Career Accolades
• 2018 team captain
• Three-time All-Pac-12
• first team (2017), honorable mention (2016, 2018)
• Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2017, 2018)
• 2018 Senior CLASS Award Second-Team All-America
• 2017 Heisman finalist
• 2017 Doak Walker Award winner
• 2017 Lombardi Award winner
• 2017 Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year
• 2017 Unanimous All-America
• 10th in Stanford history
• Fifth under head coach David Shaw
• Finished as Stanford's all-time career leader with 6.79 yards per carry
• Finished fourth all-time at Stanford with 3,866 career rushing yards
• Finished fourth at Stanford with 16 career 100-yard rushing games
• Finished fifth all-time at Stanford with 30 career rushing touchdowns
• Finished sixth all-time at Stanford with 569 career carries
• Finished 10th all-time at Stanford with 4,456 career yards of total offense (3,866 rushing, 465 receiving, 125 kick return)
• 569 carries for 3,866 yards (6.8 yds/carry) and 30 touchdowns in 49 career games
• 49 receptions for 465 yards and two touchdowns
• 32 career touchdowns and two two-point conversions for 196 career points
• Nine kick returns for 125 yards, and 4,456 career all-purpose yards
As a Senior (2018)
• Played and started 10 games
• Team captain
• All-Pac-12 honorable mention
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
• Senior CLASS Award Second-Team All-America
• Walter Camp Award watch list
• Maxwell Award watch list
• Doak Walker Award watch list
• AP preseason All-America first team
• SI.com preseason All-America first team
• CBS Sports preseason All-America first team
• Sporting News preseason All-America first team
• The Athletic preseason All-America first team
• ESPN.com preseason All-America
• Athlon preseason All-America first team
• Athlon preseason All-Pac-12 first team
• Senior CLASS Award candidate
• 166 carries for 739 yards and six touchdowns
• 20 receptions for 99 yards, three kick returns for 56 yards, and 894 all-purpose yards
• Led team and finished ninth in Pac-12 with 739 rushing yards (73.9/game).
• 136 yards rushing vs. USC
• 16th career 100-yard rushing game
• At least 100 yards rushing in 15 of past 17 games
• 59-yard rush
• At least one rush of 50 or more yards in 14 of past 17 games
• Nine-yard touchdown run
• 89 rushing yards and one touchdown on 19 carries at Oregon
• 73 yards rushing on 17 carries, 39-yard touchdown at Notre Dame
• 71 rushing yards on six carries (11.8 yards/carry), and four receptions for 14 yards vs. Washington State
• 71 rushing yards and one touchdown on 18 carries, and three receptions for 18 yards at Washington
• 90 rushing yards and one touchdown on 11 carries (8.2 yds/carry) vs. Oregon State
• 85 rushing yards and one touchdown on 22 carries at UCLA
• 74 rushing yards on 22 carries and 19 receiving yards at Cal
As a Junior (2017)
• Doak Walker Award winner
• Lombardi Award winner
• Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year
• Touchdown Club of Columbus Jim Brown Award
• Unanimous All-America
• 10th in Stanford history
• Fifth under head coach David Shaw
• AFCA All-America first team
• AP All-America first team
• Walter Camp All-America first team
• The Sporting News All-America first team
• FWAA All-America first team
• USA Today All-America first team
• CBS Sports All-America first team
• The All-American All-America first team
• SI.com All-America first team
• Phil Steele All-America first team
• All-Pac-12 first team
• AP All-Pac-12 first team
• Phil Steele All-Pac-12 first team
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
• Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 25)
• Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 2)
• Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 13)
• Rose Bowl Game Player of the Week (Sept. 25)
• Rose Bowl Game Player of the Week (Oct. 2)
• Walter Camp Football Foundation Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 2)
• Athlon Sports Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 2)
• Maxwell Award Player of the Week (Oct. 2)
• Heisman Trophy finalist
• Walter Camp Player of the Year finalist
• Maxwell Award finalist
• AAU Sullivan Award semifinalist
• Sporting News midseason All-America
• USA Today midseason All-America
• ESPN.com midseason All-America
• CBSsports.com midseason All-America
• AP midseason All-America
• First among Power 5 conference running backs:
• Rushing yards - 2,118 [Stanford record]
• Rushing yards/game - 162.9
• Rushing yards/attempt - 8.05 [third in Stanford history]
• 100-yard rushing games - 12 [Stanford record]
• 20-yard rushes - 30
• 30-yard rushes - 24
• 40-yard rushes - 15
• 50-yard rushes - 13 [FBS record]
• 60-yard rushes - 7
• Consecutive games with a 30-yard rush - 13 [FBS record]
• Consecutive games with a 50-yard rush - 11 (Nov. 26, 2016 - Nov. 4, 2017) [FBS record]
• Consecutive games with a touchdown - 12 (Nov. 26, 2016 - Nov. 18, 2017)
• Consecutive games with a rushing touchdown - 11 (Aug. 26 - Nov. 18, 2017)
• 2,118 rushing yards
• Second nationally and first among Pac-12 players
162.9 yards/game
• Second nationally and first among Pac-12 players
• 8.8 points/game
• 21st nationally and fourth among Pac-12 players
• 19 rushing touchdowns
• Fifth nationally and second among Pac-12 players
• Fourth-best single-season total in Stanford history
• 8.05 yards/rush
• Fourth nationally and second among Pac-12 players
• Third-best single-season total in Stanford history
• 165.5 all-purpose yards/game
• Third nationally and first among Pac-12 players
• Set single-season record with Cameron Scarlett as top rushing tandem (2,507 yards) in school history
• 180 yards rushing and one touchdown on 13 carries (13.8 yards/rush) vs. Rice
• 160 yards rushing and one touchdown on 17 carries (9.4 yards/rush) at USC
• 184 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 13 carries (14.2 yards/rush) at San Diego State
• 263 yards rushing on 30 carries, 69-yard touchdown vs. UCLA
• Third-most single-game rushing yards in school history
• School-record 301 rushing yards on 25 carries (12.0 yards/rush), three touchdowns vs. Arizona State
• Eighth-best single-game rushing total in Pac-12 history
• 175 yards rushing after contact
• 1,088 rushing yards through five games are fourth-most by any player in FBS history
• Garrett Wolfe (1,181 in 2006), Marcus Allen (1,136 in 1981), Byron Hanspard (1,112 in 1996)
• More rushing yards (1,088) than 111 FBS teams through five games
• 11th running back in FBS history to gain 1,000 yards in his team's first five games
• Others include Marcus Allen, Barry Sanders, Ricky Williams and Leonard Fournette
• Fastest Stanford running back to gain 1,000 yards rushing (fifth game, 87 carries)
• Previous Stanford record holder Christian McCaffrey gained 1,000th rushing yard in eighth game of 2015 (163rd carry)
• 12th running back in Stanford history with at least 2,000 career rushing yards
• 217.6 rushing yards/game through five games were more than 100 FBS teams, including 14 of AP Top 25
• 11 longest runs through five games totaled 591 yards
• Only one other Power 5 player had more than 591 rushing yards through Sept. 30 (Oregon’s Royce Freeman - 592)
• 542 yards rushing after contact through five games would have ranked seventh nationally for total rushing yards
• 564 combined yards rushing against UCLA and Arizona State, third-most over two-game stretch in Pac-12 history
• Second game with 250 or more rushing yards, equaling total of rest of FBS players
• Joined USC's Reggie Bush as only Pac-12 players ever with 250 or more rushing yards in consecutive games
• 152 yards rushing on 20 attempts and one touchdown at Utah
• 68-yard rushing touchdown
• 147 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 17 attempts vs. Oregon
• 115 yards rushing and two touchdowns on five carries in the first 4:23 of the game
• Tied school record with ninth consecutive 100-yard outing
• 5-yard rushing touchdown
• 67-yard touchdown
• Ninth straight game with rushing touchdown of 50 or more yards
• Only one second-half rushing attempt
• 52-yard touchdown run at Washington State
• FBS-record 10th consecutive game with 50-yard rush
• 10th consecutive game with a rush of 50 yards or more
• 9.6 yards/rush ranked first among Heisman-winning running backs through eight games
• 166 yards on 30 attempts vs. Washington
• Three rushing touchdowns
• Washington allowed only three rushing touchdowns entering game
• Washington entered game with nation's top defense
• 30th rushing attempt yielded 35 yards
• 101 yards rushing and one touchdown vs. Cal
• Ninth 100-yard rushing performance in 10 games
• Set FBS single-season record with 11th run of 50 yards or longer
• Did not play final 11:43
• 125 yards rushing vs. Notre Dame
• Finished regular season with 1,848 yards rushing
• 10th 100-yard rushing performance
• FBS-record 13th consecutive game with at least one 30-yard rush
• 125 yards rushing on 22 attempts vs. USC (Pac-12 Championship Game)
• 52-yard rush
• One rushing touchdown
• 145 yards rushing on 26 attempts vs. TCU (Alamo Bowl)
• 69-yard rushing touchdown
As a Sophomore (2016)
• All-Pac-12 honorable mention
• Set single-season record with Christian McCaffrey as top rushing tandem (2,386 yards) in school history (broke record in 2017 with Cameron Scarlett)
• Third in school history with 7.05 yards/carry
• Ninth in Pac-12 in rushing yards/game (65.2)
• 12 games played (missed opener vs. Kansas State due to injury)
• 111 rushes for 783 yards and three touchdowns
• Eight catches for 83 yards and one touchdown
• Five kick returns for 47 yards
• 51 yards on 11 carries vs. USC
• 51 yards on five carries (10.2 yards/carry) at UCLA
• One carry for three yards, one catch for five yards at Washington
• Two catches for 14 yards, and five rushing yards vs. Washington State
• Game-high 161 all-purpose yards, 130 rushing yards on 23 carries (5.6 yards/carry), game-winning seven-yard touchdown run and two-point conversion at Notre Dame
• 24 yards on three carries (8.0 yards/carry) and five receiving yards vs. Colorado
• 78 yards on 12 carries (6.5 yards/carry) at Arizona
• 89 yards and one touchdown on nine carries (9.9 yards/carry) vs. Oregon State
• Five carries for 82 yards (16.4 yards/carry) at Oregon
• 10 carries for 43 yards at Cal
• Seven carries for 111 yards (15.9 yards/carry) and one touchdown vs. Rice
• 21 carries for 119 rushing yards, one catch for 49 yards and a touchdown vs. North Carolina (Sun Bowl)
As a Freshman (2015)
• 14 games played
• 29 carries for 226 yards and two touchdowns
• 15 catches for 250 yards and one touchdown
• 498 all-purpose yards
• 35.6 all-purpose yards/game
• Career debut at Northwestern
• Two catches for 135 yards, 93-yard touchdown catch vs. UCF
• One catch for 21 yards at USC
• Five rushes for 40 yards vs. Arizona
• Two catches for 28 yards vs. Washington
• Two catches for 25 yards at Washington State
• Three rushes for 58 yards, 47-yard touchdown run at Colorado
• Two rushes for 56 yards, 48-yard touchdown run vs. Cal
• Three rushes for 33 yards vs. Notre Dame
• Two rushes for 13 yards vs. USC (Pac-12 Championship Game)
• One rush and one reception vs. Iowa (Rose Bowl)
The Love File
• Prepped at Wake Forest (N.C.) under head coach Reggie Lucas
• Four varsity letters in football, three in track and field
• Four-star recruit by Scout, Rivals, ESPN and PrepStar
• Nation’s sixth-best all-purpose back by Rivals, 11th by 247Sports
• Nation’s 18th-best running back by ESPN, 21st by PrepStar, 39th by Scout
• North Carolina’s sixth-best recruit by Rivals, eighth by ESPN and PrepStar, 10th by Scout, 20th by 247Sports
• 6,425 career all-purpose yards
• 5,372 career rushing yards, 71 touchdowns, 114.3 yards/game, 10.5 yard/rush
• 20 career receptions for 475 yards and seven touchdowns
• 37.9 yards/kickoff return on 12 career returns
• 2,259 rushing yards and 38 touchdowns as a senior
• Led team to pair of regional titles
• 2014 all-state
• 2014 all-conference
• 2014 North Carolina Shrine Bowl
• 2014 4x100 state champion
• 2009 USATF Youth Athlete of the Year
• USATF 11-12 year-old boys national record holder in 100m (11.64), 200m (23.37) and 400m (50.75)
• USATF 13-14 year-old boys national record holder in 100m (10.73) and 200m (21.83)
• 2014 Cap 8 Conference MVP
• 2014 Wake Forest Stallion Award
• 2013 U.S. Army All-Combine
• 2013 Cap 8 all-conference first team
• National Achievers Honors Society
• National Honor Society
• National Beta Club
• Distributive Education Clubs of America
• Cap 8 Academic All-Conference
• Watkins Award finalist
• Time Warner Scholar Athlete
• Raleigh Athletic Association Scholar Athlete
• WRAL Extra Effort Award
• Born in Raleigh, N.C.
• Full name is Jonathan Bryce Love
• Son of Christopher and Angela Love
• Father played football and ran track at South Carolina
• One brother, Chris
• Uncle, Reggie, played football at North Carolina
• Enjoys video games and reading
• Majoring in human biology
A message to @NFL GM's.
— Stanford Football (@StanfordFball) April 23, 2019
From: @Blovee_20. #StanfordNFL | #NFLDrafthttps://t.co/M61BxO2A8q
"It's what I've dreamed of since I was a little kid." - @Blovee_20 is ready for this week's #NFLDraft.#StanfordNFL pic.twitter.com/gsLtjPRIe4
— Stanford Football (@StanfordFball) April 24, 2019
“I got the opportunity to play at one of the best universities with some of my best friends for another year.” » @Blovee_20 #NFLCombine pic.twitter.com/WFFOYaaWII
— Stanford Football (@StanfordFball) March 1, 2019
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— Stanford Football (@StanfordFball) September 11, 2018
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.@Blovee_20 has been a winner beyond compare all season long. RT to thank Bryce for all we have admired and enjoyed. #HeismanLove pic.twitter.com/rLO7q3BEOL
— Stanford Football (@StanfordFball) December 10, 2017
.@Blovee_20 is Stanford's 10th all-time Unanimous All-American, dating back to the NCAA's first designation in 1924.
— Stanford Football (@StanfordFball) December 13, 2017
RT to congratulate Bryce on his rare distinction. #GoStanford pic.twitter.com/AVXzhMOxfk
Leaderboard for college football's 1,000-yard rushers:
— Stanford Football (@StanfordFball) October 4, 2017
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The Bryce is right. #GoStanford #HeismanLove @_blovee20
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