Ashton Jeanty compares himself with this former Rookie of the year that is declining, talks cowboys and raiders

There was not a running back NFL Draft Coming from a season as historical as BOISE State Broncos All-American Ashton Jeanty’s 2024 campaign in a long time. That is one of the many reasons why he enters the NFL design of 2025 when his top goes back.

Jeanty ran for 2,601 Yards hurried in 2024, which was only 28 shy College Football’s All-time record of Hall of Famer Barry Sanders (2,628 in 1988 with Oklahoma State), while he has a total of 10 points of at least 60 yards, most by every FBS player since at least 2015 per CBS Sports Research. He also produced five touchdowns of at least 70 Yards, according to CBS Sports Record Botting Hall of Famer LaSainian Tomlinson (five in 2000 with TCU) for the FBS Single Season Record.

“Great place to be now,” Jeanty told CBS Sports in one -to -one conversation. “It was clear that I had a great season, able to enter the concept and be one of the best guys, so it’s all blessing. Great moment. We are a bit at home to find out where I will be the next three or four years of my life and football career.”

Loyalty and “the most important”

Loyalty has recently become a big talk point in the football world after the controversial separation between 2024 College Football Playoff participant Tennessee and the starting Quarterback Nico Iamaleava on name, image and latenheid (NIL) payment packages. NFL teams Did Jeanty ask why today’s university football that someone like him did not jump into the transfer portal to strive for more money and chose to stay at home in Boise.

“Yes, I absolutely think so the modern athlete is quite quickly to jump the ship to another school,” Jeanty said when he is asked if he thinks his loyalty will help him NFL Interviews now. “It is clear that everyone has different circumstances and certain things. Everyone does not chase everyone on the bag, but I think it just shows a kind of who I am as a person, as a player and really only the focus on developing and becoming the best player I can be instead of haunting the most money. Just the most important thing was the most important thing was the most important thing.”

What is Jeanty’s most important thing?

“The most important thing is to keep one of the best running in the transition to the NFL and to keep the same philosophy,” he said. “Take it clearly to the next level, because what brought me where I am is not enough. Just like what brought me to the university was not enough. I had to bring it to a height.”

Pressure mounting for Jeanty to become a Las Vegas Raider

Jeanty could eventually level to the NFL with the Las Vegas Raiders, the owner of the sixth overall choice of the 2025 NFL Draft. The 2024 AFC West Last Place Finishers, with a record of 4-13, arranged last in the entire NFL in Team Rushing Yards (1,357), Yards per Carry (3.6) and Tackles avoided on hasty plays (49). Jeanty led College Football in hasty yards (2,601) and tackles avoided on Rushes (170) while ranking ninth in the nation in Yards per carry (7.0).

That is why Raiders GM John Spytek’s eldest son Jack, who is 10 years old, hits Jeanty on the table to be selected sixth in general next week.

“My oldest son has made no secret of it, if we don’t choose Ashton Jeanty at six o’clock, he will walk out of the family and he will find someone else,” Spytek said at SiriusXM NFL Radio on April 2. “Probably who takes Ashton. I think he, Jack, is motivated by Fantasy football And touchdowns in Fantasy Football. Not necessarily all team building. … he immediately walked into our building and in fact told [owner] Mark Davis “If my father does not take Ashton Jeanty, he is doing badly.” ”

That viral quote brought itself back to Jeanty, something that led him to chuckle when he was asked about the subject.

“I have had some good conversations with them [the Raiders] During the design process, but I have seen that [the story about Spytek’s son] A little ago. Had me laugh, “Jeanty said with a big grin.

Jeanty then referred to New York Giants General Manager Joe Schoen’s children who tell him Who should you prepare at Quarterback in the 2024 design about the supplement outside the season of ‘Hard beating’. Schoen was unable to exchange the sixth general choice for Jayden Daniels or Drake Maye – two quarterbacks that his son Carson called – last season. Daniels and Maye were generally second to the Washington commanders and third to the New England Patriots respectively. New York then had their worst season in franchise history in 2024 with a 3-14 record, which earned them the third general choice in the 2025 design. Safe to say that some pressure is applied for Jeanty to get off the board with pick number six. He has not yet spoken with Las Vegas owner Tom Brady, who has played an active role in football activities since he has joined the Raiders -who immediately developed a friendship with the new Pro Bowl Quarterback Geno Smith ALS His trade of the Seattle Seahawks was completed.

“Hey, I’m not going to say anything, but we’ve seen a GM [Schoen] whose son told him he had to choose someone, and they didn’t do that, “Jeanty said laughing.” I’m not going to say too much, but the Raiders would be a great landing place. New [coaching staff]New GM, and to come in and to encourage this organization and to bring some great boys in the building. Bring back to that organization. ”

Given that Jeanty graduated from the Lone Star High School in Frisco, Texas – the city where the team facility of the Dallas Cowboys, the star – is located, the subject of his hometown team is standing. It is clear that he does not hope to fall outside the first 10 picks, but he would receive the landing with the cowboys, which have the 12th general choice of the design, very good. It is already suitable for their indoor practice field.

“Yes, that wouldn’t be bad at all,” Jeanty said. “It is clear that you grow up some time here, there.

What Jeanty Teams tells those questions about his workload

To produce the flashy statistics he had in 2024, Jeanty gathered 374 Carry’s-de Most in a single collegial season last season that Derrick Henry’s Heisman Trophy-winning campaign in Alabama in 2015 is running back, by CBS Sports Research. That year Henry had a total of 2,219 yards hasty and 28 hasty touchdowns in no less than 395. That workload has hurt the six feet, two centimeters long Henry, which weighs 247 pounds. He just had the most hasty yards (1,921) in a season in NFL history by a player of 30 or older as a 30-year-old in 2024, per CBS Sports Research. Jeanty is not the same physical miracle: he is on 5’8 1/2 “tall and weighs 211 pounds, according to his mowing porter measurements. However, he has faith in a long NFL career in view of his personal regime and resources that are available today. Some methods of Jeanty include bubble baths, cold tubs, dry needle, dried needle.

“Derrick Henry is a good example,” Jeanty said when the context of his workload of 2024 was told. “He has a lot of wearing at every level [high school, college and the NFL]But the way I take care of my body, there are so many different things – technology – to take care of your body is so advanced now that I think the career of the positions can be extended if you take care of your body. That is one thing that I am great work for, and that’s why I have been able to have that workload and have a great season because I spent hours in my body. “

The “declining Renaissance”

Speaking of Henry, the 2024 Running Back -class that included him, Philadelphia Eagles who walked back Saquon Barkley and Green Bay Packers who ran back Josh Jacobs, helped to reduce the perspective that the investment in running is a losing proposition. All three earned Pro Bowl nods in their new houses, and Barkley won the 2024 NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award on the way to Hasten for more than 2,000 Yards and helping Philadelphia win Super bowl Lix. Jeanty has also credited himself and his colleague 2025 hits classmates to the return position to help generate a ‘Renaissance’ back. He has specifically credited North Carolina’s Omarion Hampton, Kaleb Johnson from Iowa and both Ohio State Running Backs – Teveyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins before he said it is really “a long list of boys”, given the depth of the 2025 Running Back class.

“I think the value will certainly go back thanks to boys in the competition, but also boys at the university play at a high level. I had a really great, historical season, but there were many other great guys who also had great seasons and did great things in university football.

Jeanty’s NFL player comparison

Given Jeanty’s size and high-end contact balance, his 1,970 Yards were hasty after the contact next season more than the total of the total hurry of other university football players in 2024, he is a unique mix. He chose to compare himself with Alvin Kamara, built in the same way, the New Tirues Pro Bowl back in New Orleans Saints.

“I think there are many players honest, and I feel that my style is in a certain sense unique because I take so many things from many different backs. One that I really try [take from] Is Alvin Kamara. I have always received many comparisons with him. The contact balance, the catch skills. Just a three-down are back. If you look at his tape, you look at my tape, you see many similarities. “

Stay relaxed for the design

One of his Go to Hobbies in his downtime outside football is gaming, so Jeanty works together with Call of Duty: Mobile prior to Night One of the 2025 NFL Draft on Thursday 24 April. He will live streaming on Call of Duty: Mobile with professional gamer Bobby Plays on Wednesday April 23, April 23 at 9:45 am. Plays’ YouTube channel here. Jeanty also participated in Call of Duty: Moble against colleague Draft Class Mates during the NFL Scouting Combine 2025 earlier this year.

“Playing Call of Duty, having fun and Call of Duty is something I have played since I was a small child,” Jeanty said. … “It is definitely a great way to have some downtime. It feels a bit like an escape from all the hustle and bustle for me. Once I play, I have the feeling that I am really in the game. I am really photographing in the field, but I am not. I am not shooting weapons unless it is a great man, and to connect, and to connect, and it is just a nice time.”