LAS CRUCES - New Mexico State senior running back Jason Huntley grew from Larry Rose III's backup to a match up nightmare his last two seasons in Las Cruces and one of the most productive players to wear a NM State uniform.

Huntley is now a NFL Draft hopeful, who at the very least should have an opportunity to display his versatility to a pro team either through this weekend's Draft or as an undrafted free agent.

"Hopefully a team needs me and picks me up," Huntley said in a recent interview from Arlington, Texas. "I definitely want to be picked up, but if I'm undrafted, it's still the same plan."

Huntley finished his career with five kickoff return touchdowns, rushed for 2,182 career yards and 18 touchdowns with 1,119 receiving yards and seven TDs on 134 receptions.

Huntley had five career 100-yard rushing games and three 100-yard receiving games.

"My biggest asset I bring to the table is versatility so I would want to show that I can do all three of those things well," Huntley said.

At his pro day, Huntley hit the marks he wanted to reach, running the 40 in 4.3 seconds, 21 bench press reps, 11 feet broad dump and 39.5 inch in the vertical.

Huntley also helped his profile with a solid performance at the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl in January. Huntley and cornerback Ray Buford Jr. played in the All Star game with Huntley finishing with a game high 53 yards (7.3 ypc) and a touchdown. But it was the week long interviews with pro teams that was valuable.

"The networking was big," Huntley said. "In my phone now, I have a few Hall of Famers, which is rare. Just meeting a lot of people and getting my name out there. That was a really fun experience."

Huntley said he has been contacted by 15 teams, some multiple times. Private workouts or working out in general has been made more difficult due to COVID-19, but Huntley said he has added seven pounds up to 191 pounds.

"Most teams I've spoken to seem interested but I can't really tell which one likes me more than another, to be honest," Hunltey said. "Everything now is Zoom or Facetime interviews."

I asked Huntley if he could narrow down a career of explosive plays into three video clips that would show teams what he brings to the table.

Huntley pointed to his 100-yard kickoff return in the 2017 Arizona Bowl to illustrate his special teams ability, although he returned four additional kickoffs throughout his career.

Hunltey said he has also worked on punt return in the months following the season.

Rushing touchdown against UTEP in 2019

Huntley didn't specify which touchdown run against UTEP last season, but two of his three were of the explosive run category. He had scoring runs of 39 and 53 yards against the Miners, who he torched for 191 yards his senior season.

The first was a 39 yard score on an inside run. There wasn't much of a hole to begin with, but Huntley was quickly through the hole and into the end zone for one of his nine rushing touchdowns his senior season.

Huntley showed what happens when he gets to the edge on the 53-yarder, taking a outside zone run and scoring without a UTEP player laying a finger on him.

Receiving TD against New Mexico

Huntley is the only draft eligible running back with over 1,000 career receiving yards.

Running back screens were not a part of the Aggies offense throughout Huntley's career with most of his receptions coming on swing passes and with him lined up in the slot occasionally. Whether or not Huntley is capable of moving to a slot receiver role as a professional is to be determined, but he certainly has the speed and the catching ability.

He takes this swing pass 58 yards against the Lobos in 2018.