After an insane Combine performance by the rest of the 2025 NFL running backs, Ashton Jeanty is looking over his shoulder at his competition. Jeanty chose not to participate in any of the drills, but he’s still the top back in the class.
Ashton Jeanty 2025 NFL Draft Scouting Report
Ashton Jeanty Scouting Report Overview:
Height: 5’8″
Weight: 211 lbs
Accolades: Maxwell Award, Doak Walker Award, Unanimous All-American, Two-Time Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year, Two-Time All-Mountain West
Ashton Jeanty Strengths:
- The best contact balance in the class, Jeanty can keep momentum through contact with ease.
- Adept receiver with soft hands and experience in all areas of the field receiving.
- Able to find holes that aren’t part of the original playcall, turns negative plays into positives frequently.
- Powerful at the contact point and drives legs through the whistle.
- Above average burst, one of the better stop/start abilities in the class.
Ashton Jeanty Weaknesses:
- Short strides don’t result in pull-away long speed.
- Leads with helmet in pass protection can get caught lunging at times.
- Slightly undersized in the height department.
- Critics will point to the level of play concerns while ignoring performances against better competition.
Potential Team Fits:
Ashton Jeanty Scouting Report
For NFL teams looking for an immediate difference-maker at the running back position, Ashton Jeanty is the guy. In a deep class with plenty of sleepers, there is an argument for teams to wait in the draft. But Jeanty is a sure-fire back who can handle volume, elevate a passing game, and keep an offense on schedule by avoiding negative plays.
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Some will point to his shorter stature as a negative, but he presses the line of scrimmage and explodes through the line while sometimes linebackers and the secondary can’t locate him. He pairs that vision and escapability with power at the collision point, which often leaves defenders on the ground and Jeanty running down the field. His contact balance makes him look like a ballerina mixed with a bulldozer all wrapped in a nice 5’8″ package.
Ashton Jeanty’s All-22 Film Study shows him lining out wide and making a contested catch, which is a nice bonus to everything he brings on the ground. We don’t have testing numbers for Jeanty yet, but what he put out on the field for Boise State was an exceptional athlete who checks almost every box. It’s not a question of how good he is, it’s a question of what team wants to pay up for him while there could be contributors like Omarion Hampton, Kaleb Johnson, or Quinshon Judkins available on day two.
Ashton Jeanty Dynasty Outlook
He’s the 1.01, don’t overthink it. The top quarterbacks are huge question marks, Tetairoa McMillan is losing steam among draft circles, and the landing spot would only make the 1.02 or 1.03 closer to Jeanty than it would make them leapfrog him. He’s already a top-three dynasty running back.
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