No. 20 – Seattle Seahawks | |||||||||||||
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Position: | Safety | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Westchester, Illinois, U.S. | March 19, 1998||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Nazareth Academy (La Grange Park, Illinois) | ||||||||||||
College: | Notre Dame (2016–2018) | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2019 / round: 4 / pick: 108 | ||||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Julian Love (born March 19, 1998) is an American professional football safety for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
Love attended Nazareth Academy in La Grange Park, Illinois. As a senior in 2015, he was the Chicago Sun-Times Football Player of the Year after recording 92 tackles on defense and 1,067 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns on offense. [1] Love committed to the University of Notre Dame to play college football. [2]
As a true freshman at Notre Dame in 2016, Love played in 12 games with eight starts and recorded 45 tackles and one interception. [3] [4] As a sophomore in 2017, he started all 13 games, recording 68 tackles and three interceptions. [5] [6] Love returned as a starter his junior year in 2018. [7] [8] On January 4, 2019, Love announced that he would forgo his final year of eligibility and declare for the 2019 NFL draft. [9]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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5 ft 10+3⁄4 in (1.80 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | 31+3⁄4 in (0.81 m) | 9 in (0.23 m) | 4.50 s | 1.59 s | 2.57 s | 4.10 s | 6.72 s | 36.0 in (0.91 m) | 10 ft 1 in (3.07 m) | 14 reps | |
All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day [10] [11] |
Love was selected by the New York Giants with the 108th pick in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL Draft. [12]
In Week 12 of the 2019 season against the Chicago Bears, Love recorded his first career interception off a pass thrown by Mitchell Trubisky and returned it for 30 yards in the 19–14 loss. [13]
In Week 2 of the 2020 season against the Bears, Love recorded his second career interception off another pass thrown by Trubisky during the 17–13 loss. [14]
In Week 6 of the 2022 season against the Baltimore Ravens, Love intercepted a pass thrown by Lamar Jackson which led to the game-winning touchdown as the Giants won 24–20. [15]
On March 17, 2023, Love signed a two-year, $12 million contract with the Seattle Seahawks. [16]
In Week 8 of the 2023 season against the Cleveland Browns, Love intercepted a pass thrown by P. J. Walker that led to the game-winning touchdown as the Seahawks won 24–20. [17] In Week 15 against the Philadelphia Eagles, Love intercepted two passes thrown by Jalen Hurts in the fourth quarter. His second interception was a game-sealing interception which led to the Seahawks winning the game 20–17. He was named National Football Conference Defensive Player of the Week. [18] He was ranked 95th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2024. [19]
On July 24, 2024, Love signed a three-year, $36 million extension with the Seahawks. [20]
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