeGarrette had runs of 12, 24, 3, 17, and 17 on the drive which culminated in a cork screw dive into the end zone by Blount. His last four runs were consecutive and Carolina simply could not stop the big, bruising back. Blount was stuffed many times for short gains or no gain on subsequent carries, but much like Brandon Jacobs a few years ago, you can tell that defenses don’t like tackling the physical man. When you have 250 or more pounds of anger coming at you, it tends to be intimidating. Blount’s aggressive play has certainly been effective in the NFL and he has emerged as a true feature back for the Bucs.

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LeGarrette Blount is known by most sports fans for only one reason: punching Boise State defensive lineman Byron Hout after a loss. While Hout confirmed he was talking trash after the win, it appears as if there was not only a pattern of punching for Blount, but also a trend of covering up by Oregon.

Since Blount was caught on video punching a teammate during Tennessee Titans practice this week, Oregonian columnist John Canzano figured it would be a good time to tell the story of Blount hitting coach Mike Bellotti as we learned via Sports by Brooks.

As the story goes, a typical fight broke out during an Oregon practice and coach Mike Bellotti went to break it up. Bellotti was accidentally punched but the point still stands: Blount, for at least the third time, was swinging at a teammate. Bellotti acknowledged something happened but says Blount never hit him.

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If the entire sports world didn’t know the name LeGarrette Blount before, they will now. The 17 touchdowns from last season and the potential Heisman dark horse run have been marred by Blount’s actions after Oregon’s beat down by Boise State on Thursday night. Upset, angered, frustrated, and disgusted by Oregon’s crap performance and his terrible performance, Blount went crazy after the game. Check out this video of LeGarrette Blount punching Boise State player Byron Hout:

As far as culpability here, Hout clearly initiated with some trash talking because even his coach was pulling him back in a manner of saying “hey, stop that.” Still, no doubt Blount crossed a line by delivering a punch. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Blount threw a punch at his own teammate! (#86), and then later was charged up going after the fans and had to be restrained like a mad man. Blount embarrassed himself and his school, and a suspension for poor sportsmanship, unnecessary aggression, and an inability to maintain sanity is in line. I’d say the kid should be suspended by the Pac-10 around three games to send a message that his actions were unacceptable and I really couldn’t disagree if the team suspends him for the season. His team was embarrassing, uninspired, and inept. If there’s anyone he should be upset with it’s himself for his 8 carry -5 yard performance and the rest of his team. That’s no way to take out frustration.