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06-05-2025
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Raiders' 1st-round pick Ashton Jeanty also received prank call during NFL Draft, claiming he was traded
Nearly one week after the 2025 NFL Draft concluded, stories are still trickling out about prospects who received prank phone calls on presumably private numbers about being selected. Add running back Ashton Jeanty to the list, although his story has a bit of a twist. After being selected No. 6 overall by the Las Vegas Raiders, Jeanty received a call telling him that he'd been traded to the Dallas Cowboys. However, the running back's fake news detector immediately went off, and he knew the conversation — which occurred 30 minutes after he'd been picked — was a farce. "Some dude called me who was like, 'Yeah... we just traded with the Raiders and you're coming to the Cowboys,'" Jeanty explained on the "Stacking the Box" podcast. "I just hung up, bro. I was like, 'Come on, bro.'" Ashton Jeanty got a prank call after being drafted that said he was being traded to Dallas 'And I just hung up bro.' 😅 🎥: @FanSided / TikTok — The 33rd Team (@The33rdTeamFB) May 2, 2025 The prank call Jeanty received might not have been in quite the same category as the attempts to fool fellow draft picks Shedeur Sanders, Abdul Carter, Mason Graham, Tyler Warren and Kyle McCord. Those calls with someone posing as NFL personnel came before those players were officially selected. And there could be even more that haven't yet been shared or reported. The call to Sanders was the most infamous because the conversation with someone claiming to be New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis was recorded by Well Off Media, the social media channel run by Sanders' older brother, Deion Sanders Jr. The other side of the call was also filmed and briefly posted publicly on social media before the account was made private. That particular prankster was outed when the Atlanta Falcons acknowledged the culprit was the son of defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich. The team was subsequently fined $250,000 by the NFL, while Ulbrich was docked $100,000 for not securely protecting a number that was supposed to be available only to NFL coaches and executives for contacting draft picks. Cowboys fans would have loved for their team to add an impact running back like Jeanty with the team's first-round pick after losing Rico Dowdle in free agency. But the Raiders made that a moot point by pouncing on the Boise State star and Heisman Trophy runner-up six spots earlier. The Cowboys went on to select offensive lineman Tyler Booker with their No. 12 selection and finally drafted running back Jaydon Blue in the fifth round.
Fox News
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
Raiders' Ashton Jeanty says he received prank call on draft night
Las Vegas Raiders draft pick Ashton Jeanty was also among those affected by the prank call epidemic that struck NFL prospects. The Heisman Trophy finalist revealed in a recent podcast interview that his call came in after he was already selected. He said the prank-caller told him he was being traded to the Dallas Cowboys. "Some dude called me who was like, 'Yeah... we just traded with the Raiders, and you're coming to the Cowboys," he said on the "Stacking the Box" podcast. "I just hung up, bro. I was like, 'Come on, bro.'" Jeanty said before the draft it would have been a dream to play for the Cowboys since he grew up in Frisco, Texas, before he committed to Boise State for college. "I would love to play for the Cowboys," he told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth back in January. "It'd be like a dream come true. Obviously, I used to play in their practice stadium, and all our home games in high school, even my freshman year when we came down here for the Frisco Bowl, we practiced there again. "So, it would just feel like I'm at home, honestly. I ain't going to say too much, but Dallas, they've always had a good running back, and when they've got a good running back, they play a lot better." The Raiders were the next best option. Jeanty was far from the only player to get pranked. The most infamous call was placed to Shedeur Sanders as he slid to the fifth round. The culprit was revealed to be the son of Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich. The Falcons were fined $250,000 and the coach was hit with a $100,000 fine. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Yahoo
05-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Raiders' 1st-round pick Ashton Jeanty also received prank call during NFL Draft, claiming he was traded
Nearly one week after the 2025 NFL Draft concluded, stories are still trickling out about prospects who received prank phone calls on presumably private numbers about being selected. Add running back Ashton Jeanty to the list, although his story has a bit of a twist. After being selected No. 6 overall by the Las Vegas Raiders, Jeanty received a call telling him that he'd been traded to the Dallas Cowboys. However, the running back's fake news detector immediately went off, and he knew the conversation — which occurred 30 minutes after he'd been picked — was a farce. "Some dude called me who was like, 'Yeah... we just traded with the Raiders and you're coming to the Cowboys,'" Jeanty explained on the "Stacking the Box" podcast. "I just hung up, bro. I was like, 'Come on, bro.'" Ashton Jeanty got a prank call after being drafted that said he was being traded to Dallas 'And I just hung up bro.' 😅🎥: @FanSided / TikTok — The 33rd Team (@The33rdTeamFB) May 2, 2025 The prank call Jeanty received might not have been in quite the same category as the attempts to fool fellow draft picks Shedeur Sanders, Abdul Carter, Mason Graham, Tyler Warren and Kyle McCord. Those calls with someone posing as NFL personnel came before those players were officially selected. And there could be even more that haven't yet been shared or reported. The call to Sanders was the most infamous because the conversation with someone claiming to be New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis was recorded by Well Off Media, the social media channel run by Sanders' older brother, Deion Sanders Jr. The other side of the call was also filmed and briefly posted publicly on social media before the account was made private. That particular prankster was outed when the Atlanta Falcons acknowledged the culprit was the son of defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich. The team was subsequently fined $250,000 by the NFL, while Ulbrich was docked $100,000 for not securely protecting a number that was supposed to be available only to NFL coaches and executives for contacting draft picks. Cowboys fans would have loved for their team to add an impact running back like Jeanty with the team's first-round pick after losing Rico Dowdle in free agency. But the Raiders made that a moot point by pouncing on the Boise State star and Heisman Trophy runner-up six spots earlier. The Cowboys went on to select offensive lineman Tyler Booker with their No. 12 selection and finally drafted running back Jaydon Blue in the fifth round.
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Raiders' 1st-round pick Ashton Jeanty also received prank call during NFL Draft, claiming he was traded
Nearly one week after the 2025 NFL Draft concluded, stories are still trickling out about prospects who received prank phone calls on presumably private numbers about being selected. Add running back Ashton Jeanty to the list, although his story has a bit of a twist. After being selected No. 6 overall by the Las Vegas Raiders, Jeanty received a call telling him that he'd been traded to the Dallas Cowboys. However, the running back's fake news detector immediately set off and he knew that the conversation — which occurred 30 minutes after he'd been picked — was a farce. Advertisement "Some dude called me who was like, 'Yeah... we just traded with the Raiders and you're coming to the Cowboys,'" Jeanty explained on the "Stacking the Box" podcast. "I just hung up, bro. I was like, 'come on, bro.'" The prank call Jeanty received might not have been in quite the same category as the attempts to fool fellow draft picks Shedeur Sanders, Abdul Carter, Mason Graham, Tyler Warren and Kyle McCord. Those calls posing as NFL personnel came before those players were officially selected. And there could be even more that haven't yet been shared or reported. The call to Sanders was the most infamous because the conversation with someone claiming to be New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis was recorded by Well Off Media, the social media channel run by Sanders' older brother, Deion Sanders Jr. The other side of the call was also filmed and briefly posted publicly on social media before the account was made private. Advertisement That particular prank call was outed when the Atlanta Falcons acknowledged that the culprit was the son of defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich. The team was subsequently fined $250,000 by the NFL, while Ulbrich was docked $100,000 for not securely protecting a number that was supposed to be available only to NFL coaches and executives for contacting draft picks. Cowboys fans would have loved for their team to add an impact running back like Jeanty with their first round pick after losing Rico Dowdle in free agency. But the Raiders made that a moot point by pouncing on the Boise State star and Heisman Trophy runner-up six spots earlier. The Cowboys went on to select offensive lineman Tyler Booker with their No. 12 selection and finally drafted running back Jaydon Blue in the fifth round.
