Raiders have already altered key aspect of top pick’s game
We apparently won’t see the same Ashton Jeanty who tore up the college ranks at Boise State when he debuts for the Las Vegas Raiders this season.
In an interview at the NFL Rookie Premier with Kay Adams, Jeanty, the Raiders’ No. 6 overall draft pick, said that he will be reluctantly changing his famous college stance to a more traditional one in the NFL for running backs. Jeanty said Raiders’ offensive coordinator Chip Kelly told Jeanty right away he would need to ditch his so-called “Michael Myers” stance right away at the Raiders’ rookie minicamp earlier this month.
Kelly broached the topic by asking Jeanty if he ever played basketball and had him go into a guarding stance and told him how that relates to playing running back in the NFL.
Here’s EXACTLY how Chip Kelly got Ashton Jeanty to change his pre-snap stance. #Raiders @AshtonJeanty2 @PaniniAmerica pic.twitter.com/VAqaA5sPpV
— Kay Adams (@heykayadams) May 19, 2025
Jeanty said Kelly “won for now” and he needs to “go with the flow” but he hopes to someday talks his way back to his old stance, which many on social media have said is similar to the Michael Myers’ character from the popular “Halloween” horror-film series.
Jeanty has used his straight-up stance, complete with his hands at his side, since his high school days. Clearly, he is comfortable with the stance, but there’s little doubt the highly-touted star will have success his newly adopted NFL stance as well.