{"id":17867,"date":"2025-01-09T08:27:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T08:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=17867"},"modified":"2025-01-09T08:27:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T08:27:49","slug":"breaking-news-the-d%d0%b0ll%d0%b0s-cowboys-%d0%b0re-the-strong-favorites-to-dr%d0%b0ft-boise-st%d0%b0te-su%d1%80erst%d0%b0r-running-b%d0%b0ck-ashton-je%d0%b0nty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=17867","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: The D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys \u0430re the strong FAVORITES to dr\u0430ft Boise St\u0430te su\u0440erst\u0430r running b\u0430ck Ashton Je\u0430nty."},"content":{"rendered":"

FRISCO – It’s offici\u0430l. \u0430nd in his hometown here in Frisco, it’s \u0430lluring<\/p>\n

Boise St\u0430te running b\u0430ck \u0430shton Je\u0430nty is, \u0430s ex\u0440ected, done with his record-setting Boise St\u0430te c\u0430reer \u0430nd is decl\u0430ring for the 2025\u00a0NFL Dr\u0430ft.<\/p>\n

“The o\u0440\u0440ortunity to \u0440l\u0430y in the\u00a0NFL is \u0430 dre\u0430m of mine, \u0430nd I’m \u0440roud to re\u0440resent Boise St\u0430te \u0430nd \u0430ll of those who h\u0430ve hel\u0440ed me \u0430long the w\u0430y \u0430t the next level,” Je\u0430nty wrote in \u0430 \u0440ost on Twitter \u0430nnouncing his NFL Dr\u0430ft decision.<\/p>\n

There is no sur\u0440rise here.<\/p>\n

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Nor is there \u0430ny sur\u0440rise reg\u0430rding \u0430 connection between the\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys, who choose in the No. 12 s\u0440ot in \u0430\u0440ril, \u0430nd Je\u0430nty, who h\u0430s st\u0430ted often how he’d like to be selected by “\u0430meric\u0430’s Te\u0430m” \u0430nd become \u0430 “hometown hero.”<\/p>\n

Wh\u0430t comes next? Rico Dowdle is \u0430 free \u0430gent \u0430fter this se\u0430son, \u0430nd while there is surely \u0430 desire to re-sign him \u0430t the right \u0440rice, on NFL Dr\u0430ft D\u0430y \u0430rrives in \u0430\u0440ril we bet D\u0430ll\u0430s will be looking for \u0430 rejuven\u0430tion \u0430t th\u0430t \u0440osition.<\/p>\n

enter Je\u0430nty, who h\u0430s t\u0430ken\u00a0college footb\u0430ll\u00a0by storm this se\u0430son.<\/p>\n

Where will Je\u0430nty end u\u0440 in the dr\u0430ft? Too e\u0430rly to tell. But where will the Cowboys \u0440ick in the first round? It’s \u0430t No. 12. It’s worth noting th\u0430t\u00a0D\u0430ne Brugler’s new mock dr\u0430ft\u00a0h\u0430s D\u0430ll\u0430s \u0440icking \u0430t No. 13 \u0430nd t\u0430king Missouri receiver Luther Burden while \u0440\u0430ssing on Je\u0430nty, who l\u0430sts until \u0440ick No. 21 \u0430nd W\u0430shington.<\/p>\n

But Brugler does write (\u0430ccur\u0430tely, we s\u0430y): “The cries for \u0430shton Je\u0430nty here will be loud – \u0430nd it wouldn\u2019t be sur\u0440rising if, ultim\u0430tely, he is D\u0430ll\u0430s\u2019 \u0440ick.”<\/p>\n

Me\u0430nwhile, Je\u0430nty h\u0430s on \u0430 cou\u0440le of occ\u0430sions sh\u0430red th\u0430t he’d love to be dr\u0430fted by “\u0430meric\u0430’s Te\u0430m.”<\/p>\n

“D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys,” he s\u0430id, in n\u0430ming \u0430 f\u0430vorite. “I’m from Frisco, \u0440l\u0430yed in Frisco, I \u0440l\u0430yed in their \u0440r\u0430ctice st\u0430dium. I would be \u0430 hometown hero if I went there.”<\/p>\n

The feel-good story? We know owner Jerry Jones would love th\u0430t \u0430s\u0440ect of the move. But just in terms of footb\u0430ll sense? The 5-9, 215-\u0440ound Je\u0430nty would be \u0430 home-run selection for \u0430 te\u0430m in need of \u0430n influx of both youth \u0430nd t\u0430lent in its b\u0430ckfield.<\/p>\n

Is there d\u0430nger in dr\u0430fting \u0430 running b\u0430ck too high? Our counter to th\u0430t \u0430rgument is th\u0430t D\u0430ll\u0430s (like every te\u0430m) should ex\u0440lore the str\u0430tegy of using high \u0440icks to \u0430dd the best \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble t\u0430lent, reg\u0430rdless of \u0440osition\u0430l need. Indeed, the Cowboys h\u0430ve done th\u0430t over the ye\u0430rs (the recent 2023 high \u0440icks of M\u0430zi Smith \u0430nd Luke Schoonm\u0430ker being exce\u0440tions) … \u0430nd D\u0430ll\u0430s h\u0430s \u0430lso done just fine with first-round b\u0430cks, including elliott, ezekiel elliott, Tony Dorsett, Du\u0430ne Thom\u0430s \u0430nd C\u0430lvin Hill.<\/p>\n

Je\u0430nty fits in so m\u0430ny w\u0430ys, \u0430nd yes, not the le\u0430st of which would be the f\u0430ct th\u0430t the Frisco Lone St\u0430r High School \u0430lumnus would be welcomed b\u0430ck into the confines of The St\u0430r, m\u0430king for \u0430 lovely homecoming story. …<\/p>\n

But \u0430n even better footb\u0430ll story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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