Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love Featured On Week 6 Of The Heisman Podcast

Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love is the featured guest on this week’s Official Heisman Trophy Podcast. Listen to the full conversation here. Episodes and clips of The Official Heisman Trophy Podcast are available on all major podcast networks, including Spotify and Apple, as well on YouTube and TikTok.

Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love followed two early losses with a statement game against Purdue last Saturday, rushing for a career-high 157 yards and two touchdowns to steady the Irish season and his own footing in the national conversation.

The sophomore described the turn as routine rather than revelatory—work stacking into results.

“Everybody’s ready for our next opportunity to get back out there and play the game that we love,” he said.

Notre Dame has navigated September turbulence before. Just look last year at the shocking loss to Northern Illinois in week two.  Love said that perspective still guides the locker room.

“We take lessons from last year and incorporate those lessons into this year,” he said.

The next test is a first-ever meeting at Arkansas on Saturday, a road trip Love expects to challenge composure as much as scheme.

“They’re a very good team. We’re going into a hostile environment,” he said.

Love’s profile has been shaped by a signature move—the hurdle—that started as a mid-game adjustment and became part of his toolkit. It was born after a defender kept going low, and Love promised at halftime to go over the top if it happened again.

“If he comes for my knees or ankles again, I’m going to hurdle him,” he said.  Now, it seems like everyone is hurdling.

Coaches have given him latitude to improvise within structure, he said, which helps explain the blend of patience and burst that shows up on tape.

“My coach tells us, ‘Don’t be robots’… I want to play free,” he said.

He’s quick to note the job’s less glamorous demands. Pass protection and blitz recognition, he said, often decide drives before the ball reaches the back.

“The hardest part about being a running back is recognizing all the blitzes and then having to block these huge linebackers… You’ve got to win every single time,” he said.

The rest of the week is quieter—film first, then the small routines that keep the big ones possible. The goals remain plain and ambitious.

“I hope that they say I was special… one of the best to come out of Notre Dame,” Love said.