Ashton Jeanty

Former running back at Boise State. 2024: 2,601 rushing yards, 29 rushing TD, 23 catches.

RB · Boise State · Jr. · #2

5′9″ · 215 lb · Jacksonville, FL

CFB Index 99 · #1 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceConsensus AALas Vegas — drafted 2025, Rd 1, Pick 6, #6 overall

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1303 nationally · Signed with Boise State

Statement game20 car · 267 yds · 6 TDat Georgia Southern (FBS) · W 56-45

Top 0.1% rushing TDs game since 2021.

Damn Jeanty got a crazy TD I wish I could have seen it...r/CFB game thread · ▲ 9His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Boise State. 2024: 2,601 rushing yards, 29 rushing TD, 23 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boise State in 2022.
Drafted round 1 by the Las Vegas in 2025.
Named All-America (AFCA) in 2024.

His career, year by year

Career, closed

Gone at #6 overall.

How it ended

Three seasons at Boise State, 4,778 rushing yards, a Consensus All-American season (2024) — drafted at #6 overall by Las Vegas.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

The week the volume broke through — put up 118 yds vs Air Force.Air Force · W 27-192023

202214 games

Signed with Boise State3-star out of Frisco Lone Star
All-Mountain Westhonorable_mention

202312 games

All-Americafirst · 2 selectors
All-Mountain Westfirst
Mountain West Offensive Player of the Yearwinner

202414 games

All-America13 selectors
Doak Walkerwinner
Maxwellwinner
All-Mountain Westfirst
Mountain West Offensive Player of the Yearwinner

2025

Drafted by Las Vegasround 1, pick 6

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1303 national

CFB

College

Boise State

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #6

Las Vegas · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

33 honors · 3 categories

🏆

ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2024)

11 first-team selectors

🥈

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2024)

🎓

FRESHMAN HONORS

Freshman recognition (2022)

1 mention(s)

Program memory

Boise State

The 2024 Playoff run (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

2 coaches

2022

Andy Avalos

Boise State

2023–2024

Spencer Danielson

Boise State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Andy Avalos → Spencer Danielson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Las VegasEntering 2nd NFL season

#6Rd 1 · Pick 6

Las VegasEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Boise State10-4HC: Andy Avalos · Run-leaning

2023Boise State8-6HC: Spencer Danielson · Run-heavy

2024Boise State12-2HC: Spencer Danielson · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

99All-America level #1 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (92nd percentile). Strength: td rate (85th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#34 / 442 · 92nd pct

7.0

TD rate#68 / 442 · 85th pct

7.8%

Explosive rate#89 / 442 · 80th pct

9.7%

EPA / carry#111 / 442 · 75th pct

0.29

Success rate#119 / 442 · 73rd pct

50.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#1 / 335 · 100th pct

2601

Rush TDs#1 / 335 · 100th pct

Carries#1 / 335 · 100th pct

374

Yards / carry#12 / 335 · 97th pct

7.0

Long run#22 / 335 · 93rd pct

Receptions#51 / 330 · 84th pct

Rec yards#103 / 330 · 69th pct

138

Fumbles lost#192 / 204 · 4th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

70th → 75th percentile

Success rate

92nd → 73rd percentile

Explosive rate

73rd → 80th percentile

Yards / carry

89th → 92nd percentile

TD rate

72nd → 85th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

371 carries

14%

Stuffed (≤0)

37%

Grind (1–3)

32%

Chunk (4–9)

17%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	184	7.8	1.8
Road6g	189	7.6	2.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	193	9.6	2.4
Weeks 8+7g	178	5.9	1.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Spencer Danielson

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

99 · #1 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #1 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2024

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Boise State	374	2,601	7.0	29	--
2023	Boise State	221	1,351	6.1	14	--
2022	Boise State	157	826	5.3	7	--
Career		752	4,778	6.4	50	--

Season	Team
2024	Boise State	23	138	6.0	1	--
2023	Boise State	43	569	13.2	5	--
2022	Boise State	14	155	11.1	0	--
Career		80	862	10.8	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2024

W 29–24

at UNLV

128 rush yds (33 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 on the road.

With M. Madsen — 209 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.5 · 58 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · J. Ferguson-Reynolds — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 15 · UNLV · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +6.30Ashton Jeanty run for 75 yds for a TD (Jonah Dalmas KICK)
Week 1 · Georgia Southern · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.21Ashton Jeanty run for 77 yds for a TD (Jonah Dalmas KICK)
Week 5 · Washington State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.19Ashton Jeanty run for 64 yds for a TD (Jonah Dalmas KICK)
Week 1 · Georgia Southern · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.08Ashton Jeanty 75 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Week 6 · Utah State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.08Ashton Jeanty run for 75 yds for a TD (Jonah Dalmas KICK)
Week 2 · Oregon · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.69Ashton Jeanty run for 70 yds for a TD (Jonah Dalmas KICK)
Week 13 · Wyoming · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +5.56Ashton Jeanty run for 61 yds for a TD (Jonah Dalmas KICK)
Week 6 · Utah State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.05Ashton Jeanty run for 63 yds for a TD (Jonah Dalmas KICK)
Week 5 · Washington State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.66Ashton Jeanty run for 59 yds for a TD (Jonah Dalmas KICK)
Week 14 · Oregon State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -4.37Ashton Jeanty run for 13 yds to the ORST 8 Ashton Jeanty fumbled, recovered by ORST Nikko Taylor N. Taylor return for 0 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 56-45@ Georgia Southern	20	267	13.4	6	77	Season-high 267 yds
Wk 2	L 34-37@ Oregon	25	192	7.7	3	70	3 rushing TDs
Wk 4	W 56-14vs Portland State	11	127	11.5	0	68
Wk 5	W 45-24vs Washington State	26	259	10.0	4	64	4 rushing TDs
Wk 6	W 62-30vs Utah State	13	186	14.3	3	75	3 rushing TDs
Wk 7	W 28-7@ Hawai'i	31	217	7.0	1	54	217-yard day
Wk 9	W 29-24@ UNLV	33	128	3.9	1	16
Wk 10	W 56-24vs San Diego State	31	149	4.8	2	35
Wk 11	W 28-21vs Nevada	34	209	6.1	3	46	3 rushing TDs
Wk 12	W 42-21@ San José State	32	159	5.0	3	36	3 rushing TDs
Wk 13	W 17-13@ Wyoming	19	169	8.9	1	61	169-yard day
Wk 14	W 34-18vs Oregon State	37	226	6.1	1	60	226-yard day
Wk 15	W 21-7vs UNLV	32	209	6.5	1	75	209-yard day
Bowl	L 14-31vs Penn State	30	104	3.5	0	26
Total		374	2601	7.8	29	77

How he plays

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

371Carries

2599Yards

14.3%Top-5 share

14.3%Stuffed rate

Just 14.3% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 14.3% of his carries. 30 carries for 104 yds vs Penn State; 19 for 269 vs Georgia Southern.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

69.1%Carry share

52.2%Q4-lead share

84.3%In competitive games

69.1% of carries overall (367/531) → 52.2% of Q4-with-lead carries (70/134) — 84.3% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

27/313rd/4th & short

25/33Inside-5 share