Ashton Jeanty doesn’t have to worry as a lot of NFL drafting of prospects on the way into next week.
While many will wonder if they will be taken, Jeanty is a safe effort to be taken in the first round. It’s just a matter of when.
Jeanty, a Heisman Trophy finalist last season in Boise State, is the consensus -top, which runs back in this year’s draft class, and many believe he will not fall out of the top 10 next Thursday in Green Bay.
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Boise State Broncos runs back Ashton Jeanty (2) responds after a game against the Penn State Nittany Lions in the Fiesta Bowl at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., December 31, 2024. (Mark J. Refilas/Imag images)
In the event that Jeanty’s College-leading 2,601 rushing yards and 29 rushing touchdowns were not enough to prove his value, he wrote the perfect ending of his letter to NFL General leaders in the players’ tribune.
“I wanted to draft the guy they can’t tackle,” Jeanty wrote in his article, “A letter to NFL GMS.”
Jeanty is expected to be a difference producer, the other he comes to the league, especially with his ability to make tackles miss the open field.
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And Jeanty clearly wants to be the difference producer after watching February’s Super Bowl in New Orleans between Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs.
He wants to be what Saquon Barkley was for Eagles last season.
“Most people, they saw the Eagles win the Super Bowl a few months ago. They saw Saquon run through everyone in the playoffs, and they thought for themselves, ‘This is amazing,'” Jeanty began his letter to GMS.
“I saw it and I was thinking something else. I thought, ‘it might be me.’ ‘
Jeanty explained that his confidence starts with his family, where his father served in the military and moves around with his brother and two sisters throughout his career. He noted that the first time he was introduced to the football game was in the backyard instead of an organized game.
Boise State Broncos runs back Ashton Jeanty (2) runs past the Penn State Nittany Lions Linebacker Kobe King (41) under the VRBO Fiesta Bowl at State Farm Stadium 31 December 2024. (IMagn)
But he quickly realized, “nobody could touch me.”
“You wanted these older kids out there, everyone is trying to bring me down, do what they could. And I just wanted to make them look silly,” Jeanty added.
Jeanty’s love for the game grew, especially when he took up his first organized Rec League in fifth grade with his best friend, Mario. So what separates Jeanty?
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He said it was when his father was stationed in Naples, Italy, as football was not available in high school for the young Jeanty. That’s the difference and one of the main reasons why he thinks NFL GMs should consider taking him.
“In fact, I think that time in my life where I couldn’t play football is part of it,” Jeanty explained. “A lot of people they can flourish when things go according to plan. But then, if they are thrown a curve ball, they can’t adapt. I feel like being the opposite. When I had to move all over the world and pause football for a year, my attitude was: ‘Well, okay – I can’t control it. So let’s take what I can control and do the absolute best.” ”
Jeanty eventually moved to Frisco, Texas. He was a star in creation throughout his three years in Texas, and he quickly realized that it was instinctive to play back was instinctive for him, something that was translated to university level and probably for the pros.
“When I run that football, I swear: My instincts just take over. This special gear kicks in and it’s like I’m 10 years old again and I make the older kids look silly. I become this unstoppable beast,” he said.
Which team is expected to take this self -proclaimed “unstoppable beast?”
Boise State Broncos, who runs back Ashton Jeanty, warms up before a game against Nevada Wolf Pack at Albertsson’s stage in Boise, Idaho, November 9, 2024. (Brian Loseness/Imag images)
Las Vegas Raiders selects # 6, and a number of spotted drafts make them take Jeann. They could use an elite that runs back with Geno Smith on board as the team’s new signal call under Pete Carroll, who returns to the sidelines as head coach in Sin City.
Either way, Jeanty’s confidence is through the roof. He will do exactly what Barkley did for Eagles last season by putting the tone of offense and becoming a human highlights he was in college.
“I’ve taken the long way. I’m done with that way,” he wrote. “If you choose me it’s simple: I’ll come to your franchise to do what saquon and eagles just did. I’ll be soon winning.”
