Boise State Broncos working again Ashton Jeanty led the nation with 2,497 dashing yards and 29 dashing touchdowns in the course of the 2024 season and led the workforce to a spot within the School Soccer Playoff.
Jeanty’s numbers, in another yr, would have seemingly assured him the Heisman Trophy. However this season, he bumped into two-way famous person Travis Hunter and his Colorado teammate Shedeur Sanders. It was a hard-fought run, however Jeanty completed in second place behind Hunter.
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Heisman Trophy finalist Ashton Jeanty, of Boise State, stands with the trophy throughout a school soccer press convention, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in New York. (AP Picture/Corey Sipkin)
Hunter was the second two-way to win the Heisman Trophy after Michigan legend Charles Woodson. He was the primary non-quarterback to win the award since large receiver DeVonta Smith gained it at Alabama in the course of the 2020 season.
Jeanty, nevertheless, mentioned he felt like he did sufficient to win the title.
“I actually felt like I ought to’ve walked away with the award, however kudos to Travis for successful,” he mentioned Saturday night time, by way of ESPN. “However yeah, it is easy as that. Work more durable, go more durable.”
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Boise State working again Ashton Jeanty celebrates after successful the offensive participant of the sport for the Mountain West Championship towards UNLV, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in Boise, Idaho. (AP Picture/Steve Conner, File)
Jeanty obtained 309 first-place votes. He mentioned he was “100%” motivated by failing to win the Heisman.
“There’s much more to come back,” he added. “This is not the top, that is only the start. So I simply have to try this way more to get the issues that I need.”
Jeanty gained the Maxwell Trophy as faculty soccer’s greatest participant and the Doak Walker Award as one of the best working again within the nation.
Boise State working again Ashton Jeanty, Nov. 23, 2024, in Laramie, Wyoming. (AP Picture/David Zalubowski)
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Boise State gained the Mountain West Convention and have a bye into the quarterfinals of the playoff. The workforce will play the winner of SMU-Penn State.
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