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It would be hard to call him underrated, because he’s a Mountain West running back who is drawing heavy Heisman Trophy buzz and stands an excellent chance of at least being a finalist for the award.
But Jeanty, somehow, is having a better season than that.
To say that he is lapping the field doesn’t do justice to how dominant Jeanty has been. The numbers under the hood are even more frightening than the obscene 1,031 yards he’s collected on 95 carries (a 10.9-yard average) with 16 touchdowns in five weeks.
He’s one of only five players to rush for over 1,000 yards in the first five games of a season since 2000, joining Northern Illinois’ Garrett Wolfe (2006), LSU’s Leonard Fournette (2015), Stanford’s Bryce Love (2017) and Buffalo’s Jaret Patterson (2020). But he’s the only one who has done it with 15 rushing touchdowns and less than 100 carries.
Jeanty is nearly halfway to a season unlike anything any college back has ever produced, and the only reason he’s not even more of an outlier is that Boise State has shown mercy to his opponents.
