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Ashton Jeacty is less than 48 hours from fulfilling his lifelong dream of listening to his name called in the NFL Draft.
The former Boise State star became a superstar in the 2024 season by hurrying for the second more in a university season, below the record of all the time of Barry Sanders.
But at a time when runners are rarely collected early, Jeanty will be a first round, maybe even Top 10, chooses.
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The Boise State Boise Ashton Jeanty corridor (2) passes beyond the Penn State Kobe King supporter during the Bowl party at State Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on December 31, 2024. (IMAGN)
Jeanty will be in Green Bay’s draft to take advantage of the “unique opportunity in life.”
“The draft, seeing it on television, always told myself: ‘One day, you will be a first round selection. If you put the work and you have the opportunity, you have to leave,” Jeanty told Pak Gazette Digital in a recent interview. “Walk on the stage, stir the commissioner’s hand … It was obvious to have that experience.”
That moment with Goodell is certainly in your mind, and plans to make it viral.
“I have to make a small handshake. But I could make some dance movements, a two -step step or something,” Jeanty said about his plans. “I don’t think I can dance like this, but we will have to start it.”
The Boise State corridor, Ashton Jeanty, extends against Penn State during the Bowl party at State Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on December 31, 2024. (Mark J. Rebila-Imagn images)
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Jeanty is not sure which team will wear the hat when he begins to dance with Goodell. He believes that the three main candidates are the Bears, Raiders and Cowboys. But the NFL draft always comes with some turns and turns.
“I think there are teams that could possibly negotiate, but you never know. It could be a team with which you didn’t even talk about a movement,” he said.
He had a direct message to the 32 teams last week in a piece for “The Players’ Tribune” in which he implored each of them to “write the guy who cannot address.” Last year there was not much approach to Jeanty, since he ran for 2,601 yards and 29 touchdowns.
These numbers are not reported in the NFL, but Jeanty is confident that he will live up to his exaggeration.
The Boise State State Jeanty corridor (2) moves away from the arms of the Unlv Tatuo Martinson’s defensive line in the first half of the Mountain West championship on December 6, 2024, in Boise, Idaho. (Photo AP/Steve Conner)
“The work I put every day, I’m sure I work and keep improving,” he said. “Obviously, it will be a learning curve with a new offensive, but the ability is there. If you have skill, it doesn’t matter what offense you are in, what scheme you are running. You can give life to those skills. Breaking cup, no matter what scheme you find yourself. You just have that ability.
“And I feel that in my time in Boise State, I had a different OC almost every year and a different offensive, but the main thing remained the same: I could break tacle and be a player. I feel that the same will happen at the next level.”
