{"id":859079,"date":"2026-04-07T14:29:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/859079\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:29:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:29:51","slug":"2026-nfl-draft-giants-predicted-to-select-jeremiyah-love-in-round-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/859079\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL draft: Giants predicted to select Jeremiyah Love in Round 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

The John Harbaugh era begins this week for real for the New York Giants<\/a>, which means a return to basics for Big Blue. They will establish the run on offense, while the defense will focus on stopping it.<\/p>\n

That is why many are predicting that if Notre Dame’s stud running back Jeremiyah Love is on the board when the Giants are on the clock at No. 5 in two weeks at the 2026 NFL draft, they will pull the trigger, and quickly.<\/p>\n

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Nick Baumgardner of The Athletic<\/a> is one of those analysts in that camp and added this commentary in his latest mock draft.<\/p>\n

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Throughout John Harbaugh\u2019s run with Lamar Jackson, the head coach generally made sure his quarterback\u2019s best friend was a powerful and dynamic run game. Love is my top-ranked player in this class \u2014 a true three-down weapon and an offensive coordinator\u2019s dream. I believe he\u2019s a better prospect than Ashton Jeanty was a year ago and belongs in the Bijan Robinson-Jahmyr Gibbs tier.<\/p>\n

The addition of Love next to second-year quarterback Jaxson Dart is an enticing prospect. The Giants already have a decent rushing attack with Tyrone Tracy Jr., Cam Skattebo, and Devin Singletary. Love would make them almost unstoppable, hence the Giants’ interest in him.<\/p>\n

In Round 2, Baumgardner mocks Texas A&M wide receiver KC Concepcion to the Giants. He is a versatile wideout known for his big-play ability. With Wan’Dale Robinson leaving for Tennessee in free agency, the Giants have an opening for a quick slot-type receiver.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: 2026 NFL draft: Giants predicted to select Jeremiyah Love in Round 1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The John Harbaugh era begins this week for real for the New York Giants, which means a return…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":838891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[1303,746,6649,7,519,13,7805,2909,895,1917,56,2321,2469,6,9535,526,1799,5658],"class_list":{"0":"post-859079","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-ashton-jeanty","9":"tag-cam-skattebo","10":"tag-devin-singletary","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-giants","13":"tag-jaxson-dart","14":"tag-jeremiyah-love","15":"tag-john-harbaugh","16":"tag-lamar-jackson","17":"tag-new-york","18":"tag-new-york-giants","19":"tag-newyork","20":"tag-newyorkgiants","21":"tag-nfl","22":"tag-nick-baumgardner","23":"tag-tennessee","24":"tag-the-giants","25":"tag-tyrone-tracy-jr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116363909810961420","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859079","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=859079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}