Ashton Jeanty or Tyler Warren?

Not at all, I posted this on another forum today regarding this same topic:

Let’s also not forget that Ashton Jeanty went for over 150 yards from scrimmage and 2 touchdowns on just 14 touches against Washington in 2023. A team that played in the National Championship that year.

In other words, Jeanty played 3 games against top 10 opponents in his career (Washington, Oregon, and Penn State). He had 457 yards from scrimmage and 5 touchdowns in those games while playing with a completely overmatched offensive line against those teams. Average of 152 yards from scrimmage per game.

Raw stats obviously aren't the "be all end all" when evaluating prospects, but Jeanty continues to get questions over his level of competition and how he did vs "quality" opponents, so I do feel it's useful to compare what he's done against top 10 opponents. Here's how some other recent top RB's over the years have done against top 10 teams:

Bijan Robinson- 4 games against top 10 opponents, 365 yards from scrimmage, and 3 touchdowns. Average of 91 yards from scrimmage per game.

Saquon Barkley- 7 games against top 10 opponents, 950 yards from scrimmage, and 6 touchdowns. Average of 135 yards from scrimmage per game.

Christian McCaffrey- 4 games against top 10 opponents, 591 yards from scrimmage, and 1 touchdown. Average of 147 yards from scrimmage per game.

Man, get out of here with those facts. But, but, but, he played against Hawaii.

He's only fast because he's playing against lesser talented. WTH kind of of comments are those. 4.3-4.4 speed is fast no matter what level of talent a RB plays against.

He only breaks tackles against lesser opponents. WTH was he doing against Penn St? They sold out fo stop him and he still got over a 100 yards on them.

Some people won't know talent if it hit them in the face. The problem is he's a RB and supposedly RBs don't matter. Tell that to the SB champs. They literally added a RG off the scrape heap and one of the best RBs in the NFL and rode him to the SB. That was the only difference between their 2023 and 2024 season, oh and Kellen Moore who is our HC now.