Jeremiyah Love has been named a finalist for the Maxwell Award, given to the most outstanding player in college football. The finalists are:
Fernando Mendoza (Indiana)
Julian Sayin (Ohio State)
Jeremiyah Love (Notre Dame)
Since 2015, seven out of the ten Maxwell Award winners have won the Heisman Trophy, and the three remaining players were finalists for the award as well.
The last ten Maxwell Award winners include:
RB Derrick Henry (Alabama)
QB Lamar Jackson (Louisville)
QB Baker Mayfield (Oklahoma)
QB Tua Tagovailoa (Alabama)
QB Joe Burrow (LSU)
WR DeVonta Smith (Alabama)
QB Bryce Young (Alabama)
QB Caleb Williams (USC)
QB Michael Penix Jr. (Washington)
RB Ashton Jeanty (Boise State)
Love would be the first Notre Dame player to win the Maxwell Award since Manti Te’o in 2012. He would join the following list of Irish players to win the award:
LB Manti Te’o (2012)
QB Brady Quinn (2006)
DE Ross Browner (1977)
LB Jim Lynch (1966)
HB Johnny Lattner (1952 & 1953)*
TE/DE Leon Hart (1...
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