Player Dossier

2020-2024

Purdue

Reggie Love III

RB • 5'11" • 215 lbs • Saint Louis, MO, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Reggie Love III leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.9 efficiency.

Usage / Role

44%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

63

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

62

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

72

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Illinois • Purdue
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Player Story

Reggie Love III built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a running back from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 23, spending time with Illinois and Purdue. The clearest part of Reggie Love III's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.888

Trinity Catholic · St. Louis, MO

Committed To
Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Reggie Love III, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Illinois. Reggie Love III leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.9 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,546
Rushing yards
1,439
Receiving yards
107
Touchdowns
8

Quick Answers

Reggie Love III quick answers

Latest team and position
Purdue · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,546
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 41 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Illinois
Top game
Indiana
Recruit profile
3-star · Trinity Catholic · Illinois
High school pipeline
Trinity Catholic · 13 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 23 · Senior
2024 Scrimmage yards rank
393 scrimmage yards · RB 239th (top 34%) · Big Ten 79th (top 23%) · National 603rd (top 23%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonIllinois312120012.6
2021 Regular SeasonIllinois617015812037.9
2022 PostseasonIllinois1360537042.7
2022 Regular SeasonIllinois132862779242.7
2023 Regular SeasonIllinois862556758476
2024 Regular SeasonPurdue1139337221253.9

Related Context

Reggie Love III played RB for Illinois and Purdue. Across 5 tracked seasons, Reggie Love III recorded 1,439 rushing yards, 107 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Illinois paired 625 primary output with 49.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 49.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Illinois, Purdue.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Illinois

Games

8

Scrimmage Yards / G

78.1

Efficiency

49.9

Usage

29.1

Consistency

71

Best Game by takeover score

Indiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 72. Kansas: 49. Penn State: 59. Florida Atlantic: 94. Nebraska: 19. Indiana: 140. Iowa: 78. Northwestern: 114

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 13 by 55.9. Kansas: 9 by 57.8. Penn State: 13 by 47.6. Florida Atlantic: 14 by 72.2. Nebraska: 8 by 17.9. Indiana: 24 by 60.8. Iowa: 20 by 38.5. Northwestern: 24 by 48.6

Split Comparison

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

Wins102 · Games = 3 · +38.2 vs Losses
Losses63.8 · Games = 5 · -38.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Indiana

Best efficiency game

72.2 vs Florida Atlantic

Result
Sat 11/25vs Northwestern100 rush yardsL 43-45231064.600184.8
Sat 11/18@ IowaL 13-1518643.6012143.9
Sat 11/11vs Indiana100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 48-45241405.8025.8
Sat 10/7vs NebraskaL 7-20791.3001102.4
Sat 9/23vs Florida AtlanticW 23-1712857.100296.7
Sat 9/16vs Penn StateL 13-3012554.601144.5
Fri 9/8@ KansasL 23-348455.600145.4
Sat 9/2vs ToledoW 30-2812635.300195.5

Player Story

Reggie Love III story

Reggie Love III built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a running back from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 23, spending time with Illinois and Purdue. The clearest part of Reggie Love III's career was his backfield work: 1,439 rushing yards, 324 carries, 8 rushing touchdowns, and 107 receiving yards across 41 career games in the available record. His career also includes 107 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 37 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Reggie Love III's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Illinois

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Purdue

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202020212022202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonIllinois128.77.1
2021 Regular SeasonIllinois1703313.4158
2022 PostseasonIllinois34642.19.9176
2022 Regular SeasonIllinois34642.19.90
2023 Regular SeasonIllinois62549.929.1279
2024 Regular SeasonPurdue39341.918.4-232

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Indiana

Week 11 · W 48-45 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

140

Scrimmage Yards

86.9 takeover

140 scrimmage yards and 40.7 usage.

#2

vs Oregon

Week 8 · L 0-35 · Conference game

93

Scrimmage Yards

83.1 takeover

Loss with 93 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

93 scrimmage yards and 22.4 usage.

#3

@ Northwestern

Week 13 · W 41-3 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

82 takeover

Win with 85 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

85 scrimmage yards and 22.9 usage.

#4

vs Northwestern

Week 13 · L 43-45 · Conference game

114

Scrimmage Yards

76.7 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

114 scrimmage yards and 42.1 usage.

#5

@ Oregon State

Week 4 · L 21-38

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Scrimmage Yards

72.6 takeover

Loss with 63 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

63 scrimmage yards and 29.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Illinois

625 primary output · 49.9 efficiency · 29.1 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · Purdue

53.9

393 primary · 41.9 efficiency · 18.4 usage

#3

2022 Postseason · Illinois

42.7

346 primary · 42.1 efficiency · 9.9 usage

Milestones

2

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games