Rumors are circling that Ashton Jeanty could possibly be heading to Chicago.
The Athletic’s Dianna Russini reported Thursday within the lead-up to the 2025 NFL Draft that the Bears “are among teams making calls in an attempt to trade up” for Jeanty.
Earlier this week, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that the Bears had excessive hopes Jeanty would nonetheless be round when their flip got here up on the clock on Thursday.
“There are multiple personnel people who believe the Bears are praying that Jeanty slips to them at No. 10,” Schefter reported Monday. “They think new Bears coach Ben Johnson could feature Jeanty and D’Andre Swift as a two-headed duo the way the Lions did with David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs when Johnson was Detroit’s offensive coordinator.”
Jeanty is broadly seen as top-of-the-line operating again prospects in current NFL historical past.
Final season, he led the nation with 2,601 speeding yards and scored 30 complete touchdowns, ending No. 2 behind Colorado’s Travis Hunter in Heisman Trophy voting.
He completed his school profession with 4,769 speeding yards and 50 touchdowns on the bottom.
Jeanty, in a letter final week in The Gamers’ Tribune, mentioned he might convey as a lot worth to groups as Saquion Barkley.
“Most people, they watched the Eagles win the Super Bowl a couple of months ago, they watched Saquon run through everyone in the playoffs, and they thought to themselves, ‘This is amazing,’” Jeanty wrote. “I watched it and I assumed one thing totally different. I assumed, ‘That can be me.’ … I’ve taken the good distance. I’m completed with that method.
“If you pick me, it’s simple: I’m coming to your franchise to do what Saquon and the Eagles just did. I’m coming to win, big, soon.”
