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Newsstand: Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love selected for major award watch list

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Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love. (Mike Miller, Blue & Gold)

Maxwell Football announced its 2025 watch list for the annual Maxwell Award, which is presented annually to the most outstanding player in college football, recognizing excellence on the field and exceptional contributions to the game. To no one’s surprise, Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love was among those on the watch list.

In his breakout 2024 season, Love rushed 163 times for 1,125 yards and 17 touchdowns, adding 28 receptions for 237 yards and 2 touchdowns as a pass-catcher. He scored a touchdown in each of his first 13 games as a sophomore.

While a lingering knee injury hampered him in the College Football Playoff, he still delivered two of the most memorable runs in recent Notre Dame history: a 98-yard scamper to open the scoring in the first round against Indiana and a 2-yard run that included 4 broken tackles in the Orange Bowl against Penn State.

Earlier in the month, Love and Irish cornerback Leonard Moore were listed as Walter Camp first-team preseason All-Americans.

As pointed out by the Notre Dame athletics communication team, ix Notre Dame players have won the Maxwell Award on seven occasions in its 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). 

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