Raiders Add Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty To League’s Worst Offense
Apr 24, 2025, 7:11 PM | Updated: 7:23 pm
BOISE, ID - SEPTEMBER 28: The Las Vegas Raiders made Ashton Jeanty the No. 6 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft (Photo by Loren Orr/Getty Images)
(Photo by Loren Orr/Getty Images)
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders took a big step to addressing the NFL’s worst rushing offense by selecting Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty with the sixth overall pick Thursday night.
Jeanty was the runner-up to Colorado two-way player Travis Hunter for the Heisman Trophy after leading the nation with 2,601 yards and 29 touchdowns rushing. Las Vegas averaged just 79.8 yards rushing per game last season.
Raiders select Ashton Jeanty with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
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Jeanty is the highest-drafted player ever out of Boise State. He also is the highest-drafted running back since Penn State’s Saquon Barkley went second in 2018 to the New York Giants.
Barkley led the league with 2,005 yards rushing this past season with Philadelphia. That ignited the conversation on whether the once highly-valued running backs position was experiencing a renaissance as the Eagles won the Super Bowl.
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Jeanty is the gem of a deep running backs class, and the Raiders could have passed on him with the idea of drafting another player at his position later while addressing a different need with such a high selection. Jeanty also could be a generational player the Raiders found too difficult to pass up.
He could remind Raiders coach Pete Carroll of Marshawn Lynch, whom he coached in Seattle. Jeanty often went with his own version of “Beast Mode” at Boise State and was the only player, according to Pro Football Focus, to rush for more than 1,000 yards last season on plays that included a broken tackle.
Jeanty said he plans to bring “that same energy, the attitude that nobody could tackle him on the football field.”
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