Ashton Jeanty 'Ready to Go Entertain' with Raiders After Going No. 6 in 2025 NFL Draft

The Las Vegas Raiders have selected Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty with the sixth overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft.

Afterward, Jeanty spoke with NFL Network's Jamie Erdahl, who asked him what it will be like playing in the "entertainment capital" of the world. He provided this response.

"I mean, you've seen it, the energy," Jeanty began. "You've seen the dance moves. I'm ready to go entertain each and every week on Sunday."

Jeanty added while speaking with reporters that he's "super duper excited" to join the Raiders.

"I gotta shout out Mark Davis, Spytek, Pete Carroll," Jeanty said. "There is lot of history in the Raiders building and I am excited to be a part of that."

Jeanty starred for Boise State over three seasons. He took college football by storm in 2024, amassing 2,739 yards and 30 touchdowns for a Broncos team that earned the College Football Playoff's No. 3 seed.

Jeanty rushed for 2,601 yards and 29 scores on 374 carries (7.0 YPC), running for He added 23 catches for 138 yards and another score.

For his career, Jeanty compiled 5,631 total yards and 56 touchdowns. He rushed for 4,769 yards and 50 touchdowns (6.4 yards per carry) while adding 80 catches for 862 yards and six scores.

The final B/R NFL Scouting Department big board had Jeanty slated as the No. 6 overall player and the top running back.

That's no surprise given how sensational Jeanty played in school. He finished his career as a Heisman finalist, the Maxwell Award winner and a consensus All-American.

And now Las Vegas has chosen Jeanty early in the draft as the engine of their offense. They can certainly hope that Jeanty is the driving and galvanizing force behind brighter days. He certainly has the talent to get it done.

Jeanty joins a Las Vegas team under new leadership with general manager John Spytek and head coach Pete Carroll at the helm.

Carroll, notably, once coached a Seattle Seahawks team that greatly benefitted from the exploits of five-time Pro Bowl running back Marshawn Lynch, who led the 2013 'Hawks in yards from scrimmage en route to a Super Bowl victory.

Now Carroll is in Vegas, taking over a 4-13 team that just finished bottom eight in both points allowed and points scored.

So the Raiders could have gone numerous ways, but having the chance to take Jeanty was too enticing here. Las Vegas just had a brutal rushing season, running for only 3.6 yards per carry. No player on the team ran for more than 420 rushing yards.

Simply put, the Raiders needed a true RB1 and superstar to build the offense around, and now they have that player in Jeanty.