Ashton Jeanty provides humble response to Travis Hunter’s Heisman comments
By Mark Kern
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Ashton Jeanty through 6 games is putting together a season that resembles what Barry Sanders did during his time at Oklahoma State.
The Boise State RB has rushed for 1,248 yards and 17 touchdowns while helping the Broncos get off to a 5-1 start. His fast start has put Jeanty right there in the race for the Heisman trophy.
His top challenger may be Travis Hunter, who made some noise last week when he talked about Jeanty and the Heisman race. Jeanty responded to Hunter with YouTuber Deestroying, giving the Colorado star praise for the talent he is while still acknowledging the reality of his own achievements to this point in the season.
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“Kudos to Travis, he’s balling for real,” Jeanty said. “He’s doing some stuff we ain’t ever seen nobody do. Personally, I don’t take no offense to it. He’s just speaking his opinion, everybody’s got an opinion. For me, what I’ve been doing hasn’t been done in 36, 37 years, so that’s something special. If I keep that up and break a record that’s been around for 36 years, I feel like you can’t really compete with that.”
If Jeanty is able to stay on the same pace he has through his first 6 games, he would get to 2,496 yards and 34 touchdowns, which would be the 4th most ever in a season.
The Broncos are the favorite of the non-Power 5 teams to make the College Football Playoff, and he has a chance to continue building that resume Friday night against a good UNLV team.
