Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman has found himself making the media rounds with the NFL Draft kicking off April 23, as all eyes are on star Fighting Irish running back Jeremiyah Love.
Freeman has consistently praised Love, as he projects as one of the top players in the class. Love has frequently been connected to the New York Giants throughout the draft process.
The Giants also expressed interest in speaking with Freeman earlier this offseason about their head coaching opening, a connection that added another layer when he appeared on Up & Adams with Kay Adams on Tuesday morning.
Freeman also spoke about what it would have meant to coach Love at the next level.
“That was the intriguing part,” Freeman said. “Knowing that you got one of the best players in the country that’s going to have an opportunity to be one of those top five picks, but I’m as happy as can be, but I’m excited for him and many other guys to show what they can do at the next level.”
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Even with Freeman ultimately passing on the NFL to stay with the Combating Irish, his fixed reward of Love hasn’t stopped. It’s not essentially in regards to the expertise that Love might deliver to an NFL workforce, however it’s in regards to the individual he’s on and off the sector.
“Simply the genuine individual that he’s,” Freeman mentioned. “You see the soccer participant and the particular expertise that he has, however he’s such a singular particular person. An incredible younger man that has an innocence about him that simply take pleasure in life.”
Love has turn out to be a central determine in what Freeman is constructing at Notre Dame and his departure might be felt nicely past the stat sheet. Freeman pointed to the management and presence Love brings as the most important void this system must exchange.
“You miss him as a result of he brings a sure power to the individuals round him,” Freeman mentioned. “It won’t be about what he says. It’s simply how he goes about his life, his enterprise and also you’re going to overlook him. He’s positively going to depart a gap in our program.”
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Love has anchored the Combating Irish backfield over the previous two seasons, turning 362 carries into 2,497 yards and 35 touchdowns. Throughout his time in South Bend, Love established himself as one of the crucial productive operating backs within the nation.
“Jeremiyah is a man that might have gotten the ball each single play, however that’s not what’s greatest for him or the workforce,” Freeman mentioned. “I’m excited to see when he’s featured in an NFL program and what he’s going to do at that stage as a result of I feel he’s going to be actually profitable.”
