{"id":452617,"date":"2025-12-17T06:20:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T06:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/452617\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T06:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T06:20:18","slug":"notre-dame-star-jeremiyah-love-declares-for-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/452617\/","title":{"rendered":"Notre Dame star Jeremiyah Love declares for 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love has declared for the NFL draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Love, 20, made the announcement on Tuesday, days after finishing <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/13\/sports\/indiana-qb-fernando-mendoza-wins-2025-heisman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">third in Heisman Trophy voting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He thanked his family, teammates and coaches at Notre Dame <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSWILApjtpp\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">in a post on social media<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking the decision to attend Notre Dame was easy because of the people,\u201d the junior said. \u201cFrom the amazing football support staff to my fellow students \u2014 I could not have picked a better place for me to grow into the man I am today.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37947939\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251122_szo_xo0_0092.jpg\" alt=\"Notre Dame Fighting Irish running back Jeremiyah Love (4) breaks loose for a touchdown run against the Syracuse Orange during the first half at Notre Dame Stadium. \" class=\"wp-image-37947939\"  \/>Notre Dame Fighting Irish running back Jeremiyah Love (4) breaks loose for a touchdown run against the Syracuse Orange during the first half at Notre Dame Stadium.  Michael Caterina-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with a wealth of gratitude I will take the many experiences Notre Dame has given me and apply those lessons learned as I move onto the next level. I look forward to representing my family and Notre Dame in the NFL.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Love had a big season for the Fighting Irish as he racked up 1,372 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns, while adding 27 receptions for 280 yards and three receiving scores.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His 21 all-purpose touchdowns broke the single-season school record set by Jerome Bettis in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>Love was named the winner of the Doak Walker Award \u2014 given to college football\u2019s top running back \u2014 making him the first recipient from Notre Dame.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.79980469;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37947937\" width=\"472\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251213_bjp_ae5_010.jpg\" alt=\"Notre Dame Fighting Irish running back Jeremiyah Love speaks to the media during a press conference at the New York Marriott Marquis before the presentation of the Heisman trophy.\" class=\"wp-image-37947937\"  \/>Notre Dame Fighting Irish running back Jeremiyah Love speaks to the media during a press conference at the New York Marriott Marquis before the presentation of the Heisman Trophy. Brad Penner-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>It was his second straight monster year, as he rushed for 1,125 yards and 17 touchdowns during his sophomore season and helped the Fighting Irish reach the national championship game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Love is now being viewed as the top running back in the 2026 draft class, and some experts have him as a potential top-five pick.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Mel Kiper Jr. projected Love to go No. 3 overall, and The Athletic\u2019s Dane Brugler ranked him as the No. 5 prospect overall recently.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love has declared for the NFL draft.\u00a0 Love, 20, made the announcement on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":452618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1428,1318,36018,1317,1315,1316,4261,13874,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-452617","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-college-football","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-heisman-trophy","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-football","13":"tag-ncaafootball","14":"tag-nfl-draft","15":"tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115733465238525313","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452617","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=452617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}