{"id":275259,"date":"2025-10-03T18:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T18:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/275259\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T18:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T18:50:14","slug":"jeremiyah-love-2026-nfl-draft-profile-and-scouting-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/275259\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremiyah Love 2026 NFL Draft profile and scouting report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Article-featuredImageImg\" alt=\"gettyimages-2233103694-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gettyimages-2233103694-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"433\" width=\"770\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Getty<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/players\/29133405\/jeremiyah-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeremiyah Love<\/a> was a coveted recruit out of Christian Brothers College in St. Louis as part of the 2023 recruiting class. He ultimately chose the Fighting Irish after taking additional official visits to <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/BAMA\/alabama-crimson-tide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alabama<\/a>, <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/MICH\/michigan-wolverines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michigan<\/a> and <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/TXAM\/texas-am-aggies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas A&amp;M<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Love was a decorated track athlete who won the Missouri Class 5 state title in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.76 seconds. His football team won back-to-back state championships before he enrolled at Notre Dame.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a true freshman, he backed up <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/26713577\/audric-estime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audric Estime<\/a> and contributed nearly 500 all-purpose yards, including 42 kick return yards. In his sophomore season, he earned the role of feature back within <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/ND\/notre-dame-fighting-irish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notre Dame&#8217;s<\/a> offense. The Missouri native accounted for 1,125 rushing yards, 237 receiving yards and 19 total touchdowns as a sophomore while leading the program to its third <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/college-football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">College Football<\/a> playoff berth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Love is hoping to parlay a successful junior season into a first-round draft selection.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Jeremiyah Love <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/draft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL draft<\/a>\u00a0profile <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"player headshot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/29133405.png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/players\/29133405\/jeremiyah-love\/\" aria-label=\"home team page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"TeamLogo-image\" alt=\"team logo\" src=\"https:\/\/sports.cbsimg.net\/fly\/images\/team-logos\/753.svg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                                                <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/draft\/prospect-rankings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS prospect ranking<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Position<\/strong>: No. 1 RB\u00a0|\u00a0<strong>Overall<\/strong>: No. 16 overall<\/p>\n<p><strong>Consensus big board ranking (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nflmockdraftdatabase.com\/big-boards\/2026\/consensus-big-board-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">via NFL Mock Draft Database<\/a>)<\/strong>: No. 15 overall (No. 1 RB)<\/p>\n<p>To check out all of CBSSports.com&#8217;s most recent mock drafts,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/draft\/mock-draft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p> \t<a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0comparison: <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2809206\/travis-etienne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travis Etienne<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"player headshot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2809206.png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2809206\/travis-etienne\/\" aria-label=\"home team page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"TeamLogo-image\" alt=\"team logo\" src=\"https:\/\/sports.cbsimg.net\/fly\/images\/team-logos\/416.svg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                                                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Love, like Etienne, is capable of contributing on all three downs. He has an upright running style with the explosiveness to go the distance upon hitting daylight. Etienne was a high-volume contributor for the Tigers during their championship runs. He had 686 carries over the course of four years at <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/CLEM\/clemson-tigers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clemson<\/a>. Love should not come close to touching that figure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Jeremiyah Love scouting report <\/p>\n<p><strong>Accolades<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2025: First-team Preseason All-American (Associated Press)<\/li>\n<li>2025 (vs. Arkansas): First Notre Dame player in the past 30 years with two rushing and receiving touchdowns.<\/li>\n<li>2024: Set school record for most consecutive games with a rushing touchdown (13)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Strengths<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Physical relative to his size, runs through arm tackles<\/li>\n<li>Patient following his blocks<\/li>\n<li>Good job pressing the gap before making his cut<\/li>\n<li>Great breakaway speed<\/li>\n<li>Average pass-catcher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Weaknesses<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sustaining blocks in pass protection<\/li>\n<li>Leggy running style with segmented transitions<\/li>\n<li>Lacks ideal mass for a feature back<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Jeremiyah Love college stats <\/p>\n<tr\/>\n<tr>\n<td>2025<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>66<\/td>\n<td>341<\/td>\n<td>5.2<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2024<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>163<\/td>\n<td>1,125<\/td>\n<td>6.9<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2024<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>71<\/td>\n<td>386<\/td>\n<td>5.4<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p> Jeremiyah Love 247Sports profile <\/p>\n<p><strong>High school:\u00a0<\/strong>Christian Brothers College (St. Louis, Missouri)<br \/><strong>Class:<\/strong>\u00a02023<br \/><strong>Composite Rating:<\/strong>\u00a0\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f (95) <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>National: <\/strong>96 |\u00a0<strong>RB<\/strong>: 5\u00a0| <strong>Missouri:<\/strong>\u00a03<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out Jeremiyah Love&#8217;s full 247Sports profile,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/player\/jeremiyah-love-46117330\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The 2026\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/draft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL Draft<\/a>\u00a0will\u00a0take place from April 23-25 in <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/PITT\/pittsburgh-panthers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pittsburgh<\/a>. More draft coverage can be found at CBSSports.com, including the weekly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/draft\/mock-draft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mock drafts<\/a>\u00a0and a regularly available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/draft\/prospect-rankings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">look at the eligible prospects<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Jeremiyah Love was a coveted recruit out of Christian Brothers College in St. Louis as part of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":275260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[142396,142397,1428,1318,22887,142395,142393,142400,142394,1317,1315,1316,1232,13874,142399,142398,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-275259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft-prospects","9":"tag-2026-nfl-draft-running-backs","10":"tag-college-football","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-jeremiyah-love","13":"tag-jeremiyah-love-draft-profile","14":"tag-jeremiyah-love-nfl-draft","15":"tag-jeremiyah-love-notre-dame-stats","16":"tag-jeremiyah-love-scouting-report","17":"tag-ncaa","18":"tag-ncaa-football","19":"tag-ncaafootball","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","22":"tag-notre-dame-nfl-draft-prospects-2026","23":"tag-notre-dame-rb-jeremiyah-love","24":"tag-sports","25":"tag-united-states","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115311740830393127","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}