SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Junior running back Jeremiyah Love continues his impressive 2025 campaign being named a national semifinalist for the 2025 Maxwell Award, which recognizes the college football player of the year.
Notre Dame has had seven Maxwell Award winners in program history: TE Leon Hart (1949), HB John Lattner (1952 and 1953), LB Jim Lynch (1966), DE Ross Browner (1977), QB Brady Quinn (2006) and LB Manti Te’o (2012).
Love is part of a group of 13 semifinalists for the Maxwell Award, and is one of just two running backs on the list.
Love has made his case throughout 2025 to be one of the best players in college football. He leads all FBS players in total touchdowns (tied- 16 touchdowns), and ranks second nationally in scoring (10.7), third in rushing touchdowns (13), fourth in all-purpose yards per game (138.00), fourth in total points (96), fifth in rushing yards (988), sixth in rushing yards per game (109.8).
Through nine games, Love has posted 154 carries for 988 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns, adding 24 receptions for 254 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He averages 138.0 all-purpose yards per game, with 6.4 yards per rush and 10.6 yards per catch this season.
He is in the top six all-time in program history in career touchdowns (37) and career rushing touchdowns (31) in just 38-career games. He has posted six games in 2025 with multiple touchdowns.
Love became the first player in program history to collect two 90-yard rushing touchdowns in a career with a 98-yard effort against Indiana in the College Football Playoff in 2024 and a 94-yard score at Boston College in 2025.
This season, Love was named the Associated Press National Player of the Week and the Doak Walker National Running Back of the Week for his impressive performance against No. 20 USC. Love racked up 228 rushing yards on 24 carries to average 9.5 yards per carry in a 34-24 win over USC in the Jeweled Shillelagh rivalry contest. The 228 rushing yards Love put up against USC are the most for a Notre Dame player in a single game in Notre Dame Stadium’s 513-game history.