Jeremiyah Love

Former running back at Notre Dame. 2025: 1,372 rushing yards, 18 rushing TD, 27 catches.

RB · Notre Dame · Jr. · #4

6′0″ · 214 lb · Saint Louis, MO

CFB Index 94 · #4 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceConsensus AADrafted by Arizona — Rd 1, Pick 3, #3 overall

The numbers

280

receiving yards · 2025

27 catches · 3 TD · 10.4 per catch

Backed by 8 car · 171 yds · 3 TD -- top 1% rushing yards game. -- Best game: 5 rec, 37 yds, vs USC

The play that turned itSwung Notre Dame from 21% to 87% to win.Miami (OH) at Notre Dame · 28-3

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Notre Dame. 2025: 1,372 rushing yards, 18 rushing TD, 27 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2023.
Drafted round 1 by the Arizona in 2026.
Named All-America (AFCA) in 2025.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Hits the crease and outruns the angle.

TD rate: 83rd percentile.

The full scouting read

Career, closed

Gone at #3 overall.

How it ended

Three seasons at Notre Dame, 2,882 rushing yards, a Consensus All-American season (2025) — drafted at #3 overall by Arizona.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 2 td at Arkansas.Arkansas · W 56-132025

202313 games

Signed with Notre Dame4-star out of Christian Brothers College

202512 games

All-America13 selectors
Doak Walkerwinner

2026

Drafted by Arizonaround 1, pick 3

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#80 national

CFB

College

Notre Dame

2023–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #3

Arizona · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

13 honors · 1 category

🏆

ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2025)

11 first-team selectors

Badges

Returning Finalist

Coaching lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach

2023–2025

Marcus Freeman

Notre Dame

Played his entire career under Marcus Freeman.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Arizona2026 NFL rookie season

#3Rd 1 · Pick 3

Arizona2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Marcus Freeman — 34-7 over that span.

2023Notre Dame10-3HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Notre Dame14-2HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-leaning

2025Notre Dame10-2HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

94All-America level #4 of 326?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (83rd percentile). Strength: explosive rate (81st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#78 / 456 · 83rd pct

5.2%

Explosive rate#86 / 456 · 81st pct

9.4%

Yards / carry#109 / 456 · 76th pct

5.7

EPA / carry#164 / 456 · 64th pct

0.16

Success rate#167 / 456 · 63rd pct

46.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#3 / 349 · 99th pct

Long run#4 / 349 · 99th pct

Rush yards#8 / 349 · 98th pct

1372

Yards / carry#14 / 349 · 96th pct

6.9

Rec yards#18 / 338 · 95th pct

280

Carries#28 / 349 · 92nd pct

199

Fumbles lost#1 / 201 · 87th pct

Receptions#46 / 338 · 86th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

76th → 64th percentile

Success rate

74th → 63rd percentile

Explosive rate

87th → 81st percentile

Yards / carry

94th → 76th percentile

TD rate

95th → 83rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

191 carries

18%

Stuffed (≤0)

32%

Grind (1–3)

32%

Chunk (4–9)

17%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	133	8.8	1.7
Road5g	87.8	5.3	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	88.3	5.2	1.3
Weeks 8+6g	140	9.5	1.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

94 · #4 of 326 RBs

Former four-star. Now #4 at the position.

One of 52 players who were elite at two different things in 2025. See the others ›

Selector Grid · 2025

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Notre Dame	199	1,372	6.9	18	--
2024	Notre Dame	163	1,125	6.9	17	--
2023	Notre Dame	71	385	5.4	1	--
Career		433	2,882	6.7	36	--

Season	Team
2025	Notre Dame	27	280	10.4	3	--
2024	Notre Dame	28	237	8.5	2	--
2023	Notre Dame	8	77	9.6	1	--
Career		63	594	9.4	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 34–24

vs USC

228 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD

With J. Price — 87 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD · J. Rendell — 49 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 55 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Boston College · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.90Jeremiyah Love 94 Yd Run (Erik Schmidt Kick)
Week 13 · Syracuse · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +6.47(14:36) No Huddle #4 J.Love rush middle for 68 yards gain to the SYR00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:23, 1ST DOWN #18 E.Schmidt kick attempt good (H: #10 T.Buchner, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Week 12 · Pittsburgh · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.37(08:20) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 J.Love rush middle for 56 yards gain to the Pitt00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:16, 1ST DOWN #18 E.Schmidt kick attempt good (H: #10 T.Buchner, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Week 8 · USC · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.25Jeremiyah Love run for 63 yds to the USC 12 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Boise State · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA -4.21Jeremiyah Love run for a loss of 1 yard to the BOIS 2
Week 11 · Navy · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.69(13:40) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 J.Love rush right for 48 yards gain to the NAV00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:27, 1ST DOWN #18 E.Schmidt kick attempt good (H: #10 T.Buchner, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Week 5 · Arkansas · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.60CJ Carr pass complete to Jeremiyah Love for 34 yds for a TD (Noah Burnette KICK)
Week 13 · Syracuse · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.48(06:39) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 J.Love rush right for 45 yards gain to the SYR00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:32, 1ST DOWN #18 E.Schmidt kick attempt good (H: #10 T.Buchner, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Week 6 · Boise State · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.16Jeremiyah Love run for 36 yds to the BOIS 30 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Texas A&M · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.01CJ Carr pass complete to Jeremiyah Love for 36 yds for a TD (Noah Burnette KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 24-27@ Miami	10	33	3.3	0	8
Wk 3	L 40-41vs Texas A&M	23	94	4.1	1	16
Wk 4	W 56-30vs Purdue	19	157	8.3	2	46	157-yard day
Wk 5	W 56-13@ Arkansas	14	57	4.1	2	15
Wk 6	W 28-7vs Boise State	16	103	6.4	1	36
Wk 7	W 36-7vs NC State	18	86	4.8	2	24
Wk 8	W 34-24vs USC	24	228	9.5	1	63	Season-high 228 yds
Wk 10	W 25-10@ Boston College	17	136	8.0	2	94
Wk 11	W 49-10vs Navy	13	94	7.2	2	48
Wk 12	W 37-15@ Pittsburgh	23	147	6.4	1	56
Wk 13	W 70-7vs Syracuse	8	171	21.4	3	68	3 rushing TDs
Wk 14	W 49-20@ Stanford	14	66	4.7	1	18
Total		199	1372	7.4	18	94

How he plays

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

CFB Index positional classification

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

47.8%Carry share

21.3%Q4-lead share

78.3%In competitive games

47.8% of carries overall (197/412) → 21.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (23/108) — 78.3% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

8/143rd/4th & short

26/35Inside-5 share

8 of 14 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (57.1%). 26 of the team's 35 inside-the-5 carries (74.3%).

DNA match

Player DNA

Speed Merchant

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jeremiyah Love’s 2024 season.

Jeremiyah Love

80%match

Notre Dame · 2024

NFL Rd 1 · Pk 3

Devin Neal

Kansas · 2023

All-Big 12

77%

Kendre Miller

TCU · 2022

All-Big 12NFL Rd 3 · Pk 8

69%

Ty Chandler

North Carolina · 2021

All-ACCNFL Rd 5

66%

Zach Evans

Ole Miss · 2022

66%

Matches Jeremiyah on

EPA / carry (adj)

Rush TD rate

Receiving share

Differs from Jeremiyah on

Class year (higher)

Yards / reception (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Zach Evans's junior season at Ole Miss (2022).

Zach Evans

72%match

Ole Miss · 2022

TreVeyon Henderson

Ohio State · 2023

All-Big TenNFL Rd 2 · Pk 6

68%

Le'Veon Moss

Texas A&M · 2024

68%

Kaleb Johnson

Iowa · 2024

Consensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 3 · Pk 19

68%

Quinshon Judkins

Ohio State · 2024

All-Big TenNFL Rd 2 · Pk 4

67%

Matches Zach on

Yards / carry

Total rush EPA (college ability)

Receiving share

Differs from Zach on

Rush TD rate (higher)

EPA / carry (adj) (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Jeremiyah Love

Jeremiyah Love

Notre Dame · 2025

80%

Kedrick Reescano

Arizona · 2024

76%

Peyton Lewis

Tennessee · 2024

68%

Ousmane Kromah

Florida State · 2025

65%

Nicholas Singleton

Penn State · 2024

59%

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #20

Final rank

#20

Avg #22.3

Finalist prob 7%

Peaked at #20 this season.

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology