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Boise State operating again Ashton Jeanty’s 17 speeding touchdowns in six video games have him on observe for each a historic junior school season and a possible spot within the first spherical of the 2025 NFL draft.
The most recent mock draft by ESPN’s Jordan Reid initiatives Jeanty going to the Dallas Cowboys with the No. 15 choose of the upcoming draft.
The Cowboys have recorded the fewest speeding yards of any staff within the NFL with 463 yards in six video games, whereas Jeanty leads the the FBS with 1,248 speeding yards.
Including Jeanty would revitalize a backfield that has plodded by way of the primary six weeks of the season.
Ezekiel Elliott, who rejoined Dallas on a one-year deal, has been the topic of some reported frustration whereas receiving restricted touches throughout the Cowboys’ 3-3 begin to the season.
Elliott recorded 14 whole carries for the Cowboys in a Week 5 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers and a Week 6 loss to the Detroit Lions, whereas his backfield accomplice Rico Dowdle recorded 20 in Pittsburgh alone.
Clarence Hill Jr. of DLLS reported forward of Week 6 that Elliott stated he had spoken to Cowboys coaches about dissatisfaction along with his utilization. Elliott then obtained extra touches than Dowdle within the first half of a blowout loss to the Lions, after which head coach Mike McCarthy said Dowdle “positively wants to the touch the ball extra.”
That state of affairs isn’t prone to proceed into the 2025 season provided that each Elliott and Dowdle are enjoying on expiring contracts. The one member of the Cowboys backfield signed previous this season is 23-year-old Deuce Vaughn, who has recorded simply seven touches this season and was a wholesome scratch in Week 6.
That may doubtless go away the Cowboys within the place of rebuilding their backfield subsequent spring for the second straight season amid the staff’s ongoing struggles to switch Tony Pollard, who signed with the Tennessee Titans final offseason.
Regardless of the departure of Pollard, the Cowboys didn’t choose a operating again within the 2024 NFL draft, a selection staff proprietor Jerry Jones said was made partially due to the staff’s religion in Elliott.
Given the outcomes thus far this season, the Cowboys would possibly take a special strategy as they head into the 2025 draft with the aim of constructing a stronger offense round Dak Prescott.
Jeanty might discover additional success in Dallas, the place he would get the chance to play behind an offensive line that grew stronger this season with the additions of rookies Tyler Guyton and Cooper Beebe.
The Cowboys might in the meantime profit from the addition of a operating again who additional added to his early Heisman Trophy buzz by recording his third 200 rushing-yard efficiency of the season on Saturday in opposition to Hawaii. Ought to the staff peg Jeanty as a possible successor to Pollard, Dallas might resolve to focus on him with a first-round choose in April.
