Yahoo Sports NFL on Jeremiyah Love
From the article
It's rare to see any prominent back, even a highly drafted rookie, carry the ball much at all in the preseason. Four backs had at least 300 regular-season carries a year ago: Jonathan Taylor, Christian McCaffrey, James Cook and Derrick Henry. They combined for exactly one preseason carry last year.
STACKED’s take
Love's 14-touch preseason outing is historically rare for top backs and doesn't predict regular-season volume.
The source notes that Love's 14-touch preseason outing (11 carries, 3 receptions) is atypical for a top-drafted back and mirrors a risky pattern: preseason workload does not correlate with regular-season usage. The source cites that the 2025 preseason's 13 leading rushers in carries had zero or minimal regular-season carries, and the four backs with 300+ regular-season carries last year (Jonathan Taylor, Christian McCaffrey, James Cook, Derrick Henry) combined for exactly one preseason carry. Most first-round running backs since 2021 have received minimal preseason work; Najee Harris (13 carries, 4 receptions over three games) was the only comparable case, while 2025 first-rounders Ashton Jeanty and Omarion Hampton had 3 and 2 carries respectively.
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