2025 NFL Draft: Raiders select Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty with No. 6 overall pick. From the blue field of Boise State to the Silver and Black, Ashton Jeanty will roam. The Las Vegas Raiders selected Jeanty with the No. 6 overall pick of the 2025 NFL Draft on Thursday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, making him the highest running back drafted since Saquon Barkley at No. 2 in 2018.
Jeanty had been linked to the Raiders for weeks now, from new head coach Pete Carroll's love of running backs to new general manager John Spytek admitting at the Annual League Meeting that his own son said he'd walk "out of the family" if the GM passed on the Broncos standout.
In the Raiders' pre-draft news conference, Spytek was clear that he wouldn't shy away from taking a running back at No. 6, and he didn't. With the pick, Jeanty becomes the first RB drafted in the opening round by the franchise since 2019 when Josh Jacobs was taken.
The pre-draft chatter did not go unnoticed by Jeantry, who told reporters on Thursday night that he knew there was "no way the Raiders weren't going to pick me" after he heard about Spytek's sons threat, per The Athletic.
"I am super duper excited," Jeanty added, via The Athletic. "There is lot of history in the Raiders building and I am excited to be a part of that."
Jeanty will be called on to replace Jacobs, who left for the Packers in free agency last year. Las Vegas languished in the run game without Jacobs to the tune of 1,357 yards in 2024, finishing last in the league rushing yards.
Jeanty shined in 2024 on the ground, rushing for nearly double the Raiders' total with his 2,601-yard senior showing.
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Jeanty had been linked to the Raiders for weeks now, from new head coach Pete Carroll's love of running backs to new general manager John Spytek admitting at the Annual League Meeting that his own son said he'd walk "out of the family" if the GM passed on the Broncos standout.
In the Raiders' pre-draft news conference, Spytek was clear that he wouldn't shy away from taking a running back at No. 6, and he didn't. With the pick, Jeanty becomes the first RB drafted in the opening round by the franchise since 2019 when Josh Jacobs was taken.
The pre-draft chatter did not go unnoticed by Jeantry, who told reporters on Thursday night that he knew there was "no way the Raiders weren't going to pick me" after he heard about Spytek's sons threat, per The Athletic.
"I am super duper excited," Jeanty added, via The Athletic. "There is lot of history in the Raiders building and I am excited to be a part of that."
Jeanty will be called on to replace Jacobs, who left for the Packers in free agency last year. Las Vegas languished in the run game without Jacobs to the tune of 1,357 yards in 2024, finishing last in the league rushing yards.
Jeanty shined in 2024 on the ground, rushing for nearly double the Raiders' total with his 2,601-yard senior showing.
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00:002025 NFL Draft
00:02Raiders select Boise State RB Ashton Jinty with No. 6 overall pick.
00:07From the blue field of Boise State to the silver and black, Ashton Jinty will roam.
00:13The Las Vegas Raiders selected Jinty with the No. 6 overall pick of the 2025 NFL Draft on Thursday in Green Bay, Wisconsin,
00:21making him the highest running back drafted since Saquon Barkley at No. 2 in 2018.
00:26Jinty had been linked to the Raiders for weeks now.
00:29From new head coach Pete Carroll's love of running backs to new general manager John Spitek,
00:34admitting at the annual league meeting that his own son said he'd walk out of the family if the GM passed on the Broncos' standout.
00:43In the Raiders pre-draft
00:44News conference, Spitek was clear that he wouldn't shy away from taking a running back at No. 6, and he didn't.
00:51With the pick, Jinty becomes the first RB drafted in the opening round by the franchise since 2019 when Josh Jacobs was taken.
00:59The pre-draft chatter did not go unnoticed by Jinty, who told reporters on Thursday night that he knew there was
01:04No way the Raiders weren't going to pick me, after he heard about Spitek's son's threat, per The Athletic.
01:11I am super-duper excited, Jinty added via The Athletic.
01:17There is a lot of history in the Raiders building, and I am excited to be a part of that.
01:22Jinty will be called on to replace Jacobs, who left for the Packers in free agency last year.
01:27Las Vegas languished in the run game without Jacobs to the tune of 1,357 yards in 2024, finishing last in the league rushing yards.
01:36Jinty shined in.
01:382024 on the ground, rushing for nearly double the Raiders total with his 2,601-yard senior showing.
01:44A first-team All-American in back-to-back years, Jinty took home the Doak Walker Award as the nation's top running back
01:51and the Maxwell Award as the best all-around player in 2024.
01:56The 5'8", 201-pound backpacks-a-punch.
01:59A slippery runner with elusiveness and cut-back talent that has conjured.
02:03Comparisons to LaDainian Tomlinson and Barry Sanders, Jinty is a sure-fire playmaker from the backfield.
02:09The comparisons are weighty, but apt.
02:12The Boise State product owns the rare combo of burst, shiftiness, and power to finish runs.
02:17The biggest knock might be that he doesn't boast the elite top-end straight-line speed, but neither did LT.
02:23When a defensive back's ankles are broken, in space, the speed becomes superfluous.
02:29Jinty's college highlight tape is enough to make any scout drool.
02:33He owns the vision, balance, and wiggle to leave defenders gasping for air.
02:36He's got the tight-quarter slipperiness of an Alvin Kamara, able to slide through tackles.
02:43The 21-year-old also boasts excellent hands to excel in the screen game, or as an outlet.
02:49The back will have to negate the fumbles after coughing up nine over the past two seasons.
02:55In three years at Boise, Jinty generated 4,769 rushing yards and 50 touchdowns.
03:01He added 80 catches for 862 yards and another six scores.
03:06In 2024, he galloped for the aforementioned 2,601 rushing yards, falling just shy of Sanders' collegiate record, 2,628.
03:17Jinty fills a massive need for the Raiders and portends to be a game-changer for a franchise that's had three straight losing seasons.
03:24In 2023, the Atlanta Falcons picked Bijan Robinson at No. 8 and the Detroit Lions followed with Jamir Gibbs at No. 12.
03:32Both selections were critiqued at the time, and both have worked out so far.
03:37Last year, there wasn't a single back selected in the first round.
03:40Barkley's sensational season for the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles coupled with a talented RB class seems to have altered the outlook on the importance of running backs once again.
03:49However, the Raiders weren't afraid to use a high pick, on a back they believe can change their future, and the 2025 draft is off and running.
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