Ashton Jeanty isn't your typical workhorse running back. The Boise State Bronco might be the 2025 NFL Draft's unicorn.

Jeanty, who began his football journey overseas in Naples, Italy, has been deemed the best RB prospect scouted by Maurice Jones-Drew since he joined NFL Media in 2015. In that span, five RBs have been selected in the top 10 of their respective draft classes.

Now, Jeanty is looking to join that exclusive group, and his stats strongly support the argument for his inclusion.

Jeanty started out as a jack-of-all-trades on the gridiron, playing RB, wide receiver, defensive end, linebacker and safety throughout his days at Lone Star High in Frisco, Texas. An impressive senior year in which he averaged 20.5 points per game helped lead Jeanty to Boise, Idaho.

After making two starts in 2022, Jeanty exploded onto the scene as a sophomore. Jeanty led the FBS with 159.7 scrimmage yards per game, becoming the only FBS player to post 1,000-plus rushing yards and 500-plus receiving yards in the 2023 season. Those marks set high expectations for what would become a historic final chapter in Jeanty's collegiate career.

Jeanty ran wild to the tune of 2,601 rushing yards last season -- just 28 yards shy of Pro Football Hall of Famer Barry Sanders' 1988 NCAA record. The 2024 Heisman Trophy runner-up, Jeanty won the Doak Walker Award (nation's top RB) and the Maxwell Award (player of the year). He led the NCAA with 2,750 all-purpose yards and averaged 185.8 rushing yards per game, the highest FBS mark since Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson (189.7 rushing YPG) in 2000. Jeanty's whopping 7.0 yards per carry average and 151 missed tackles forced were both FBS-leading metrics, as well.

What Jeanty accomplished in three seasons at Boise State was unprecedented -- just like his unique upright running stance. The Broncos have produced recent NFL RB talents like Doug Martin, Jay Ajayi and Jeremy McNichols, but Jeanty now holds the school's rushing records. He could join Martin as the only Boise State RBs to be selected in the first round of the NFL draft.