{"id":781442,"date":"2026-02-28T05:13:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/781442\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T05:13:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:13:25","slug":"are-the-kansas-city-chiefs-zeroing-in-on-this-notre-dame-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/781442\/","title":{"rendered":"Are the Kansas City Chiefs zeroing in on this Notre Dame Star?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 27, 2026, 5:52 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>Evaluators have compared Love to other top running back prospects like Ashton Jeantty and Bijon Robinson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">If you <a href=\"http:\/\/fightingirishwire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/fighting-irish\/football\/2025\/10\/15\/notre-dame-football-mock-draft-2026-espn-nfl-jeremiyah-love-kansas-city-chiefs\/86708797007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">believe the rumors<\/a>, the Kansas City Chiefs may have targeted the player they think can bring superstar Pat Mahomes back to the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love has been one of the most discussed players during the NFL combine and has very recently become a popular ESPN mock draft pick <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=83224X1595658&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fnfl%2Fdraft2026%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F47989848%2F2026-nfl-mock-draft-kiper-32-picks-pre-combine-predictions-round-1&amp;xcust=SC1-SUND&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Ffightingirishwire.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fcollege%2Ffighting-irish%2Ffootball%2F2026%2F02%2F27%2Fnotre-dame-football-nfl-draft-jeremiyah-love-kansas-city-chiefs-projection%2F88904555007%2F\" data-v-afl=\"\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to the Kansas City Chiefs at pick No. 9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">When asked about the speculation, Love has embraced it. He acknowledged in an appearance on the &#8220;The Rich Eisen Show&#8221; that he had seen projections of him going to the Chiefs, Saints, and Giants among others and that it <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=83224X1595658&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fwatch%2Fplayer%2F_%2Fid%2F48055601&amp;xcust=SC1-SUND&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Ffightingirishwire.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fcollege%2Ffighting-irish%2Ffootball%2F2026%2F02%2F27%2Fnotre-dame-football-nfl-draft-jeremiyah-love-kansas-city-chiefs-projection%2F88904555007%2F\" data-v-afl=\"\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;would be an honor&#8221;<\/a> to play with Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">While Chiefs fans may be excited about the idea of the partnership, other executives are not. ESPN draft expert Matt Miller was recently on &#8220;The Dan Patrick Show&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/danpatrick.com\/2026\/02\/26\/matt-miller-dp-love-love\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">had said sources tell him<\/a> &#8220;please do not let Jeremiyah Love fall to Kansas City. Don\u2019t let that happen. Do not give Patrick Mahomes Jeremiyah Love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Evaluators have compared Love&#8217;s profile to other recent premium running back prospects such as Ashton Jeantty and Bijon Robinson saying Love could provide Mahomes his most dynamic backfield weapon <a href=\"https:\/\/arrowheadaddict.com\/jeremiyah-love-fuels-chiefs-draft-buzz-patrick-mahomes-praise-01kjg979hqmb\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">since Kareem Hunt&#8217;s early seasons with Kansas City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Contact\/Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/IrishWireND\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@IrishWireND<\/a>\u00a0on X (Formerly Twitter), and like our page on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheFightingIrishWire\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of Notre Dame news, notes, and opinions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow Sunny on X:<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mikefchen?s=21&amp;t=nW7PCouJbinxzoQ7zhCi_g\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">@<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thesunnyv?s=21&amp;t=nW7PCouJbinxzoQ7zhCi_g\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">thesunnyv<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 27, 2026, 5:52 p.m. ET Evaluators have compared Love to other top running back prospects like Ashton&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[95878,346,7,118,110,2438,2437,6,101840,96358,95882,96027,95892,95893,95896,96683,96088,95883,96012,95894,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-781442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-chiefs","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-kansas-city","12":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","13":"tag-kansascity","14":"tag-kansascitychiefs","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportscollegefighting-irishfootball","17":"tag-sstsnfootball","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagcollege-sports","20":"tag-tagespn-inc","21":"tag-tagfacebook","22":"tag-tagnational-sports","23":"tag-tagnfl-draft","24":"tag-tagnotre-dame-fighting-irish-football","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-tagstory-highlights-ai-enabled","27":"tag-tagtwitter","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116146550113420957","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}