When Ashton Jeanty will make his NFL debut for Las Vegas raiders this season, he could also start a new pre-SNAP position in the rear field.
Since the school, Jeanty has been straight with his hands by his side in the back field before the Snap, a position that some compared to Michael Myers, the infamous killer of “Halloween” horror films.
This certainly did not hinder him on the field – he has just left a finalist season of the Heisman Trophy for Boise State in which he rushed to 2,601 yards – the second plus one season in the history of FBS, only rushing Barry Sanders, who rushed to 2,628 yards for Oklahoma State in 1988.
However, Chip Kelly, the offensive coordinator of the raiders, wants him to adopt a different position in the NFL. The process began the first day of the recent recruit of raiders.
“You know, sometimes you must, you know, go with the flow,” said Jeanty in an interview with the “Up & Adams Show”, organized by Kay Adams.
Jeanty said Kelly asked him, “Are you never playing basketball?” And I say to myself: “Yeah, I play basketball, you know I can dunk and all that.” He’s like, “ok, show me how you keep me” and he acts as if he was holding the ball. “”
He proceeded to demonstrate the position with Adams and said that Kelly had said to him: “This is exactly why you should be in your position as a ball carrier.” “”
Jeanty said Kelly “has won for the moment”, but he doesn’t completely give up his brand position.
“I will try to persuade him one day. I have to win my scratches and play games first, but I don’t think it will be the end (position),” he said.
Jeanty said last year he was kicking publications on social networks that compared his pre-SNAP position to the position of Myers, and he even disguised himself as an emblematic film killer for an Instagram post last year. He said the position was going to be relaxed and comfortable.
