The Jeremiyah Love draft pick debate feels like a trap
The final destination for Notre Dame’s Jeremiyah Love continues to be a confusing conversation.
Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love, center, looks on after winning a NCAA football game 70-7 against Syracuse at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in South Bend. | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The 2026 NFL Draft is less than a month away, and it feels like we keep having the same conversation over and over again when it comes to Notre Dame running back, Jeremiyah Love — and it’s maddening.
Love is arguably the best overall player in the NFL Draft, but we are in this world of “position value” and all sorts of other things that are for mortals. It’s a trap. We are trapped to look at, and talk about, Jeremiyah Love as a mortal when it comes to the NFL — when he is anything but a mortal.
Alright. Maybe that was a little hyperbolic. Still… the idea of being trapped in one line of thought isn’t hyperbole.
Dan Orlovsky is someone that isn’t trapped in this conversation. He doesn’t look at Jeremiyah Love as just a running back — he looks at him as a weapon. He looks at him as a football player (and the best one in the draft).