A Boise State lineman has new Ashton Jeanty tattoo. Here’s why, and what it looks like
Former Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty has cashed in on a longstanding bet with old teammate Mason Randolph.
At the start of the 2024 season, before Jeanty stamped himself as a Heisman Trophy favorite — he finished runner-up in the voting — the junior made a bet with Randolph, one of the 300-pound offensive linemen tasked with helping him:
If Jeanty didn’t reach 2,000 rushing yards in 2024, he’d have to cut his dreadlocks. If he surpassed the mark, Rudolph would have to tattoo Jeanty’s final yardage total on his body.
Jeanty surpassed that total and more, finishing with 2,601 yards, which was good for the second-most single-season rushing yards in NCAA history. And earlier this week, Randolph finally got that number inked on his body.
Randolph, a redshirt senior center, posted pictures and a video with Jeanty and the fresh tattoo, which is on his right thigh. It features the 2,601 yards, Jeanty’s signature underneath, and a small “#2,” Jeanty’s jersey number at Boise State. It’s a jersey number, by the way, that no player will have anytime soon.
Jeanty passed 2,000 yards in the regular-season finale, rushing for 226 yards in the 34-18 win over Oregon State on Nov. 29. Randolph set up the tattoo appointment immediately after the game, Jeanty told reporters at Boise State’s pro day on Wednesday.
Randolph also wanted Jeanty’s signature tattooed alongside the yardage, and Jeanty was more than happy to oblige.
“(Randolph) asked me for one of my signatures,” Jeanty said. “And I happened to be signing little trading cards for Fanatics. So I just sent him a picture of it, we showed it to his tattoo guy, and from there, he just drew it up.”
Randolph, who’ll return to Boise State for his final year in 2025, isn’t a stranger to tattoos — his entire right arm is covered in ink, and he has other tattoos on his body.
“I think being able to be a part of something that’s this historic,” Randolph said in December. “Just putting it on myself for the rest of my life is something I’m going to be proud of and will tell my grandkids.”
