Boise State RB Jeanty to return: ‘Bronco for life!’

• Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterDec 5, 2023, 03:01 PM ET

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Ashton Jeanty, the Mountain West Offensive Gamer of the Year, will go back to the team in 2024. Jeanty, who leads the FBS in scrimmage backyards per game at 164.9, announced Tuesday on social networks that he will be “a Bronco for life!”The 5-foot-9, 210-pound sophomore from Jacksonville, Florida, would have been a desired transfer if he had actually gone into the website. Jeanty ranks 6th nationally in rushing yards per game(114.7)and also has 552 receiving lawns and 552 getting backyards and five touchdowns for Boise State, which rallied to win the Mountain West champion under interim coach Spencer Danielson, who got the long-term job Sunday.”Understanding the legacy I can leave and the effect that I can have to alter individuals’s lives is essential, and I appreciate the opportunity to do that for a program that altered my life by thinking in me when nobody else did, “Jeanty wrote on X. “I love this city and the people here. This decision feels excellent. It feels right. It is final. “Let’s run it back! #Deuce #gobroncos #AGTG pic.twitter.com/Eqet3sNeCk!.?.!— Ashton Jeanty2( @AshtonJeanty2 )December 5, 2023 Jeanty,

thrust into a bigger function following an injury to George Holani in the season opener, had six 100-yard hurrying performances, consisting of 153 lawns versus UNLV in the Mountain West championship game. He missed two games because of injury.Boise State is set to face UCLA on Dec. 16 in the Starco Brands LA Bowl.