Jeremiyah Love. MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Notre Dame's Jeremiyah Love makes 2026 NFL Draft decision

By Adam Gretz | Last updated Dec 17, 2025 8:46 AM ET

Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love had his 2025 season come to an end when the team was left out of the college football playoff and declined a bowl offer. Now his collegiate career is finished as he has made a decision to enter the NFL next season.

Jeremiyah Love declares for 2026 NFL Draft

Love announced on social media on Tuesday night that he is headed to the NFL Draft, where he should be a first-round pick.

Perhaps even potentially a very high first-round pick.

Love was one of the best players in college football this season, finishing as a Heisman Trophy finalist.

He rushed for 1,372 yards this season with 18 touchdowns, while also adding another 280 receiving yards and three touchdowns through the air.

Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love announced he is declaring for the NFL draft. pic.twitter.com/BIAWDZqCNX
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 17, 2025

He finishes his Notre Dame career with 2,882 yards rushing and 594 yards receiving with 42 touchdowns in three years.

That production, as well as his talent, is going to make him one of the top prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft, and he will have a chance to go high in the class. Selecting running backs in the first round fell out of favor for a period over the past decade, and prospects like Love were the ones to feel the impacts of that. But with the running game making a comeback in the NFL in recent years, and teams having success with running backs taken with premium picks, it has skyrocketed the value of prospects like him.

Adam Gretz

Adam Gretz is a freelance writer based in Pittsburgh. He covers the NHL, NFL, MLB and NBA. Baseball is his favorite sport -- he is nearly halfway through his goal of seeing a game in every MLB ballpark. Catch him on Twitter @AGretz

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