Jeremiyah Love: I have the opportunity to set a new standard for running backs
Is the running back en vogue again? The Cardinals selected Jeremiyah Love at No. 3 overall on Thursday night, making him the league's highest-drafted running back since the Giants picked Saquon Barkley at No.
2 overall back in 2018. Speaking with Cardinals media after the selection on Thursday night, Love said it was not a surprise to get the call from Arizona. “I had great dialogue with [General Manager] Monti [Ossenfort] a few weeks ago,” Love said, via transcript from the team.
“After David [Bailey] got picked, I kind of had a feeling I would get a call from the Cardinals. “It’s just a blessing being able to have the opportunity to go to Arizona and I'm ready for it. I'm ready for the opportunity, and I’m just ready to work.
” Love also called it “very special” to be one of the highest drafted running backs in several years. “I have the opportunity to really set a new standard for running backs,” Love said. “We've already had Saquon, we've had Bijan [Robinson], and we've had Ashton [Jeanty].
Now you have me. “It’s my job and my duty to make sure that when I step foot in Arizona, that I do what I've got to do to represent the running backs and represent Arizona in the right way, so that’s what I'm going to do coming into the league. I’m going to make sure I represent the right way and I'm very blessed to have this opportunity.