{"id":838303,"date":"2026-03-28T03:51:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/838303\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T03:51:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:51:21","slug":"rb-jeremiyah-love-at-top-of-giants-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/838303\/","title":{"rendered":"RB Jeremiyah Love At Top Of Giants’ List?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drafting running backs early in the first round is back in style. Ashton Jeanty<\/a> went at No. 6 last year, and in 2023, Bijan Robinson<\/a> and Jahmyr Gibbs<\/a> went eighth and 12th overall, respectively. This year\u2019s draft is expected to add another name to the list. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The running back most likely to continue this trend in 2026 is Notre Dame star Jeremiyah Love<\/a>. Tennessee has been a popular projection, as both Tony Pollard<\/a> and Tyjae Spears<\/a> are in the final years of their contracts. However, as ESPN\u2019s Jordan Reid notes<\/a>, Titans general manager Mike Borgonzi came up in a Chiefs front office that prioritized premium positions with premium draft picks. Taking a running back with the No. 4 pick \u2013 especially with needs at more valuable positions \u2013 would fly in the face of that philosophy.<\/p>\n

If the Titans pass on Love, he will likely wind up in New York, according to Reid\u2019s colleague, Matt Miller. New Giants head coach John Harbaugh may not have such qualms about Love\u2019s position with more of an emphasis on his game-changing talent. He consistently prioritized a strong ground game in Baltimore, though the Ravens never drafted a running back in the first-round during his tenure.<\/p>\n

Were New York to choose him, Love would immediately have the best draft pedigree of anyone in the Giants\u2019 running backs room. Veteran Devin Singletary<\/a> currently holds that honor as a former third-round pick out of FAU. Eric Gray<\/a> and Tyrone Tracy<\/a> were fifth-round picks in back-to-back years for New York, in 2023 and 2024, respectively. Singletary and Gray are also set to play on the final years of their contracts. Combined with last year\u2019s fourth-round rookie, Cam Skattebo<\/a>, there are plenty of mouths to feed, but inserting Love into the room immediately would change the outlook for the current players\u2019 roles in the room.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>If running back isn\u2019t the answer in New York, the team\u2019s top decision makers could start the trend for another position that isn\u2019t notoriously taken early on Day 1. Harbaugh was part of a large contingent that attended the Ohio State Pro Day on Wednesday. It was notable enough to see Harbaugh there, given he hasn\u2019t frequented many pro days in recent years, but in Columbus, Harbaugh, team owner Chris Mara, general manager Joe Schoen, assistant general manager Brandon Brown, and player personnel director Tim McDonnell all showed up to evaluate Buckeyes, and Harbaugh was seen getting some face time<\/a> with standout safety Caleb Downs<\/a>, according to ESPN\u2019s Jordan Raanan.<\/p>\n

The highest a safety has ever been drafted was second overall in 1991, when Eric Turner\u2018s name was called by the Browns. Since then, only two other safeties have even been drafted in the top five picks of the draft, Sean Taylor in 2004 and Eric Berry<\/a> in 2010. Downs could be the next to join that list if the Giants decide to write his name down a month from now. Harbaugh\u2019s defenses in Baltimore almost always featured strong safety play from names like Ed Reed, Eric Weddle<\/a>, and Kyle Hamilton<\/a>. Downs may be just the man to upgrade Big Blue\u2019s defensive outfield in 2026.<\/p>\n

Ely Allen contributed to this post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drafting running backs early in the first round is back in style. Ashton Jeanty went at No. 6…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":838304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[4955,117,613,7,519,7805,1917,56,2321,2469,6,394],"class_list":{"0":"post-838303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-baltimore-ravens","10":"tag-caleb-downs","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-giants","13":"tag-jeremiyah-love","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-giants","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkgiants","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-tennessee-titans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116304772605663041","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838303","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=838303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}