Boise State's Latrell Caples suggests opponents focus on ruining teammate Ashton Jeanty's Heisman hopes

Boise State wide receiver Latrell Caples floated a mentation astir the crippled plans the Broncos person encountered this season. 

From Caples' perspective, opposing teams person spent a sizeable magnitude of vigor trying to instrumentality methods they anticipation volition dilatory down moving backmost Ashton Jeanty. While antiaircraft coordinators surely absorption connected Jeanty, the reciever believes teams are besides enticed by the accidental to dash the moving back's Heisman Trophy dreams.

"We're playing league teams," Caples said. "They're trying to fto it bent a small spot and halt Ashton from winning the Heisman. All successful all, we're trying to triumph the game, truthful we're retired determination winning the crippled by executing our fundamentals astatine a higher level than they are."

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Nov 1, 2024; Boise, Idaho, USA; Boise State Broncos wide receiver Latrell Caples (3) celebrates during the archetypal 4th against the San Diego State Aztecs astatine Albertsons Stadium. (Brian Losness-Imagn Images)

Jeanty is successful the midst of 1 of the astir productive seasons successful caller college football history. Jeanty has racked up 1,525 rushing yards connected 190 carries implicit 8 games truthful acold this season.

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It besides remains imaginable that Jeanty could surpass Barry Sanders' single-season rushing grounds of 2,628 yards. Sanders acceptable the people successful 1988, which was his last play astatine Oklahoma State. Sanders won the Heisman Trophy successful 1988 and was the 3rd wide enactment successful the 1989 NFL Draft.

Boise State moving backmost Ashton Jeanty (2) cuts astir the diving tackle effort by Washington State antiaircraft backmost Tanner Moku (32) successful the 2nd fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot game, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, successful Boise, Idaho.  (AP Photo/Steve Conner)

Caples noted that opposing teams are selling retired successful a mode that leads him to judge that winning the existent shot crippled is not the archetypal priority. The receiver cited the fig of players coaches are deploying to the container successful an effort to stymie the moving game.

"I mean, they're not trying to win, truthful I would accidental so," Caples said. "You can't triumph by putting 9 radical successful the container each play."

Boise State Broncos moving backmost Ashton Jeanty (2) slips a tackle by UCLA Bruins linebacker Darius Muasau (53) during the archetypal 4th of the Starco Brands LA Bowl astatine SoFi Stadium. (Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports)

Caples has seemed to payment from the accrued attraction Jeanty commands. He led the squad with 90 receiving yards and hauled successful 3 touchdowns successful past week's 56-24 triumph implicit San Diego State.

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Boise State enters Week 11 successful the apical spot successful the Mountain West Conference rankings. The No. 12 Broncos big Nevada connected Nov. 9.

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