A steely visage envelops his face as Ashton Jeanty makes the transition from resting to training, as if flipping a switch. Eyes focused, his vision narrows. His head moves imperceptibly despite the often violent movement his lower body is going through, whether high-stepping through warmups or sprinting on a treadmill.
The Boise State tailback—he’s still sporting a blue pullover with the school’s logo—is nothing if not consistent when it comes to putting in work. Jeanty can often be found in a Zen-like state concentrating on that opening just ahead of him on the field and, like a mathematician in a movie rapidly calculating angles and distances, on how he can best locate the optimal path forward with a ball tucked against his ribs.
