#23

Reggie Love III

Former running back at Purdue. 2024: 372 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 7 catches.

RB · Purdue · Sr. · #23

5′11″ · 215 lb · Saint Louis, MO

CFB Index 38 · #237 of 310 RBsHigh confidencePurdue 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 426 nationally · Signed with Illinois

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Purdue. 2024: 372 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 7 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Illinois in 2020.
Transferred from Illinois to Purdue in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Purdue, 1,439 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 93 yds vs Oregon.Oregon · L 0-352024

20203 games

Signed with Illinois3-star out of Trinity Catholic

202411 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#426 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2022

Jeff Brohm

Purdue

2023–2024

Ryan Walters

Purdue

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jeff Brohm → Ryan Walters. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Illinois2-6HC: Rod Smith · Run-heavy

2021Illinois5-7HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2022Illinois8-5HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2023Illinois5-7HC: Bret Bielema · Balanced

2024Purdue1-11HC: Ryan Walters · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

38Below cohort / limited sample #237 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: epa / carry (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#256 / 442 · 42nd pct

6.1%

Success rate#271 / 442 · 39th pct

42.7%

Yards / carry#311 / 442 · 30th pct

4.6

TD rate#343 / 442 · 22nd pct

2.4%

EPA / carry#378 / 442 · 15th pct

0.00

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#55 / 204 · 49th pct

Carries#190 / 335 · 43rd pct

Rush yards#211 / 335 · 37th pct

372

Yards / carry#231 / 335 · 29th pct

4.5

Receptions#229 / 330 · 29th pct

Rush TDs#231 / 335 · 25th pct

Rec yards#284 / 330 · 13th pct

Long run#288 / 335 · 13th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

24th → 15th percentile

Success rate

50th → 39th percentile

Explosive rate

23rd → 42nd percentile

Yards / carry

50th → 30th percentile

TD rate

37th → 22nd 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	40.5	4.4	0.2
Road5g	25.8	3.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	37.7	5.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	29.2	2.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Barry Odom

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

38 · #237 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #237 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Purdue	83	372	4.5	2	--
2023	Illinois	116	567	4.9	4	--
2022	Illinois	71	330	4.6	2	--
2021	Illinois	44	158	3.6	0	--
2020	Illinois	10	12	1.2	0	--
Career		324	1,439	4.4	8	--

Season	Team
2024	Purdue	7	21	3.0	0	--
2023	Illinois	9	58	6.4	0	--
2022	Illinois	4	16	4.0	0	--
2021	Illinois	2	12	6.0	0	--
2020	Illinois	--	--	--	--	--
Career		22	107	4.9	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 49–0

vs Indiana State

38 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 49-point win at home against Indiana State.

With H. Card — 273 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.8 · 16 rush yds (3 car) · E. Jackson — 83 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Oregon State · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA -3.87Reggie Love III run for 1 yd to the ORST 12
Week 1 · Indiana State · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.87Reggie Love III run for 6 yds for a TD (Spencer Porath KICK)
Week 8 · Oregon · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.11Reggie Love III run for 16 yds to the ORE 40 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Oregon State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.89Reggie Love III run for 21 yds to the PUR 46 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Nebraska · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA -1.85Reggie Love III run for a loss of 3 yards to the PUR 49
Week 10 · Northwestern · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA -1.61Reggie Love III run for a loss of 7 yards to the PUR 29
Week 8 · Oregon · 1&15 · Q1 · EPA +1.58Reggie Love III run for 15 yds to the PUR 35 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Oregon State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.47Reggie Love III run for 22 yds to the ORST 2 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Oregon · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.33Reggie Love III run for 14 yds to the PUR 47 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Oregon · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.32Reggie Love III run for 15 yds to the PUR 40 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-0vs Indiana State	7	38	5.4	1	12
Wk 3	L 7-66vs Notre Dame	10	61	6.1	0	11
Wk 4	L 21-38@ Oregon State	10	66	6.6	1	22
Wk 5	L 10-28vs Nebraska	10	33	3.3	0	13
Wk 6	L 6-52@ Wisconsin	4	12	3.0	0	6
Wk 7	L 49-50@ Illinois	3	16	5.3	0	8
Wk 8	L 0-35vs Oregon	11	93	8.5	0	16	Season-high 93 yds
Wk 10	L 20-26vs Northwestern	5	6	1.2	0	5
Wk 11	L 0-45@ Ohio State	13	33	2.5	0	11
Wk 12	L 10-49vs Penn State	6	12	2.0	0	5
Wk 13	L 17-24@ Michigan State	4	2	0.5	0	1
Total		83	372	4.0	2	22

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