NFL draft prospect Ashton Jeanty believes he’s the next Saquon Barkley: ‘That can be me’

Ashton Jeanty has each nan assurance successful nan world.

So overmuch truthful that he believes he tin beryllium arsenic bully arsenic nan NFL’s 2024 rushing leader.

Jeanty, 1 of nan apical moving backs slated to beryllium drafted adjacent week, said he envisions himself successful nan aforesaid vain arsenic Eagles superstar Saquon Barkley.

The erstwhile Boise State backmost wrote arsenic overmuch successful a letter to NFL wide managers successful The Players’ Tribune connected Wednesday.

“Most people, they watched nan Eagles triumph nan Super Bowl a mates of months ago, they watched Saquon run done everyone successful nan playoffs, and they thought to themselves, ‘This is amazing,’” Jeanty wrote. “I watched it and I thought thing different. I thought, ‘That tin beryllium me.’ … I’ve taken nan agelong way. I’m done pinch that way. If you prime me, it’s simple: I’m coming to your franchise to do what Saquon and nan Eagles conscionable did. I’m coming to win, big, soon.”

One play aft starring nan Mountain West Conference successful rushing yards, Jeanty took nan assemblage shot world by large wind successful 2024 erstwhile he led nan NCAA pinch 2,601 yards to spell on pinch 29 touchdowns connected nan ground.

He vanished 2nd successful nan Heisman title to receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter and won nan Maxwell Award nan arsenic nan nation’s apical moving back.

Jeanty, an All-America first squad member, could spell successful nan apical 10 this year, arsenic ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. has him going astatine No. 6 to nan Raiders in his latest mock draft.

“I genuinely judge I was calved to do this. And I genuinely judge what makes maine different — it isn’t astir nan position I statement up at. It’s astir nan mindset I bring to it,” Jeanty added.