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Yeah he's a lugger. But a strong angry runner.
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Yeah he's a lugger. But a strong angry runner.
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Just ridiculous the contact balance Jeanty has. And then the long speed to really make teams pay for not getting him on the ground.
He played 14 games last yr. His WORST game was 104 yds v Penn State, which was a complete overmatch for Boise St overall. He had 6 games of 209 yds or more. In 8 of 14 games he scored multiple touchdowns.
I doubt we have any chance to get him but damn if we do, he's going to have a massive impact on our team.
He played 14 games last yr. His WORST game was 104 yds v Penn State, which was a complete overmatch for Boise St overall. He had 6 games of 209 yds or more. In 8 of 14 games he scored multiple touchdowns.
I doubt we have any chance to get him but damn if we do, he's going to have a massive impact on our team.
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I just don't see anyone in front of us drafting a RB. Maybe I'm reading the room totally wrong. What I'm sure I'm not wrong about is, if he's there at 12 we'll skip him.
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I think you are because the Raiders, Saints and Bears are all showing a ton of interest in him.
And you've got a defensive minded HC with a close history of what a true bellcow back can do for you (Henry with Titans) sitting at 4, knowing he probably aint getting Abdul Carter or Travis Hunter.
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I'll take that bet
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You betting we'd take him? THIS fuckin idiot owner?
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Have no doubt we take him if he's there.
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Conflicting reports whether he's a Dallas Day or Official 30 visitor but either way, Cowboys showing interest.
Has already heard "Touchdown Cowboys!!!!!!!!!!!!" 40 times in his career.
Had a monster SO season with 1700+ yards and 22 TD's, wasn't as good last yr.
Has already heard "Touchdown Cowboys!!!!!!!!!!!!" 40 times in his career.
Had a monster SO season with 1700+ yards and 22 TD's, wasn't as good last yr.
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The Difference Maker: An in-depth look at Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty
Mar 28, 2025 at 12:00 PMTommy Yarrish
DallasCowboys.com Staff Writer
FRISCO, Texas -- Everyone on the Boise State University football coaching staff remembers the first time that Ashton Jeanty made them say, "Wow!" For head coach Spencer Danielson, the moment came soon after Jeanty arrived on campus in 2022.
"He's a 17-year-old early enrollee, true freshman, and he's going against the starting defense, which I was the defensive coordinator," Danielson recalled. "In our first scrimmage, he was running all over us. I mean, he took one run for like 75 yards to the house.
"In the moment, I'm pissed off, but then coming full circle, he seemed pretty dang good."
A few weeks later, current Boise State running backs coach James Montgomery experienced Jeanty himself – on the opposing sideline during his time as the running backs coach at Fresno State in 2022.
"I remember one run very vividly. He came on our sideline, broke about six tackles, then he flexed on us. I was ahead of the play, so the defense was kind of behind the ball, and I'm like, 'Who is this guy?'" Montgomery said. "And so I started looking immediately at the Boise State roster after the game, and I'm like, 'God, he's a true freshman?'"
Fast forward to the end of the year and Jeanty would go on to finish his first collegiate season with 821 yards and seven touchdowns, averaging 5.3 yards per carry. Not bad for a teenage running back who was actually the second option behind George Holani, the Broncos' leading rusher at the time.
Montgomery joined the Boise State staff in the same role in 2023 and got to work with Jeanty, who would finish his sophomore season with 1,347 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns, a nice second-year jump that helped the Broncos win their first Mountain West Conference championship since 2019.
It was after that season that the current state of college football kicked in with other programs knocking on the door trying to get Jeanty out of Boise, Idaho, and onto their rosters via the transfer portal. Jeanty didn't budge.
"He said, 'Coach, I want to be a part of this team. I want to leave a legacy,'" Danielson said. "And then he obviously went to work. What everybody saw him do last season was a product of him not wasting any time. He never lost focus, was a unanimous captain, led our team in every workout, every lift, every practice. The first one there and the one working the hardest was Ashton Jeanty."
Going into the 2024 season, Jeanty had a clear vision on what he wanted to accomplish in the 2024 season: be the best running back in the country. "We kind of knew we were chasing everybody nationally. We didn't want to just think in the bubble. We wanted to be the best in the country," Montgomery said. "That's kind of how he played the whole season. It wasn't just trying to be the best in the Mountain West or on the West Coast. We were trying to be the best in the country." And by all accounts, he was.
Jeanty's third and final campaign of collegiate football was one of the most dominant in history by a running back. He finished second all-time to only Barry Sanders for the most rushing yards in a single season with 2,601 (also posting 29 rushing touchdowns), was runner-up in the Heisman Trophy voting and helped the Broncos to another Mountain West championship and the university's first appearance in the College Football Playoff.
Those numbers are all well and good, but more than anything, Jeanty wanted to lead his team to a championship and come away with the Heisman. In the wake of finishing a disappointing second in New York City, Jeanty was more motivated than ever to get back to work.
"I fully believed he was going to win it. I know Ashton did too. I believe he was the best football player in the country last season. I know a lot of people did as well," Danielson said. "Didn't win the Heisman, was frustrated, but just in Ashton form, the second that ended, he was like, 'Coach, I've got to keep proving people wrong.' And immediately when we get back from New York, we go practice for the Fiesta Bowl. I mean, that's just who he is. It's always the next play. It's always the next game. He's never satisfied."
As Jeanty prepares for the next chapter of his football career, he doesn't have to do much promoting of himself to NFL teams, given his production on the field. And yet, his coaches believe that what Jeanty provides off the field will be even more valuable to a franchise.
"I'll tell guys, 'You watch that film.' Watch that film because you know what you're looking for. He's the best running back around, and he impacts the team completely," Danielson said. "Where he is a difference maker and will change your entire team is who he is as a leader, and what he's going to bring to that culture.
"He's going to bring a mentality to that team the second he walks in the door, from how he is in meetings, to how he is around his teammates, to how he practices. If you don't practice the right way, Ashton Jeanty is going to be the one talking to you. It's not going to be one of the coaches. He's a guy who I think will ignite a team to push them over humps that maybe they've missed in the past. He's going to get them over that hump because everybody around him is going to elevate. That's who he is. He'll set the temperature."
His position coached echoed the same sentiment. "The things I saw him do are very similar to the top guys you see in the league do," Montgomery said. "You're going to love him in the community, love him in the locker room. You're not going to have to worry about him off the field, and he is a playmaker on the field. I think he has all the things that you want to bring into your organization."
Jeanty, who played at Lone Star High School just 15 minutes from the Cowboys' training facility in Frisco, has been vocal about wanting to return to his old stomping grounds.
"It would be special. Growing up in Frisco, spending a lot of time out there, I think it would be cool to have the Star on my helmet again," Jeanty said. "Playing for Lone Star, I had a star on my helmet as well, so it would be a dope moment if that were to happen."
Jeanty was a landscape-changing player in college football and now enters the NFL in a period of time when the running back position is making a strong comeback. But regardless of which helmet he puts on, Danielson thinks the entire sport will win because of Ashton Jeanty.
"I don't have any sons, I got little girls, and I've got 105 boys in our football program, but I would want them to be more like Ashton Jeanty," Danielson said. "He's a guy that you want kids who watch the NFL to look up to, to emulate who they are. You want them to be like Ashton Jeanty because he's an elite human being. He's a 10 out of 10 young man, and our game needs more people like Ashton."
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Okay, I'm convinced he's generationally special. In there with Sanders, Campbell, Dorsett and Emmitt. Enough to even trade up to get.
The Difference Maker: An in-depth look at Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty
Mar 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Tommy Yarrish
DallasCowboys.com Staff Writer
FRISCO, Texas -- Everyone on the Boise State University football coaching staff remembers the first time that Ashton Jeanty made them say, "Wow!" For head coach Spencer Danielson, the moment came soon after Jeanty arrived on campus in 2022.
"He's a 17-year-old early enrollee, true freshman, and he's going against the starting defense, which I was the defensive coordinator," Danielson recalled. "In our first scrimmage, he was running all over us. I mean, he took one run for like 75 yards to the house.
"In the moment, I'm pissed off, but then coming full circle, he seemed pretty dang good."
A few weeks later, current Boise State running backs coach James Montgomery experienced Jeanty himself – on the opposing sideline during his time as the running backs coach at Fresno State in 2022.
"I remember one run very vividly. He came on our sideline, broke about six tackles, then he flexed on us. I was ahead of the play, so the defense was kind of behind the ball, and I'm like, 'Who is this guy?'" Montgomery said. "And so I started looking immediately at the Boise State roster after the game, and I'm like, 'God, he's a true freshman?'"
Fast forward to the end of the year and Jeanty would go on to finish his first collegiate season with 821 yards and seven touchdowns, averaging 5.3 yards per carry. Not bad for a teenage running back who was actually the second option behind George Holani, the Broncos' leading rusher at the time.
Montgomery joined the Boise State staff in the same role in 2023 and got to work with Jeanty, who would finish his sophomore season with 1,347 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns, a nice second-year jump that helped the Broncos win their first Mountain West Conference championship since 2019.
It was after that season that the current state of college football kicked in with other programs knocking on the door trying to get Jeanty out of Boise, Idaho, and onto their rosters via the transfer portal. Jeanty didn't budge.
"He said, 'Coach, I want to be a part of this team. I want to leave a legacy,'" Danielson said. "And then he obviously went to work. What everybody saw him do last season was a product of him not wasting any time. He never lost focus, was a unanimous captain, led our team in every workout, every lift, every practice. The first one there and the one working the hardest was Ashton Jeanty."
Going into the 2024 season, Jeanty had a clear vision on what he wanted to accomplish in the 2024 season: be the best running back in the country. "We kind of knew we were chasing everybody nationally. We didn't want to just think in the bubble. We wanted to be the best in the country," Montgomery said. "That's kind of how he played the whole season. It wasn't just trying to be the best in the Mountain West or on the West Coast. We were trying to be the best in the country." And by all accounts, he was.
Jeanty's third and final campaign of collegiate football was one of the most dominant in history by a running back. He finished second all-time to only Barry Sanders for the most rushing yards in a single season with 2,601 (also posting 29 rushing touchdowns), was runner-up in the Heisman Trophy voting and helped the Broncos to another Mountain West championship and the university's first appearance in the College Football Playoff.
Those numbers are all well and good, but more than anything, Jeanty wanted to lead his team to a championship and come away with the Heisman. In the wake of finishing a disappointing second in New York City, Jeanty was more motivated than ever to get back to work.
"I fully believed he was going to win it. I know Ashton did too. I believe he was the best football player in the country last season. I know a lot of people did as well," Danielson said. "Didn't win the Heisman, was frustrated, but just in Ashton form, the second that ended, he was like, 'Coach, I've got to keep proving people wrong.' And immediately when we get back from New York, we go practice for the Fiesta Bowl. I mean, that's just who he is. It's always the next play. It's always the next game. He's never satisfied."
As Jeanty prepares for the next chapter of his football career, he doesn't have to do much promoting of himself to NFL teams, given his production on the field. And yet, his coaches believe that what Jeanty provides off the field will be even more valuable to a franchise.
"I'll tell guys, 'You watch that film.' Watch that film because you know what you're looking for. He's the best running back around, and he impacts the team completely," Danielson said. "Where he is a difference maker and will change your entire team is who he is as a leader, and what he's going to bring to that culture.
"He's going to bring a mentality to that team the second he walks in the door, from how he is in meetings, to how he is around his teammates, to how he practices. If you don't practice the right way, Ashton Jeanty is going to be the one talking to you. It's not going to be one of the coaches. He's a guy who I think will ignite a team to push them over humps that maybe they've missed in the past. He's going to get them over that hump because everybody around him is going to elevate. That's who he is. He'll set the temperature."
His position coached echoed the same sentiment. "The things I saw him do are very similar to the top guys you see in the league do," Montgomery said. "You're going to love him in the community, love him in the locker room. You're not going to have to worry about him off the field, and he is a playmaker on the field. I think he has all the things that you want to bring into your organization."
Jeanty, who played at Lone Star High School just 15 minutes from the Cowboys' training facility in Frisco, has been vocal about wanting to return to his old stomping grounds.
"It would be special. Growing up in Frisco, spending a lot of time out there, I think it would be cool to have the Star on my helmet again," Jeanty said. "Playing for Lone Star, I had a star on my helmet as well, so it would be a dope moment if that were to happen."
Jeanty was a landscape-changing player in college football and now enters the NFL in a period of time when the running back position is making a strong comeback. But regardless of which helmet he puts on, Danielson thinks the entire sport will win because of Ashton Jeanty.
"I don't have any sons, I got little girls, and I've got 105 boys in our football program, but I would want them to be more like Ashton Jeanty," Danielson said. "He's a guy that you want kids who watch the NFL to look up to, to emulate who they are. You want them to be like Ashton Jeanty because he's an elite human being. He's a 10 out of 10 young man, and our game needs more people like Ashton."