Draft Note by John Paulsen
Love is the best pure running back prospect since Saquon Barkley and the PFF data backs it up. He posted a 98th-percentile PFF Run Grade (93.7), a 93rd-percentile yards after contact per attempt (4.5), a 92nd-percentile PFF Elusive Rating (127.5), and a 95th-percentile yards per route run (1.83)—a four-stat profile that screams three-down workhorse. The receiving chops matter here; Marcus Freeman has said he thinks Love could play wide receiver at the next level. I heard comparisons to Christian McCaffrey before the pick was made. Arizona’s backfield was a complete wasteland last year—no back even hit 100 carries. Love walks into an immediate bell-cow role with minimal serious competition. The quarterback situation (Jacoby Brissett/Gardner Minshew/Carson Beck) limits this offense’s ceiling, but his volume floor should be rock-solid, and the Cardinals invested in the offensive line, adding guards Isaac Seumalo and Elijah Wilkinson in free agency and guard Chase Bisontis in the second round of the NFL Draft. I view Love as a high-end RB2 in early fantasy drafts.
Jeremiyah Love
- RB
- , Arizona Cardinals
- 21
- 214 lbs
- 6' 0"
- Notre Dame
- 24
- 1
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2026 Draft note
Love is the best pure running back prospect since Saquon Barkley and the PFF data backs it up. He posted a 98th-percentile PFF Run Grade (93.7), a 93rd-percentile yards after contact per attempt (4.5), a 92nd-percentile PFF Elusive Rating (127.5), and a 95th-percentile yards per route run (1.83)—a four-stat profile that screams three-down workhorse. The receiving chops matter here; Marcus Freeman has said he thinks Love could play wide receiver at the next level. I heard comparisons to Christian McCaffrey before the pick was made. Arizona’s backfield was a complete wasteland last year—no back even hit 100 carries. Love walks into an immediate bell-cow role with minimal serious competition. The quarterback situation (Jacoby Brissett/Gardner Minshew/Carson Beck) limits this offense’s ceiling, but his volume floor should be rock-solid, and the Cardinals invested in the offensive line, adding guards Isaac Seumalo and Elijah Wilkinson in free agency and guard Chase Bisontis in the second round of the NFL Draft. I view Love as a high-end RB2 in early fantasy drafts.
2026 Strength of Schedule - ARI
| W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | W11 | W12 | W13 | W14 | W15 | W16 | W17 | W18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 @LAC | 3 SEA | 22 @SF | 29 @NYG | 23 DET | 20 @LAR | 12 DEN | 26 @DAL | 3 @SEA | 20 LAR | 15 @KC | 30 WAS | 18 PHI | BYE | 32 NYJ | 11 @NO | 27 LV | 22 SF |
Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.






