Former Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty celebrates his selection by the Las Vegas Raiders as the sixth overall pick in the first round of the NFL draft on Thu Apr 24, 2025 in Green Bay (AP News photo)
Las Vegas Raiders Draft podcast Rich Perez:
#1 Las Vegas Raiders head coach Pete Carroll said all along that he wanted a deep, running, heavy offense and he’s looking forward to getting that out of the Raiders top draft pick Ashton Jeanty who was at the top of this year’s class and rated one of the best players coming out of the draft.
#2 Coach Carroll expects Jeanty to be rough and ready from the jump and looks to see Jeanty’s competitiveness and Jeanty is expected to take the ball right away.
#3 Carroll and the Raiders expect to build a foundation on offense with Jeanty and tight end Brock Bowers. These two players the Raiders are considering building their future on.
#4 Jeanty at Boise State was a tough running back and was tough to bring down when covering the ball and his performance translates to future successes in the NFL. Jeanty had 126 forced tackles, the most FBS, and had 1733 yards after contact and that was 590 more any other FBS player in the 2024 season.
#5 The Raiders current depth chart at running back will have Jeanty be the number one running back. The Raiders running back will join Raiders running back Raheem Mostert, Zamir White, Sincere McCormick, and Dylan Laube.
Rich Perez is a Las Vegas Raiders analyst for http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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