Jeanty goes to Raiders at No. 6 as 1st RB off the board

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The Las Vegas Raiders selected Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft, sixth overall.

Jeanty is the first tailback picked in 2024, which comes as no surprise after he posted a remarkable career at Boise State. Jeanty almost broke the NCAA single-season rushing record with 2,601 yards last year while adding 29 touchdowns on the ground.

The 21-year-old is only the second running back to get drafted in the top 10 since 2018, joining Atlanta Falcons star Bijan Robinson.

The running back position was a question mark for Las Vegas entering this offseason after Alexander Mattison led the team with only 420 rushing yards in 2024. The Raiders also signed veteran tailback Raheem Mostert in free agency.

Jeanty is the latest splash in a busy offseason for the Raiders, who also brought in Pete Carroll as head coach and acquired quarterback Geno Smith via trade.

Pre-draft profile

Jeanty's a blue-chip running back prospect. The Boise State superstar was unstoppable in 2024, recording 2,601 rushing yards to fall just short of Barry Sanders' single-season record. Perhaps those numbers were a little inflated by the level of competition, but not by much. Jeanty demonstrates outstanding vision to set up his blocks, manipulate defenders, and consistently find his running lanes. He's also got the lateral agility to make opponents miss in tight spaces and the speed to take any play the distance. And that's all before getting to the most impressive part of his game: Jeanty runs through contact like no other, with some truly rare balance and a sublime knack for preventing would-be tacklers from squaring him up. The way he strings moves together is straight out of a video game. A 374-carry workload could be a minor concern for his next team, and Jeanty did fumble twice in a CFP loss to Penn State. Let's not overthink this one, though. Jeanty's the kind of running back teams should have no concerns about selecting in the top 10.