JeremiyahLove
Souped-up, big-play back with top-tier acceleration, excellent contact balance, and passing game chops.
Field-TiltingSpeed
InstinctualPlaymaking
RareVersatility
An elusive playmaker with legit track speed, Love is an explosive play waiting to happen. The 2025 Doak Award winner, he notched 39 carries of 10-plus yards (fourth most in the country) and found pay dirt a total of 21 times (also fourth) last season. He runs with excellent contact balance to pinball through traffic and shows the quickness to gather speed and change direction on a dime or set up hurdles and spin moves. He racked up 56 missed tackles forced last year (14th) and averaged 4.5 yards after contact per attempt (11th), per PFF. He’s a patient runner with a feel for letting his blocks set up before picking his lane; he varies tempo, lulling defenders to sleep before mashing the gas pedal to destroy angles or hit a cutback. He plays with good pad level on inside runs and keeps his legs churning for extra yards. He brings a fiery demeanor and likes to get up and talk smack to the defense. He brings soft hands in the pass game—we saw that when he snagged a one-handed touchdown against Texas A&M—and had just one drop last season, per PFF. He’s as reliable as they come, with zero fumbles and just one penalty in three seasons at Notre Dame.
While Love flashes the ability to square up rushers, stay low, and hold his ground in pass protection, he is inconsistent there and will need to clean up his blocking in the NFL. He’s relatively thin-framed and lacks real power between the tackles. He may not be viewed as a foundational, three-down back.
Background
By Daniel Comer
A junior and former four-star recruit out of St. Louis. Was the no. 5 RB and the no. 79 overall player in the 2023 class. Started 16 games for the Fighting Irish in 2024. Named the Doak Walker Award winner (the nation’s top running back, the first in Notre Dame history), a unanimous first-team All-American, and a finalist for the Heisman Trophy in 2025.
Fun Facts
- In high school, he won the Missouri state 100-meter title with a 10.76-second time.
- He is a big fan of anime and comic books, and he even created his own series called Jeremonstar, which “blends intense football action with supernatural abilities and fierce competition.”
- He was 6 years old when he played his first game of football. He had an 80-yard run.
- His dad, Jason, is an army veteran who used to make Jeremiyah hold a push-up as a way of disciplining him. “He’s so bullheaded, he’d do it for 20, 25 minutes.”