
USA Today: Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty To Remain A Bronco in 2025
While the Boise State football season didn't end with a National Championship game, a lot can be said for the 2024 season that they accomplished. Under a rookie head coach and an inexperienced starting quarterback, they overachieved expectations and looked like genuine contenders all season.

Some of the accomplishments that the Broncos achieved this season included being the first BSU football squad to repeat as Mountain West Conference Champions and the first to play in a College Football Playoff. Running back Ashton Jeanty was a massive part of the team's success as he became the first Bronco to be a unanimous All-American, the first to win the Doak Walker Award, given to the best running back in the nation, and the first to win the Maxwell Award, given to the best player in the country.
The question for Boise State is how they will top their 2024 season without the best player in America on their roster? That is a question that Coach Spencer Danielson will have to answer without the help of one of college football's best coaches on his staff. Dirk Koetter, the team's offensive coordinator, who has been coaching football longer than Danielson has been alive, is also leaving, announcing his retirement after the team's loss to Penn State in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl in December.
Koetter was once the Head Coach of the Broncos. He went 26-10 in three seasons with Boise State beginning in 1998 before leaving for Arizona State. He jumped to the NFL in 2007 as an Offensive Coordinator for the Jaguars, Buccaneers, and Falcons. Koetter was even the Head Coach of the Bucs for almost three seasons. He was essential to the team's success and provided Danielson with an experienced mentor.
Ashton Jeanty could have decided to stay for one more season. He declared for the NFL Draft after his Junior year and is projected to be a first-round pick. Running Backs drafted in the first round have had mixed results. While first-round running backs tend to get the benefit of the doubt, leading to more opportunities early, their careers don't usually last as long. Some teams believe that you can get just as much production from running backs drafted in later rounds or not at all, like Austin Eckler or Arian Foster.
Most draft experts believe that Jeanty will be drafted at the number 12 spot to the Dallas Cowboys, but the Cowboys are almost always a wild card on draft day.
However, USA Today believes the Cowboys will opt for Missouri Wide Reciever Luther Burden III, sending Jeanty deeper into the first round. That would likely mean he wouldn't be selected until pick 20, which the Denver Broncos own.
Denver hasn't had a 1,000-yard running back since 2019 and a 100-yard game from a single running back in two years. Jeanty could be the right fit for a team that has desperately needed a running back since Terrell Davis retired in the early 2000s.
We already know how Ashton Jeanty looks in Orange and Blue, and we like the idea of him remaining a Bronco.
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