Overview
- Love was named the nation’s top running back at the College Football Awards, becoming the first Notre Dame player to win the Doak Walker Award.
- He finished 2025 with 1,372 rushing yards and 18 rushing touchdowns, set the program record with 21 total touchdowns, and logged a Notre Dame Stadium single-game rushing mark with 228 yards vs. USC.
- Love is in New York as a Heisman Trophy finalist, adding to a postseason haul that includes the Disney Spirit Award and finalist nods for the Maxwell and Walter Camp awards.
- Head coach Marcus Freeman publicly urged Love to return for 2026, while Love called the prospect of leaving “sad” and has not announced a decision as analysts project him as an early 2026 NFL Draft pick.
- Notre Dame missed the 12-team College Football Playoff and declined a bowl bid, with AD Pete Bevacqua saying the process and the ACC’s push for Miami “strained the relationship.”