How did we not recruit Ashton Jeanty?!?

[peacock]

Watching Jeanty run for 186 on 13 carries for the Broncos in the first half.....looking at his 247 recruiting profile...

Ashton Jeanty, Lone Star , Running Back

Experience on both sides of the ball. Also plays basketball and competes in track and field. Ran an 11.13 100 and long jumped 23-3.75 as a junior. Also ran the...

247sports.com

how did we not recruit him? Frisco kid, undersized, textbook Frog... Pretty embarrassing no school in Texas offered.

 

[Ranidaphobia]

He had offers from a Sam Houston, University of North Texas, and Texas State. But you're right, TCU amongst a handful of other Texas schools missed out big time.

 

[TooColdU]

We got too enamored with starsies

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

He played 1 year of high school ball as a RB and Jerry Kill was our head coach at the time.

 

[peacock]

He played 1 year of high school ball as a RB and Jerry Kill was our head coach at the time.

Ok that’s make sense

 

[NewFrogFan]

Watching Jeanty run for 186 on 13 carries for the Broncos in the first half.....looking at his 247 recruiting profile...

Ashton Jeanty, Lone Star , Running Back

Experience on both sides of the ball. Also plays basketball and competes in track and field. Ran an 11.13 100 and long jumped 23-3.75 as a junior. Also ran the...

247sports.com

how did we not recruit him? Frisco kid, undersized, textbook Frog... Pretty embarrassing no school in Texas offered.

Who is on roster at RB from same year?

 

[Ranidaphobia]

Who is on roster at RB from same year?

He was immediately moved to WR but it was technically Major Everhart

 

[TopFrog]

 

[PurpleBlood87]

Too bad Avalos didn't bring him with him to TCU.

 

[ShreveFrog]

This story is a good backgrounder on Jeanty: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5760957/2024/09/12/boise-state-ashton-jeanty-running-back/

Psst: To avoid paywall, right click on link; open in incognito window; hit escape as soon as the page loads.

 

[grt]

Get ready! We will have a mass exodus after the last game. We're in for some hard times on the gridiron. Especially if Donati stands pat and does nothing.