Leonard Fournette and Derrius Guice challenge each other on and off the field

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Ask Leonard Fournette or Derrius Guice to describe their relationship, and the first words out their mouths are “like a brother.”

The LSU tailbacks may be from two different cities and two different upbringings and didn’t meet until Fournette was enrolled at LSU, but their brotherhood started the moment they first shook hands.

“Our brotherhood helps us want to learn more from each other,” Guice says. “Us being brothers helps us on and off the field because of our competitiveness. We always strive to do the best thing. I look up to him as a brother, for real.”

ESPN.com ranked the LSU backfield players as the best in the SEC heading into 2016, and many believe the 1-2 punch of Fournette-Guice might be the strongest in the entire nation.

“We compete every day, and we push each other,” Guice says. “I don’t have any expectations or temptations to be the starter. I just play my role. I like playing behind Leonard.”

If the two aren’t making plays on the gridiron, they’re making jokes off it.

“I kind of took a liking to Derrius because in practice, he pushes me to go harder,” Fournette says. “He’ll make a run and have me on my toes, so it causes me to push myself. And our relationship outside of football, I just like being around him. There’s not a dull moment with us. We’re always joking and always having fun.”

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225 put the duo’s competitive natures to the test

Who has the better ‘hit stick’?

Leonard Fournette: [laughs]
Derrius Guice: Leonard, of course. That’s the human tank.

Who’s got better jokes?

Fournette: [laughs]
Guice: He’s funnier. This boy is the funniest boy on campus. Don’t let anybody tell you different.

Who’s a better singer?

Guice: Leonard.
Fournette: I don’t sing.
Guice: That boy sings when he jokes. Look, he’s singing right now!

Who’s better at video games?

Fournette: Oh, HE KNOWS.
Guice: Oh, I’ll whoop his (butt).
Fournette: No, he knows.
Guice: On Madden and (NBA) 2K, I got that.
Fournette: I beat you in 2K.
Guice: But UFC, he got that.
Fournette: I’ll whoop him in UFC.
Guice: Madden and 2K, I got that. He got me in the fighting games.

Tell me something about each other that most people don’t know.

Fournette: He has nappy hair.
Guice: [gives Fournette a look] Oh yeah? Everybody knows that, though! Everybody says he looks like a 30-year-old man, but he’s got the heart of a 5-year-old kid. Most people don’t know that. That boy jokes all day.