Jeremiyah Love, 2025
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Running back, Notre Dame, 2023–⁠25

Jeremiyah Love

Number
No. 4
Height
6′0″
Weight
214 lb
Class (2025)
Junior
Hometown
Saint Louis, MO
Born
May 31, 2005, in St. Louis, Missouri

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Jeremiyah Love played running back at Notre Dame (2023–⁠25). He won the 2025 Doak Walker Award. He finished third in the 2025 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2025. The Arizona Cardinals took Love in the first round, No. 3 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,372
Rushing yards, 2025 (Notre Dame, 10–⁠2)
Best game
228 yards
Vs. USC, week 8, 2025: No. 2 rushing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 4
In FBS in rushing touchdowns, 2025
Drafted
No. 3
Overall, 2026 NFL Draft (Arizona Cardinals)

Career highs

228rushing yards, career highvs. USC, 20253rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Syracuse, 20252receiving touchdowns, career highat Arkansas, 2025

Honors

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2023Notre Dame713855.4136
2024Notre Dame1631,1256.91798
2025Notre Dame1991,3726.91894
Career4332,8826.73698

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2023Notre Dame8779.6133
2024Notre Dame282378.5232
2025Notre Dame2728010.4336
Career635949.4636

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2023Notre Dame4RBFr.
2024Notre Dame4RBSo.
2025Notre Dame4RBJr.6′0″214

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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2023Notre Dame780.1339th (n=450)0.179.910%0.12
2024Notre Dame1930.2985th (n=434)0.1656.719%0.44
2025Notre Dame2320.3497th (n=576)0.1078.230%0.40

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.

Rushing detail

SeasonTeamSuccessLine yardsSecond levelOpen fieldStuffed
2025Notre Dame48%3.301.402.7018%

Where his yards came from, per carry: line yards are the ones credited to the blockers (the first few, and losses), second level the yards 5 to 10 past the line, open field those beyond 10. Success: carries that kept the offense on schedule. Stuffed: carries stopped at or behind the line. From CollegeFootballData, FBS games, 2025 on.

Game by game

2025 Notre Dame 12 games, 1,372 rushing yards, 18 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Aug 31atMiamiL 24–⁠27103304260
Sep 13vs.Texas A&ML 40–⁠41239414531
Sep 20vs.PurdueW 56–⁠30191572–––
Sep 27atArkansasW 56–⁠13145725702
Oct 4vs.Boise StateW 28–⁠71610311110
Oct 11vs.NC StateW 36–⁠718862–––
Oct 18vs.USCW 34–⁠242422815370
Nov 1atBoston CollegeW 25–⁠101713624300
Nov 8vs.NavyW 49–⁠10139421270
Nov 15atPittsburghW 37–⁠152314712200
Nov 22vs.SyracuseW 70–⁠781713–––
Nov 29atStanfordW 49–⁠2014661160
2024 Notre Dame 16 games, 1,125 rushing yards, 17 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Aug 31atTexas A&MW 23–⁠1314911130
Sep 7vs.Northern IllinoisL 14–⁠16117912100
Sep 14atPurdueW 66–⁠71010912180
Sep 21vs.Miami (OH)W 28–⁠311601190
Sep 28vs.LouisvilleW 31–⁠24113415271
Oct 12vs.StanfordW 49–⁠765311250
Oct 19vs.Georgia TechW 31–⁠13143613570
Oct 26vs.NavyW 51–⁠141210221−20
Nov 9vs.Florida StateW 52–⁠391911130
Nov 16vs.VirginiaW 35–⁠14161372120
Nov 23vs.ArmyW 49–⁠1471302161
Nov 30atUSCW 49–⁠35139913380
Dec 20 ✦vs.IndianaW 27–⁠17810812180
Jan 2 ✦vs.GeorgiaW 23–⁠106190120
Jan 9 ✦vs.Penn StateW 27–⁠2411461160
Jan 20 ✦vs.Ohio StateL 23–⁠34430250
2023 Notre Dame 13 games, 385 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Aug 26vs.NavyW 42–⁠34400–––
Sep 2vs.Tennessee StateW 56–⁠35461140
Sep 9atNC StateW 45–⁠246240–––
Sep 16vs.Central MichiganW 41–⁠173901110
Sep 23vs.Ohio StateL 14–⁠178570–––
Sep 30atDukeW 21–⁠145440170
Oct 7atLouisvilleL 20–⁠3353702160
Oct 14vs.USCW 48–⁠20360–––
Oct 28vs.PittsburghW 58–⁠731002260
Nov 4atClemsonL 23–⁠313110–––
Nov 18vs.Wake ForestW 45–⁠74150–––
Nov 25atStanfordW 56–⁠237470–––
Dec 29 ✦vs.Oregon StateW 40–⁠8153901131

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2026
Height6′0″
Weight212 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size9⅛″
Wingspan78⅝″
40-yard dash4.36 s
10-yard split1.55 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

1 season, 5 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2026 (so far)Arizona Cardinals56724511136

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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