Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love put as much effort into a two-yard run as you will ever see on Thursday night against Penn State.
With the Orange Bowl tied 10–10 and a berth in the College Football Playoff national championship on the line, the Fighting Irish were driving and poised to take their first lead of the game.
Facing first-and-goal from the two, Love took a handoff from quarterback Riley Leonard and ran straight into a wall of Nittany Lions defenders.
But Love would not be denied—hurdling out of one tackle, running straight into another, and stretching out his arm across the goal line.
WHAT AN EFFORT BY JEREMIYAH LOVE ON THIS TOUCHDOWN RUN 😤
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 10, 2025
(via @TSN_Sports)pic.twitter.com/jcoFo0UKG5
This is a man that is simply refusing to go down.
This view of Jeremiyah Love's touchdown 😳 pic.twitter.com/oSdhKereqU
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) January 10, 2025
Across the internet, college football media and fans celebrated the determination Love showed in his run.
That effort by Jeremiyah Love to score epitomizes Notre Dame tonight. They will not stop.
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) January 10, 2025
Incredible effort by Jeremiyah Love to get over the goal line, and Notre Dame takes its first lead of the night.
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) January 10, 2025
jeremiyah love just trucked half of penn state’s defense with an injured knee. my goodness
— Tej Seth (@tejfbanalytics) January 10, 2025
Jeremiyah Love is a BEAST.
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) January 10, 2025
We don't need knees where Jeremiyah Love is going
— Patrick Daugherty (@RotoPat) January 10, 2025
Notre Dame took a 17–10 lead on Love’s score, but Penn State responded right back with two scores of their own to lead 24–17 halfway through the fourth quarter.
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