{"id":94676,"date":"2025-06-01T02:22:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T02:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/94676\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T02:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T02:22:12","slug":"raiders-chip-kelly-reveals-particular-skill-that-separates-ashton-jeanty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/94676\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiders\u2019 Chip Kelly reveals particular skill that separates Ashton Jeanty"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post Raiders\u2019 Chip Kelly reveals particular skill that separates Ashton Jeanty<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With Ashton Jeanty<\/a> working with Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> offensive coordinator Chip Kelly, there\u2019s no doubt fans are excited for the first-round pick to make an immediate impact right from the jump. As the Raiders\u2019 offense looks different with quarterback Geno Smith<\/a>, Jeanty adds a different dynamic, which Kelly explains when speaking to the media on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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Jeanty was taken with the sixth overall pick out of Boise State, where he was labeled as one of the most talented prospects at the running back position in recent memory. Kelly would speak about why that is, as one aspect is his ability to \u201csustain runs off of contact,\u201d <\/a>according to the team\u2019s YouTube page.<\/p>\n

\u201cAshton [Jeanty] is as talented at back as a young guy coming in the league that I\u2019ve seen. He\u2019s really special,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cHis ability to sustain runs off of contact, his contact balance is kind of a really rare quality. He\u2019s got a low center of gravity, you know. And I think it\u2019s tough to get him down. And normally the first guy doesn\u2019t, and you look at all of the tape of his games last year, and it didn\u2019t matter who he played because they [Boise State] obviously played in the Mountain West.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut when he played the Oregons, and he played the Penn States,\u201d Kelly continued. \u201cYou look at how he performed in those games, and I think sometimes you get caught up in just looking at the numbers, but I think it was like 35 missed tackles he created in the Penn State game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raiders\u2019 Chip Kelly examines Ashton Jeanty\u2019s college career\"Candice<\/p>\n

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As Pete Carroll<\/a> hired Kelly to be the Raiders\u2019 offensive coordinator, he\u2019s coming off a stint at the college level where he was UCLA\u2019s head coach from 2018-2023, then was Ohio State\u2019s offensive coordinator in 2024, winning a national title. Being inside the college football landscape, it was hard not to notice Jeanty\u2019s outstanding production, leading to him being a Heisman Trophy finalist.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNow, Penn State\u2019s defense, we played against them, they\u2019re outstanding,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cYou know, that was a little bit different league for Boise at that time, but not for Ashton in terms of what he did. So excited to see him. It\u2019s different, obviously, as we know during OTAs, because it\u2019s not tackle. We\u2019re not taking guys to the ground. I don\u2019t think he\u2019ll get tackled till we get to our first preseason game, but you know, I\u2019m really excited. The one thing about him is he\u2019s a really quick learner. Really excited to work with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

At any rate, Jeanty looks to boost Las Vegas\u2019 running game as they open the season in Week 1 against the New England Patriots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The post Raiders\u2019 Chip Kelly reveals particular skill that separates Ashton Jeanty appeared first on ClutchPoints. With Ashton…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2065],"tags":[1303,946,2251,7,1507,6413,1744,393,2455,2454,249,6,12611,525],"class_list":{"0":"post-94676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-las-vegas-raiders","8":"tag-ashton-jeanty","9":"tag-boise-state","10":"tag-chip-kelly","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-geno-smith","13":"tag-jeanty","14":"tag-las-vegas","15":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","16":"tag-lasvegas","17":"tag-lasvegasraiders","18":"tag-new-england-patriots","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-offensive-coordinator","21":"tag-raiders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114605729067107978","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}