Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty stacks up reasonably well against the other top ball-carriers to be drafted by NFL teams over the last decade in the eyes of ESPN draft expert Mel Kiper Jr.
Kiper ranked Jeanty sixth, ahead of Jahmyr Gibbs, Josh Jacobs, Travis Etienne Jr. and Todd Gurley II among others.
"At 5'9" and 215 pounds, Jeanty displays excellent contact balance, instincts and toughness, which help him skirt past the first line of defense and through traffic, Kiper wrote. "He has forced a nation-leading 111 missed tackles. Jeanty brings power going downhill, stays upright and runs through contact.