Raiders’ Ashton Jeanty reveals he also received an NFL draft prank call saying he’d been traded

Shedeur Sanders wasn’t the only rookie prank-called on draft night.

New Raiders rookie running back Ashton Jeanty shared a surprising twist that he also got pranked in a call that said he’d been traded to the Cowboys.

In an interview with FanSided, Jeanty recounted how, shortly after being selected sixth overall by the Raiders, he received a call from someone posing as a Cowboys representative.

The caller informed him of a supposed trade, saying that the Boise Star star running back had been dealt from Vegas to Dallas.

Ashton Jeanty poses after being selected sixth overall pick by the Las Vegas Raiders during the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Getty Images

Jeanty, recognizing the call as a prank, simply hung up and laughed it off.

This incident adds to a series of prank calls targeting NFL prospects during the draft.

“Some dude called me and was like, ‘We just traded with the Raiders, and you’re coming to the Cowboys,'” said Jeanty. “And I just hung up bro.”

Jeanty was far from alone.

Running back Ashton Jeanty of the Boise State Broncos fires up the crowd prior to the start of the 2024 Mountain West Championship. Getty Images

Sanders, Mason Graham, Tyler Warren and Abdul Carter were all prospects who were also reportedly prank-called this past weekend during the NFL draft.

For the Sanders prank call, the NFL fined the Falcons $250,000 and defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich a separate $100,000 after it was discovered his son Jax made the call.

Jeanty will remain a Raider in an offense led by new head coach Pete Carroll and franchise quarterback Geno Smith.

Jeanty, the Heisman runner-up of the 2024 season in college football, rushed for an NCAA-best 2,601 yards and scored 30 total touchdowns last year.