Jeremiyah Love Signs $53M Cardinals Contract After 2026 NFL Draft, 'It's Surreal'

After being drafted third overall by the Arizona Cardinals in April, Jeremiyah Love has inked his first NFL contract worth $53 million guaranteed.

Love was the first running back taken inside the top three since Saquon Barkley was drafted second overall in 2018. The Cardinals' early selection of Love was well warranted.

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The former Notre Dame star rushed for 1,372 yards and 21 touchdowns in his final season with the Fighting Irish, earning All-American honors and the Doak Walker Award.

Coming into the draft, Love was the No. 2 overall player and the top running back on the final big board from Bleacher Report's NFL Scouting Department.

"He's just an impressive kid. Mature, has his head on his shoulders, never gets too high, never gets too low," Cardinals general manager Monti Ossenfort said of Love. "We had a great interaction with him at the combine. I followed up with him with a call over the weekend, and yeah, just had a great overall interaction. Like I said, you guys will get a chance to meet him. Impressive kid. Just really excited to add the person to the locker room."

There's plenty of pressure that comes with being a first-round pick, let alone the third overall pick, but Love will look to live up to the hype and help Arizona turn things around.