Heisman Trophy candidate Ashton Jeanty’s football roots can be traced back to a Navy base in Italy. The Boise State running back played his freshman year of high school for the Naples Wildcats. Coach Jim Davis first noticed Jeanty's talents when he was in seventh grade and was nearly able to dunk a basketball.
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Not on the football field, though. That’s because tackle football wasn’t an option for middle schoolers.“He’s going up for a layup and he’s getting so much height I’m thinking this kid’s about to dunk the ball,” said Davis, who also teaches physical education at the school. “As a seventh grader, you can imagine how short he is. He’s 5-9, 5-10 now. So he was probably closer to 5-4 or 5-5. And it’s like, ‘Wow, look at the power this kid has at such a young age.’”No.
In the remaining four games of Naples’ season, Jeanty ran for over 1,200 yards on fewer than 100 carries and scored 17 touchdowns. Naples’ closest competition is nine hours away at a similar base in Vicenza in northern Italy. During Jeanty’s season, the team also played games in Germany, Belgium and Spain. The game in Germany required an 18-hour bus ride.“On those long bus trips, you do a lot of team bonding, a lot of cool opportunities, a lot of fun trips with the team,” Kasparek said, adding that Jeanty still keeps in touch with him via social media and follows the school’s results.
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