Player Dossier

2016-2018

Notre Dame

Julian Love

CB • 5'11" • 189 lbs • Westchester, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Julian Love shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

31%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

44

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

43

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Notre Dame

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Notre Dame
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Army

Player Story

Julian Love built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a cornerback from Westchester, IL wearing No. 27, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Julian Love's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8742

Nazareth Academy · La Grange Park, IL

Committed To
Notre Dame
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2019
Selection
Round 4 · Pick 6
Overall
No. 108
NFL Team
New York Giants

Julian Love, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Notre Dame. Julian Love shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
160
TFL
3
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
36
Touchdowns
5

Quick Answers

Julian Love quick answers

Latest team and position
Notre Dame · CB
Career Tackles
160
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 36 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Notre Dame
Top game
Army
Recruit profile
3-star · Nazareth Academy · Notre Dame
High school pipeline
Nazareth Academy · 17 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
NFL Draft
2019 · Round 4 · Pick 6 · New York Giants
Latest roster
No. 27 · Junior
2018 Tackles rank
58 tackles · CB 18th (top 5%) · FBS Independents 20th (top 8%) · National 465th (top 8%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonNotre Dame12452013028.8
2017 PostseasonNotre Dame126-0-3058.7
2017 Regular SeasonNotre Dame1251-0-14458.7
2018 PostseasonNotre Dame122-0-1049.6
2018 Regular SeasonNotre Dame125610-15149.6

Related Context

Julian Love played CB for Notre Dame. Across 3 tracked seasons, Julian Love recorded 160 tackles and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Notre Dame.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Notre Dame paired 20 primary output with 36.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 35.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ball State

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Postseason · Notre Dame

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.5

Efficiency

35.1

Usage

4.1

Consistency

38.7

Best Game by takeover score

Ball State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 1. Michigan: 0. Ball State: 4. Vanderbilt: 4. Wake Forest: 1. Stanford: 1. Virginia Tech: 2. Pittsburgh: 1. Navy: 0. Northwestern: 2. Florida State: 1. USC: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Clemson: 2 by 18.3. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Ball State: 8 by 73.3. Vanderbilt: 3 by 52.5. Wake Forest: 3 by 22.5. Stanford: 2 by 18.3. Virginia Tech: 7 by 49.2. Pittsburgh: 3 by 22.5. Navy: 2 by 8.3. Northwestern: 6 by 45. Florida State: 9 by 47.5. USC: 12 by 60

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.5 · Games = 11 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ball State

Best efficiency game

73.3 vs Ball State

Result
Sat 12/29@ ClemsonL 3-3022001
Sun 11/25@ USC10+ tacklesW 24-17128001
Sun 11/11vs Florida StateW 42-1395001
Sat 11/3@ NorthwesternSplash gameW 31-2165101
Sun 10/28@ NavyW 44-2222000
Sat 10/13vs PittsburghW 19-1433001
Sun 10/7@ Virginia TechSplash gameW 45-23750011
Sat 9/29vs StanfordW 38-1722001
Sat 9/22@ Wake ForestW 56-2733001
Sat 9/15vs VanderbiltSplash gameW 22-1732004
Sat 9/8vs Ball StateSplash gameW 24-1686004
Sat 9/1vs MichiganW 24-1711000

Player Story

Julian Love story

Julian Love built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a cornerback from Westchester, IL wearing No. 27, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Julian Love's career was his defensive production: 160 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 5 interceptions, and 36 passes defended across 36 career games in the available record. That gives Julian Love's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Notre Dame

    2016-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonNotre Dame721.55.4
2017 PostseasonNotre Dame2036.64.413
2017 Regular SeasonNotre Dame2036.64.40
2018 PostseasonNotre Dame1835.14.1-2
2018 Regular SeasonNotre Dame1835.14.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Army

Week 11 · W 44-6 · Conference game

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

79.2 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Ball State

Week 2 · W 24-16

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Havoc Plays

71.1 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.

#3

vs NC State

Week 9 · W 35-14

4

Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

#4

@ Navy

Week 10 · L 27-28

1

Havoc Plays

61.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Stanford

Week 13 · L 20-38

3

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Notre Dame

20 primary output · 36.6 efficiency · 4.4 usage

58.7

#2

2017 Regular Season · Notre Dame

58.7

20 primary · 36.6 efficiency · 4.4 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Notre Dame

49.6

18 primary · 35.1 efficiency · 4.1 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

13

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games