Ashton Jeanty has said he would love to play for the Dallas Cowboys.
The Dallas Cowboys hold the 12th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft and we could argue between now and then (we will) as to what the best thing to do with that pick is.
This year’s draft will mark the highest pick that Dallas has had since 2021 when they originally held the 10th selection but traded back to 12 of all places. They “settled” for Micah Parsons out of Penn State, something that has worked out rather nicely.
If many Cowboys fans get their wish then Dallas will use that 12th pick on someone who played their final game against Penn State this season in Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty. Throughout all of this past college football season Jeanty was ripping off insane performance after insane performance and as a result he finds himself firmly in the mix of the top names entering the draft.
Speaking at an event this past weekend, Jeanty was asked by NBC5’s Pat Doney about playing for a team he grew up with extreme proximity to. He, shocker here, wants that.
Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty wants the #DallasCowboys to draft him…
The former Frisco Lone Star HS standout signed with Disruptive Sports at an event in Dallas tonight… pic.twitter.com/y0V59JF5NO
— Pat Doney (@PatDoneyNBC5) January 12, 2025
“I would love to play for the Cowboys. It’d be like a dream come true.”
It is not a new thing for high-profile draft prospects to connect themselves to the Cowboys. They know that doing so invites a lot of attention, something that is good for their name relative to the overall process. This is just the way that the game is played.
Over the last decade we have seen players like Myles Garrett, Deshaun Watson, Parsons himself, or even Ezekiel Elliott all make similar claims. It is normal.
Nevertheless, Jeanty has stated his intentions. We will see what the Cowboys have to say about that soon enough.
