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Report: Ashton Jeanty sets visit with Dallas Cowboys ahead of 2025 NFL Draft

Brian Jones Profile Picby:Brian Jones•03/24/25•

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Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty
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The Dallas Cowboys will get a closer look at Ashton Jeanty before this year’s NFL Draft. Per Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News, the former Boise State running back will visit the Cowboys on Friday, April 4.

Ashton Jeanty is very familiar with the Dallas area, playing high school football at Lone Star High School in Frisco, Texas. In his senior season, Jeanty rushed for 1,843 yards and 41 touchdowns.

With that and the Cowboys needing a game-changing running back, there’s been talk about Jeanty playing for the team this fall. In January, On3 spoke to Jeanty about his chances of the Cowboys selecting him at No. 12 overall in the draft.

“I’m very confident and just that it’s the right fit,” Jeanty told On3. “So every team may not be the right fit, but I feel that the Cowboys would be a great fit in that they need a running back and a guy who’s been in that area, he’s around from there, that will just bring something special to the table. But who knows, it could go a different way. But I think I’m still pretty high on their board.”

Why the Cowboys likely won’t draft Ashton Jeanty

The Cowboys would get a major boost if they draft Jeanty. However, he’ll likely be off the board once the Cowboys are on the clock. In Mel Kiper’s latest mock draft, he has the Las Vegas Raiders taking Jeanty at No. 6 overall.

Former Cowboys running back and NFL Hall of Famer Emmit Smith said the team isn’t ready to add a player like Jeanty. “If he comes to the Cowboys right now, he’s going to get beat up,” Smith told Maggie and Perloff in February. “I don’t think we’re ready. We don’t have the right mindset. We don’t have the right commitments. I just talked about commitments and being [misaligned]. I think we are drafting exciting pieces… that would get fans, ‘Oh, we got Ashton Jeanty, oh, we’re going to be able to run the ball.’”

Ashton Jeanty had a historic 2024 season at Boise State. He finished the season with 2,601 rushing yards and 29 rushing touchdowns on 374 carries. Jeanty was a unanimous All-American, won the Maxwell and Doak Walker Award and finished second in Heisman Trophy voting.