Boise State needed to make different preparations for operating again Ashton Jeanty at Mountain West media days.
The Mountain West Convention is holding media days this week on the Circa Resort and On line casino. Circa has a strict 21-and-over coverage in all of its amenities. Jeanty is 20. He can’t get in.
However that didn’t cease Boise State from determining a method to make Jeanty accessible for interviews. Whereas kicker Jonah Dalmas and defensive finish Ahmed Hassanein do their media availabilities at Circa, Jeanty will maintain occasions on the Bellagio and Golden Gate Resort since neither of these properties have age restrictions to get in.
Dalmas and Hassanein have been beforehand introduced as Boise State’s media day attendees, presumably as a result of the group was having to make lodging to carry Jeanty and since each of them are of authorized consuming and playing age. And you’ll perceive why Boise State desires its star operating again accessible for preseason interviews. He’s actually, actually good.
Jeanty is likely one of the greatest operating backs within the nation heading into the 2024 season. After dashing for 821 yards on simply 156 carries as a freshman in 2022, Jeanty took over because the group’s No. 1 again in 2023 and had 220 carries for 1,347 yards and 14 touchdowns. He additionally added 43 catches for 569 yards and 5 receiving TDs.
Jeanty and QB Malachi Nelson could possibly be the most effective RB-QB mixture within the Mountain West this season. Nelson, a former USC quarterback and five-star recruit, transferred to Boise State within the offseason. Like Jeanty, Nelson can be beneath the age of 21. If he was attending media days, he wouldn’t be capable to enter Circa both.
