Heisman hopeful Jeanty rolls again in Boise win
Oct 13, 2024, 03:25 AM ET
Heisman Prize competitor Ashton Jeanty accounted for 237 all-purpose lawns and scored 2 touchdowns to lead No. 17 Boise State to a 28-7 win over Hawaii on Saturday night.Jeanty, the leading rush in all of the Football Bowl Subdivision, had a season-high 31 brings for 217 lawns. It was the third game this season that he has actually eclipsed the 200-yard mark and the fifth of his career. He likewise caught 3 passes for 20 lawns.
“So pleased with Ashton Jeanty; he’s an outright war daddy,” Boise State coach Spencer Danielson stated. “He’s the very best player in the country. Those were tough lawns. They’re the No. 1-ranked defense in our conference for a factor. Those guys flew around, they had a terrific master plan, and he just kept battling, kept battling.”
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The 5-foot-9, 215-pound Jeanty has hurried for 1,248 yards and 17 touchdowns in 6 games this season, averaging 9.9 lawns per bring and 208 backyards per game on the ground. With six games remaining in the regular season plus a likely bowl game for the Broncos, Jeanty stays on speed to challenge Barry Sanders’ FBS single-season rushing record of 2,628 yards.With his breakout efficiency, Jeanty has actually emerged as a prominent prospect for the Heisman, which has actually not been granted to a running back considering that Alabama’s Derrick Henry in 2015.
Jeanty is the agreement wagering preferred for the Heisman and was listed as a +175 preferred for the award Sunday early morning at ESPN BET, ahead of Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel (+375) and Miami quarterback Camera Ward (+600 ).
The Broncos (5-1, 2-0 Mountain West) ran their winning streak to 4 games given that their narrow loss at then-No. 7 Oregon on Sept. 7.
The Rainbow Warriors (2-4, 0-2) have lost four of their past five games.Boise State topped its very first 3 possessions with ratings. Jonah Dalmas sandwiched basket of 24 and 23 yards around Jeanty’s 54-yard touchdown go to put the Broncos up 13-0 with 7:06 left in the very first half.Jeanty found a crease behind the best side of his
offensive line before he bounced to the boundary and went untouched to the end zone. It was his seventh touchdown run of at least 50 backyards this season. Jeanty entered the game balancing 10.9 lawns per bring and 206.3 hurrying backyards per game.He had 93 lawns on eight carries after one quarter and depended on 15 hurries for 115 lawns by halftime.Hawaii’s rating came with 3:24 left in the second quarter on a 27-yard goal pass from Brayden Schager to Tylan Hines.”It was an actually hard-fought game,”Hawaii coach Timmy Chang stated.”I believed our guys went toe to toe with a really great team, and when the calls get reversed and don’t go your method, you lose a bit of momentum, however I take pride in my guys in battling and we’ll continue to try to improve.”After a scoreless third quarter, Boise State found some breathing room with a 5-yard touchdown pass from Maddux Madsen to Jeanty a couple of minutes into the final duration. Madsen struck Austin Bolt for a 44-yard scoring strike in the closing minutes.Madsen completed 17-of-25 passing for 217 backyards. “It was a fantastic team win, [however] it was not ideal. There’s a lot that I’m excited to go in and take a look at and tidy up, but on the roadway, with the travel and all the things,
you’ve got to discover methods to win games in our conference and I take pride in our group,”Danielson said.The Associated Press contributed to this report.