SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Junior running back Jeremiyah Love has been named a finalist for the Heisman Trophy, honoring the most outstanding player in college football for the 2025 season. 

Notre Dame has had players finish in the top five of Heisman voting 26 times in program history. Notre Dame’s most recent Heisman finalist was linebacker Manti Te’o in 2012. 

Love is also a national finalist for the Walter Camp Player of the Year, the Maxwell Award, and the Doak Walker Award.

This season, Love had 199 rushes for 1,372 yards and 18 touchdowns, adding 27 receptions for 280 yards and three touchdowns. He averaged 6.9 yards per rush on the season.

Six FBS players rushed for 1,300 yards during the 2025 regular season. Love is the only player on that list who shares the backfield with another running back who has also rushed for at least 600 yards.

He was the only player in the nation to rank in the top three in scoring, total touchdowns and yards from scrimmage to conclude the regular season.

Love was the only player in the country to both own more than 1,100 rushing yards on the season and average 6.6 or more yards per carry. 

Love posted eight carries for 171 yards and three touchdowns in the 70-7 win over Syracuse, averaging 21.4 yards per carry. He is the first player in program history to have multiple seasons with 17 or more rushing touchdowns.

This season, Love was named the Associated Press National Player of the Week and the Doak Walker National Running Back of the Week for his impressive performance against No. 20 USC. Love racked up 228 rushing yards on 24 carries to average 9.5 yards per carry in a 34-24 win over USC in the Jeweled Shillelagh rivalry contest. The 228 rushing yards Love put up against USC are the most for a Notre Dame player in a single game in Notre Dame Stadium’s 513-game history.