Raiders' Ashton Jeanty suffers apparent leg injury in training camp practice

Sam Gordon, Las Vegas Review-Journal on Aug 23, 2026

Published in Football

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LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty left practice Sunday afternoon at the team’s Henderson headquarters with an apparent right leg injury.

The second-year standout was helped off the indoor field and didn’t put pressure on his right leg. Raiders players and coaches kneeled and prayed in silence before resuming practice. A team spokesperson said the team wouldn’t provide a statement Sunday.

Jeanty had run a route into the flat, turned to field an underthrown pass from quarterback Kirk Cousins and dove to catch it in the vicinity of cornerback Darien Porter. He stayed on the ground while seemingly in pain and rose to walk off the sideline with assistance from team staffers.

The No. 6 pick in the 2025 draft, Jeanty is poised to play a featured role as a runner and pass catcher out of the backfield in first-year coach Klint Kubiak’s offense. Jeanty rushed for 975 yards (on 3.7 yards per carry) and five touchdowns his rookie season, catching 55 passes for 346 yards and five touchdowns.

Rookie running back and fourth-round draft pick Mike Washington Jr. has been Jeanty’s backup throughout training camp. The two shared snaps during Sunday’s practice and could form a potentially dynamic tandem. Washington, standing 6-foot-2-inches and 228 pounds, ran for 1,070 yards (on 6.4 yards per carry) and eight touchdowns as a fifth-year senior at Arkansas.

Jeanty played in the preseason opener Aug. 11 against the Arizona Cardinals, rushing for 16 yards on three carries, but he and the first-team offense didn’t play Thursday against the Houston Texans. Washington in two preseason games has 15 carries for 119 yards to go with two receptions for 18 yards — merging strength and speed with an aggressive gait.

“I see a very talented young man with a bright future ahead of him that is extremely humble and hardworking,” Kubiak said Thursday postgame.

“(He’s) doing a great job running the ball, but we’ve got to keep getting him better in all facets of the game.”

Forming backfield depth for the Raiders are third-year running back Dylan Laube (nine career rushing yards), eighth-year running back Dare Ogunbowale (594 career rushing yards) and undrafted rookie running back Roman Hemby. Las Vegas also has on the roster fullback Connor Heyward (70 career rushing yards) with undrafted rookie tight end Patrick Gurd moonlighting at fullback as well.

Establishing an effective rushing offense is of the utmost importance to Kubiak, who did just that in 2025 as the offensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks. The Seahawks finished with the 10th-most rushing yards (2,096) and tied for the third-most attempts (507) en route to a 14-3 record and their Super Bowl win.

“Running the ball is important, we think that’s a huge part of winning football games. Running the ball, stopping the run on defense,” Kubiak said earlier this month.

Jeanty, at the beginning of camp, expressed excitement about his fit in Kubiak’s zone-run scheme.

“I feel like I can run in any scheme but this one’s especially great,” Jeanty said July 30. “Running the wide zone and really attacking the defense and getting them running and then hitting them with some inside zone and play action. So, everything goes together really well and I’m just super excited to keep getting better at the run scheme.”

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