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The Arizona Cardinals went pinch a existent playmaker connected offense, selecting Notre Dame moving backmost Jeremiyah Love pinch nan 3rd wide prime successful nan 2026 NFL Draft.
Many believed heading into nan first information connected Thursday nighttime that Arizona was a cleanable trade-down candidate, arsenic teams mightiness person paid a premium to onshore either Love, aliases personification else, they coveted.
It perchance looked that measurement arsenic nan timepiece ticked person to zero, but the Cardinals ended up putting their prime in, landing nan statement apical moving backmost successful this 2026 class.
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Jeremiyah Love of Notre Dame celebrates aft being selected arsenic nan 3rd wide prime by nan Arizona Cardinals during nan first information of nan 2026 NFL Draft astatine Acrisure Stadium successful Pittsburgh, Pa., connected April 23, 2026. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
Love became nan highest drafted moving backmost since nan New York Giants selected Saquon Barkley 2nd wide retired of Penn State successful 2018. And he joins a Cardinals discourtesy that will beryllium revamped nether caller caput coach Mike LaFleur.
It’s a West Coast-style discourtesy for LaFleur, and he gets a speedy Love, who ran a 4.36 40-yard dash astatine nan NFL Combine. The portion besides speaks for itself, pinch Love showcasing explosive beingness traits arsenic good arsenic spot successful nan trenches.
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Love besides joins a seasoned successful James Conner, while Tyler Allgeier signed pinch nan Cardinals this offseason. But Love has nan talent to group himself isolated from nan rest, pinch galore believing he was nan champion wide subordinate successful this draft.
Jeremiyah Love of Notre Dame arrives successful Pittsburgh earlier nan 2026 NFL Draft connected April 23, 2026. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)
Love ran for 1,372 yards and 18 touchdowns this past play for nan Fighting Irish, while surpassing 100 yards successful six of his 14 showings. He moreover rushed for a whopping 228 yards against nan USC Trojans.
Given nan Cardinals didn't person a azygous 100-yard rusher this past season, they’re going pinch personification who tin supply juice to nan new-look offense.
It’s besides a caller look pinch Kyler Murray out, arsenic he went to nan Minnesota Vikings pursuing his merchandise from Arizona.
Jeremiyah Love of Notre Dame poses pinch NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell aft being selected 3rd wide by nan Arizona Cardinals during nan first information of nan 2026 NFL Draft astatine Acrisure Stadium successful Pittsburgh, Pa., connected April 23, 2026. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
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The Cardinals, astatine slightest for now, are heading into nan 2026 play pinch Jacoby Brissett, nan seasoned journeyman who took complete for nan injured Murray past year, arsenic their starting quarterback.
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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
