Ashton Jeanty

Ashton Jeanty running the ball at the 2024 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl

Jeanty breaking away from Washington State defenders during a long rush on The Blue

Ashton Jeanty stiff-arming a San Jose State defensive back on his way to the end zone

Ashton Jeanty carrying the ball for a gain on The Blue

Ashton Jeanty pumping his fist in celebration after scoring a touchdown at Oregon

Ashton Jeanty flipping the ball after scoring a touchdown in the MW Championship

Ashton Jeanty strikes the Heisman pose after scoring a touchdown against Washington State

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Ashton Jeanty scores a touchdown vs. Washington State

Ashton Jeanty rushes for a 61-yard touchdown against Wyoming.

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Ashton Jeanty scores a touchdown against San Jose State.

Ashton Jeanty dives for a touchdown against Washington State

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Former Bronco running back Alexander Mattison and Ashton Jeanty pose postgame during No.17 Boise State's 29-24 victory over UNLV on Oct. 25, 2024. Photo by Kenna Harbison.

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Ashton Jeanty rushes for a score against Hawai'i.

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Ashton Jeanty makes a cut as No. 21 Boise State defeated Utah State 62-30 in the conference opener at Albertsons Stadium on Oct. 5, 2024. (Photo by Kenna Harbison).

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Ashton Jeanty rushes as No. 21 Boise State defeated Utah State 62-30 in the conference opener at Albertsons Stadium on Oct. 5, 2024. (Photo by Kenna Harbison).

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Ashton Jeanty celebrates following a touchdown run as No. 21 Boise State defeated Utah State 62-30 in the conference opener at Albertsons Stadium on Oct. 5, 2024. (Photo by Kenna Harbison).

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Ashton Jeanty scores a touchdown as No. 21 Boise State defeated Utah State 62-30 in the conference opener at Albertsons Stadium on Oct. 5, 2024. (Photo by Kenna Harbison).

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Ashton Jeanty rushes the ball as No. 21 Boise State defeated Utah State 62-30 in the conference opener at Albertsons Stadium on Oct. 5, 2024. (Photo by Kenna Harbison).

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Ashton Jeanty rushes down the sideline as No. 21 Boise State defeated Utah State 62-30 in the conference opener at Albertsons Stadium on Oct. 5, 2024. (Photo by Kenna Harbison).

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Ben Dooley hoists Ashton Jeanty up following a touchdown as No. 21 Boise State defeated Utah State 62-30 in the conference opener at Albertsons Stadium on Oct. 5, 2024. (Photo by Kenna Harbison).

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Ashton Jeanty rushing for a touchdown against Utah State.

Ashton Jeanty scoring a touchdown at Albertsons Stadium

Ashton Jeanty rushes the ball against Washington State.

Ashton Jeanty breaks a tackle on a 77-yard touchdown dash.

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Boise State Athletics, Football vs/at SDSU (San Diego State University), Photo by Tyler McFarland

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Boise State Athletics, Football vs UCF (University of Central Florida), Home Opener 2023, Photo by Tyler McFarland

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Boise State Athletics, Football vs UNLV (University of Nevada Las Vegas), Game 13 MWCC (Mountain West Conference Championship) 2023, Photo by Tyler McFarland

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Boise State Athletics, Football vs UM (University of Memphis), Away, Photo by Tyler McFarland

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Ashton Jeanty hurdling defender vs. Memphis

Ashton Jeanty rushing the ball against Memphis

Ashton Jeanty rushes against San Diego State

Ashton Jeanty stiff arms a Washington defender.

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Boise State Football vs. North Texas, Frisco Bowl, John Kelly photo.

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Position:
Running Back
Hometown:
Jacksonville, Fla.
Height:
5-9
High School:
Lone Star HS (Texas)
Weight:
215
Class:
Junior
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Major:
Communication

CAREER HONORS

Heisman Trophy Runner-Up (2024)
Maxwell Award Winner (2024)
Doak Walker Award Winner (2024)
Bobby Bowden Trophy Winner (2024)
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Winner (2024)
AAU James E. Sullivan Award Finalist (2024-25)
Unanimous All-America (2024)
Consensus All-America (2024)
Walter Camp Award Finalist (2024)
AFCA First Team All-America (2024)
Associated Press Unanimous First Team All-America (2024)
CBS Sports Unanimous First Team All-America (2024)
College Football Network First Team All-America (2024)
ESPN First Team All-America (2024)
FWAA First Team All-America (2024)
Phil Steele First Team All-America (2024)
Pro Football Focus All-America (2024)
Sports Illustrated First Team All-America (2024)
The Athletic First Team All-America (2024)
The Sporting News First Team All-America (2024)
USA Today Unanimous First Team All-America (2024)
Walter Camp First Team All-America (2024)
Mountain West Male Athlete of the Year (2024-25)
2x Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year (2023, 2024)
2x All-Mountain West First Team (2023, 2024)
Phil Steele All-Mountain West First Team (2024)
Associated Press Unanimous Midseason All-America (2024)
Athlon Sports Midseason All-America (2024)
The Athletic Midseason All-America (2024)
CBS Sports Unanimous Midseason All-America (2024)
Pro Football Focus Midseason All-America (2024)
Senior Bowl Midseason All-America (2024)
The Sporting News Midseason All-America (2024)
4x Doak Walker National Running Back of the Week (Sept. 4, 2024, Oct. 1, 2024, Oct. 8, 2024, Nov. 12, 2024)
2x Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Player of the Week (Nov. 28, 2023, Sept. 4, 2024)
Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week (Dec. 3, 2024)
2x East-West Shrine Bowl Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 3, 2024, Dec. 9, 2024)
Senior Bowl Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 2, 2024)
Mountain West Championship Game Offensive MVP (2024)
7x Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 25, 2023, Sept. 2, 2024, Sept. 9, 2024, Sept. 30, 2024, Oct. 7, 2024, Oct. 15, 2024, Nov. 11, 2024)
9x Earl Campbell Tyler Rose National Player of the Week Honorable Mention (Sept. 26, 2023, Oct. 17, 2023, Oct. 1, 2024, Oct. 8, 2024, Oct. 15, 2024, Nov. 5, 2024, Nov. 12, 2024, Nov. 19, 2024, Dec. 3, 2024)
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Finalist (2023)
College Football Network First Team All-America (2023)
ESPN First Team All-America (2023)
USA Today First Team All-America (2023)
Action Network Second Team All-America (2023)
Associated Press Second Team All-America (2023)
CBS Sports Honorable Mention All-America (2023)
Academic All-Mountain West (Fall 2023)
Associated Press Midseason First Team All-America (2023)
CBS Sports Midseason First Team All-America (2023)
ESPN Midseason First Team All-America (2023)
Maxwell Award Midseason Watch List (2023)
Doak Walker Honor Roll (Sept. 26, 2023)
College Football News Freshman All-Bowl Team (2022)
All-Mountain West Honorable Mention (2022)
Mountain West Freshman of the Week (Oct. 10, 2022)

JUNIOR (2024)
Honors: Heisman Trophy Runner-Up…Maxwell Award Winner…Doak Walker Award Winner…Bobby Bowden Trophy Winner…Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Winner…Unanimous All-American…Consensus All-American…Walter Camp Award Finalist…AFCA First Team All-America…Associated Press Unanimous First Team All-America…CBS Sports Unanimous First Team All-America…College Football Network First Team All-America…ESPN First Team All-America…FWAA First Team All-America…Phil Steele First Team All-America…Pro Football Focus All-America…Sports Illustrated First Team All-America…The Athletic First Team All-America…The Sporting News First Team All-America…USA Today Unanimous First Team All-America…Walter Camp First Team All-America…Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year…All-Mountain West First Team…Phil Steele All-Mountain West First Team…Associated Press Unanimous Midseason All-America…Athlon Sports Midseason All-America…The Athletic Midseason All-America…CBS Sports Unanimous Midseason All-America…Pro Football Focus Midseason All-America…Senior Bowl Midseason All-America…The Sporting News Midseason All-America…four-time Doak Walker National Running Back of the Week (Sept. 4, Oct. 1, Oct. 8, Nov. 12)...Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Player of the Week (Sept. 4)...Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week (Dec. 3)...two-time East-West Shrine Bowl Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 3, Dec. 9)...Senior Bowl Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 2)...Mountain West Championship Game Offensive MVP…six-time Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 2, Sept. 9, Sept. 30, Oct. 7, Oct. 15, Nov. 11)...seven-time Earl Campbell Tyler Rose National Player of the Week Honorable Mention (Oct. 1, Oct. 8, Oct. 15, Nov. 5, Nov. 12, Nov. 19, Dec. 3).
Notable Statistics/Rankings: 2,601 rushing yards (1st MW / 1st NCAA / 2nd FBS history)...185.8 rushing yards per game (1st MW / 1st NCAA)...29 rushing touchdowns (1st MW / 2nd NCAA / T-7th FBS history)...2,739 yards from scrimmage (1st MW / 1st NCAA / 3rd FBS history)...30 total touchdowns (1st MW / 2nd NCAA)...2,750 all-purpose yards (1st MW / 1st NCAA)...196.4 all-purpose yards per game (1st MW / 1st NCAA)...1,970 yards after contact (1st MW / 1st NCAA / 1st FBS history)...164 missed tackles forced (1st MW / 1st NCAA / 1st FBS history)...126 first downs (1st MW / T-2nd NCAA)...96.6 PFF rushing grade…(1st MW / 1st NCAA / 1st FBS history)...94.8 PFF offensive grade (1st MW / 3rd NCAA)...only player in FBS history with 14 games of 100-plus yards rushing in a season…finished with more rushing yards than 114 FBS teams.
Top Highlights: Started all 14 games at running back, finishing the season with 2,601 yards and 29 touchdowns on 374 rushes, breaking school records in all three categories...opened the year by setting single-game school records in rushing yards (267) and touchdowns (6) at Georgia Southern, including scoring runs of 77 and 75 yards (Aug. 31)...ran for 192 yards and three touchdowns at No. 7 Oregon, including a 70-yard score (Sept. 7)…tallied 127 yards on 11 carries against Portland State (Sept. 21)...totaled 259 rushing yards and four touchdowns against Washington State, scoring on 64 and 59-yard runs (Sept. 28)...finished that contest with 233 yards after contact and 18 forced missed tackles…ran for 186 yards and three touchdowns on 13 first-half carries against Utah State, scoring on runs of 63 and 75 yards (Oct. 5)...his average of 14.3 yards per carry in that game is second-highest in program history... totaled 237 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns on 34 touches at Hawai'i (Oct. 12)...tallied 139 all-purpose yards and one touchdown on 36 touches at UNLV (Oct. 25)...gained 180 yards from scrimmage and scored two touchdowns against San Diego State, forcing 20 missed tackles (Nov. 1)...ran for 209 yards and three touchdowns on 34 attempts against Nevada (Nov. 9)...scored three rushing touchdowns and finished with 164 yards from scrimmage at San Jose State, setting the school’s single-season rushing record (Nov. 16)...rushed for 169 yards on 19 carries at Wyoming, scoring on a 61-yard run (Nov. 23)...gained 226 yards on a career-high 37 attempts in a win over Oregon State, setting the single-season program record for all-purpose yards and single-season MW record for rushing yards (Nov. 29)...ran for 209 yards on 32 carries in the MW Championship win over UNLV, scoring on a 75-yard touchdown and finishing with 194 yards after contact (Dec. 6)...that was his fifth 70-yard rushing touchdown of the season, tying LaDanian Tomlinson (TCU, 1999) for the FBS single-season record…was named Offensive MVP of the MW Championship and finished that contest as the Boise State leader in career rushing yards and single-season rushing touchdowns…totaled 137 all-purpose yards in the Fiesta Bowl against No. 6 Penn State, ending the game with 19 missed tackles forced (Dec. 31)...concluded his time at Boise State as the program’s career record-holder in rushing yards (4,769), yards per carry (6.36), yards per game (119.2), 200-yard rushing games (8), 100-yard rushing games (22), consecutive 100-yard rushing games (14) and 200-yard all-purpose games (11).

SOPHOMORE (2023)
Honors: College Football Network First Team All-America…ESPN First Team All-America…USA Today First Team All-America…Action Network Second Team All-America…Associated Press Second Team All-America…CBS Sports Honorable Mention All-America…Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year…All-Mountain West First Team...Academic All-Mountain West...Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Finalist...Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Semifinalist...Associated Press Midseason First Team All-America…CBS Sports Midseason First Team All-America…ESPN Midseason First Team All-America…Maxwell Award Midseason Watch List…Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Player of the Week (Nov. 28)…Doak Walker Honor Roll (Sept. 26)…two-time Earl Campbell Tyler Rose National Player of the Week Honorable Mention (Sept. 26, Oct. 17)…Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 25).
Notable Statistics/Rankings: 159.67 yards from scrimmage per game (1st MW / 1st NCAA)…1,916 all-purpose yards (1st MW / 3rd NCAA)…569 receiving yards (1st MW / NCAA among RBs)…19 total touchdowns (2nd MW / 5th NCAA)…1,347 rushing yards (1st MW / 11th NCAA / 8th program history)…96 first downs (1st MW / 1st NCAA)…106 missed tackles forced (1st MW / 1st NCAA)…621 yards after catch (1st MW / NCAA among RBs)…94.8 PFF Offensive Grade (1st MW / 2nd NCAA)…only FBS player with multiple rushing touchdowns of 50+ yards and multiple receiving touchdowns of 50+ yards… first FBS player since 2019 to register 1,000 rushing yards and 500 receiving yards and first since 2016 to do it in a 10-game span…6.12 yards per carry (9th in program single-season history).
Top Highlights: Played in 12 games, starting 10…scored a rushing and receiving touchdown at Washington (Sept. 2)…totaled 212 all-purpose yards against UCF (Sept. 9)…ran for three touchdowns against North Dakota (Sept. 16)…recorded 254 all-purpose yards against San Diego State, including 205 on the ground (Sept. 22)…scored two rushing touchdowns and two receiving touchdowns at Memphis (Sept. 30)…ran for 167 yards against San Jose State, including a career-long 68-yard rush (Oct. 7)…matched his career-high with 254 all-purpose yards at Colorado State, running for a career-best 212 yards while scoring three touchdowns (Oct. 14)…tallied 107 rushing yards and 118 receiving yards against Air Force, becoming the first Bronco to reach 100 rushing yards and 100 receiving yards in a game since 2016 (Nov. 24)…rushed for 153 yards and a touchdown in the MW Championship win over UNLV (Dec. 2).

FRESHMAN (2022)
Honors: College Football News Freshman All-Bowl Team…All-Mountain West Honorable Mention…Mountain West Freshman of the Week (Oct. 10).
Notable Statistics/Rankings: 5.26 yards per carry (1st MW / 51st NCAA).
Top Highlights: Appeared in all 14 games, making two starts…amassed 821 yards rushing on 156 carries, marks that ranked second among all Broncos…averaged 5.3 yards per carry…added 157 yards receiving on 14 receptions…surpassed the 100-yard rushing mark twice, including a 109-yard game against Fresno State (Oct. 8) and a career-high 178-yard performance against North Texas in the Frisco Bowl (Dec. 17)…found the end zone in four-consecutive games, scoring a pair of touchdowns rushing against Fresno State (Oct. 8).

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Four-star recruit per 247Sports…three-star recruit per ESPN…rated No. 27 at his position nationally per 247Sports, and No. 91 per ESPN…rated as the No. 42 prospect in Texas per 247Sports…played on both sides of the ball in high school as a RB, WR, DE, OLB and S…in 12 games his senior season, Jeanty recorded 1,843 yards on 229 carries (8.0 yards/carry), and 810 yards on 41 receptions…scored 41 touchdowns (31 rushing, 10 receiving), averaging 20.5 points per game…named to the 2020 Texas District 5-5A D-I First Team as a wide receiver…named 2019 Texas District 5-5A D-I Defensive Newcomer of the Year…three-sport student-athlete, competing in football, basketball and track and field.