
Running back, Stanford, 2015–18
Bryce Love
- Number
- No. 20
- Height
- 5′10″
- Weight
- 196 lb
- Class (2018)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Wake Forest, NC
- Born
- Jul 8, 1997, in Raleigh, North Carolina
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Bryce Love played running back at Stanford (2015–18). He won the 2017 Doak Walker Award and the 2017 Lombardi Award. He finished second in the 2017 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2017. The Washington Redskins took Love in round 4, No. 112 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
301rushing yards, career highvs. Arizona State, 20173rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Washington, 2017135receiving yards, career highvs. UCF, 2015Honors
- 2017Doak Walker Award
- 2017Lombardi Award
- 2017Jim Brown Trophy
- 2017Consensus All‑American
- 2017Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year
- 2017Second in the Heisman vote
Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2015
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Rushing
Receiving
Returns
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Stanford | 20 | RB | Fr. | ||
| 2016 | Stanford | 20 | RB | So. | ||
| 2017 | Stanford | 20 | RB | Jr. | ||
| 2018 | Stanford | 20 | RB | Sr. | 5′10″ | 196 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Stanford | 46 | 0.34 | – | – | 15.8 | 5% | 0.12 |
| 2016 | Stanford | 125 | 0.24 | 79th (n=259) | 0.13 | 30.3 | 16% | 0.24 |
| 2017 | Stanford | 270 | 0.25 | 83rd (n=287) | 0.12 | 66.4 | 34% | 0.42 |
| 2018 | Stanford | 192 | -0.04 | 10th (n=300) | 0.15 | -8.1 | 30% | 0.03 |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2018 Stanford 10 games, 736 rushing yards, 6 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 31–10 | 18 | 29 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 18 |
| Sep 8 | vs. | W 17–3 | 22 | 136 | 1 | 59 | – | – |
| Sep 22 | at | W 38–31 | 19 | 89 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| Sep 29 | at | L 17–38 | 17 | 73 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 7 |
| Oct 18 | at | W 20–13 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| Oct 27 | vs. | L 38–41 | 5 | 68 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 14 |
| Nov 3 | at | L 23–27 | 18 | 71 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 18 |
| Nov 10 | vs. | W 48–17 | 11 | 90 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 7 |
| Nov 24 | at | W 49–42 | 22 | 85 | 1 | 22 | 2 | −3 |
| Dec 1 | at | W 23–13 | 22 | 74 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 19 |
2017 Stanford 13 games, 2,118 rushing yards, 19 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26 | vs. | W 62–7 | 13 | 180 | 1 | 62 | – | – |
| Sep 9 | at | L 24–42 | 17 | 160 | 1 | 75 | – | – |
| Sep 16 | at | L 17–20 | 13 | 184 | 2 | 53 | 1 | 3 |
| Sep 23 | vs. | W 58–34 | 30 | 263 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 2 |
| Sep 30 | vs. | W 34–24 | 25 | 301 | 3 | 61 | – | – |
| Oct 7 | at | W 23–20 | 20 | 152 | 1 | 68 | 2 | 14 |
| Oct 14 | vs. | W 49–7 | 17 | 147 | 2 | 67 | – | – |
| Nov 4 | at | L 21–24 | 16 | 69 | 1 | 52 | – | – |
| Nov 10 | vs. | W 30–22 | 30 | 166 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 12 |
| Nov 18 | vs. | W 17–14 | 14 | 101 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 2 |
| Nov 25 | vs. | W 38–20 | 20 | 125 | 0 | 31 | – | – |
| Dec 1 | vs. | L 28–31 | 22 | 125 | 1 | 52 | – | – |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. | L 37–39 | 26 | 145 | 2 | 69 | – | – |
2016 Stanford 12 games, 779 rushing yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vs. | W 27–10 | 11 | 51 | 0 | 16 | – | – |
| Sep 24 | at | W 22–13 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 30 | – | – |
| Sep 30 | at | L 6–44 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Oct 8 | vs. | L 16–42 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| Oct 15 | at | W 17–10 | 23 | 129 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 9 |
| Oct 22 | vs. | L 5–10 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 5 |
| Oct 29 | at | W 34–10 | 12 | 78 | 0 | 30 | – | – |
| Nov 5 | vs. | W 26–15 | 9 | 89 | 1 | 56 | – | – |
| Nov 12 | at | W 52–27 | 5 | 82 | 0 | 29 | – | – |
| Nov 19 | at | W 45–31 | 10 | 43 | 0 | 8 | 1 | −4 |
| Nov 26 | vs. | W 41–17 | 7 | 111 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 5 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. | W 25–23 | 22 | 115 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 49 |
2015 Stanford 14 games, 226 rushing yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | at | L 6–16 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| Sep 12 | vs. | W 31–7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 135 |
| Sep 19 | at | W 41–31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Sep 25 | at | W 42–24 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | −5 |
| Oct 3 | vs. | W 55–17 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 5 |
| Oct 15 | vs. | W 56–35 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 5 | – | – |
| Oct 24 | vs. | W 31–14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 28 |
| Oct 31 | at | W 30–28 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 25 |
| Nov 7 | at | W 42–10 | 3 | 58 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 9 |
| Nov 14 | vs. | L 36–38 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 17 |
| Nov 21 | vs. | W 35–22 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 5 |
| Nov 28 | vs. | W 38–36 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 8 |
| Dec 5 | vs. | W 41–22 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | – | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | W 45–16 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2019 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′8⅞″ |
| Weight | 200 lb |
| Arm length | 29⅜″ |
| Hand size | 9⅛″ |
| Bench press | 18 reps |
Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
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