Jeremiyah Love doesn’t intend to spend his massive rookie contract.
The St. Louis native was the third overall pick in the 2026 NFL draft. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals and signed a four-year, fully guaranteed contract worth $53.9 million, Larry Brown Sports reports. Love’s signing bonus was valued at $35 million, and he will receive $13.3 million annually. He is now the seventh-highest-paid running back in the NFL, according to a press release from the team.
Love views his entry into the league as a “blessing” and has no intention of letting the money change who he is.
“That amount of money would change anybody’s life,” Love said in the press release. “For me, it doesn’t change my mindset. I’m only getting that much because I was the third pick in the draft. I still haven’t done anything. I’m ready to earn what I have been given.”
What’s more, Love has already revealed his plans for his rookie contract, and it does not involve a major purchase, he told Larry Brown Sports. He intends to tuck it away, driven by a desire to build generational wealth. As a result of NIL, he will not have to rely on touching his NFL contract.
Love played for Notre Dame between 2023 and 2025 as a running back. He secured NIL deals with Samsung, Celsius, and New Balance, On3 reports. Per his Instagram, Love has also landed an NIL deal with Icy Hot. Love was among the top 10 athletes in the On3 NIL 100, according to Athlon Sports. His most recent NIL valuation was $599,000.
“I live in the era of NIL, so I’ve been pretty, pretty well off already. So I really don’t need to touch that money, as of right now, so I most definitely will not,” he said during a press conference, according to X. “I’ll make sure to put that money away for my grandkids, my kids, and stuff like that, so they can have a better life financially than I did growing up. So that’s the plan. Plans change. Sometimes plans can change sometimes, but that’s the plan.”
Today Jeremiyah Love signed his 4-year, fully guaranteed $53.02 million dollar rookie contract, setting a new record for guaranteed money for an NFL running back.
When asked what he was going to do with that money he said because of college NIL he won’t touch it.@azfamilypic.twitter.com/qKFeuhgMEe
— Griffin S. DeMarrais (@GDeMarraisTV) May 8, 2026
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