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Heisman Trophy candidate Ashton Jeanty said he would be interested in joining the Arizona Cardinals after his Boise State career ends.
“I could get down with Kyler [Murray],” Jeanty said in a livestream on Tuesday night. “We’re gonna be the shortest backfield in the NFL, you know what I’m saying?”
The running back also named the Chicago Bears, Kansas City Chiefs and Dallas Cowboys as franchises he could see himself joining (h/t Fox 40’s Madison Williams.)
Jeanty currently leads the FBS with 1,734 rushing yards and 23 rushing touchdowns through nine games.
The running back has recently seen his workload skyrocket. He recorded at least 30 carries in each of Boise State’s last four games, and most recently marked a career-high 34 carries while racking up 209 yards and three scores on the ground in a Saturday victory over Nevada.
Jeanty’s ability to drive the Broncos rushing offense has helped Boise State climb out to an 8-1 record and a top 15 ranking in the AP poll, and raised the possibility that a running back could win the Heisman Trophy for the first time since Derrick Henry in 2015.
The running back has also sparked early buzz surrounding his potential entry into the 2025 NFL draft, where his stock as a potential first-round prospect has skyrocketed since the start of the college football season. The B/R NFL Scouting Department has him ranked as the 2025 class’ RB1 and predicts he will hear his name called on the first day of the draft.
The Cardinals have recently turned their 2024 season around with four straight wins, going from a 2-4 squad and a potential deadline seller to the 6-4 leaders of the NFC West.
That success could impact the value of Arizona’s upcoming first-round pick. But with running back demand generally dictated by positional need, and only four selected in the top 10 since 2017, Jeanty could still theoretically end up on the Cards’ draft boards this spring.
Arizona currently ranks fourth in the NFL through Week 10 with 1,494 rushing yards, but leading rusher James Conner is set to hit unrestricted free agency in 2025. The Cardinals will need to address the running back position, either by extending Conner or adding talent from somewhere else, this spring.
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