Josh Love
.jpg) Love in 2019 | |
| No. 2 – Los Angeles Rams | |
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| Position: | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | September 12, 1996 Mission Viejo, California |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Long Beach Polytechnic (Long Beach, California) |
| College: | San Jose State |
| Undrafted: | 2020 |
| Career history | |
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| Roster status: | Active |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Josh Love (born September 12, 1996) is an American football quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at San Jose State.
Early life and high school
Love grew up in Mission Viejo, California and initially attended Tesoro High School before transferring to Long Beach Polytechnic High School after his sophomore year. He shared snaps at quarterback during his junior year but finished the season with 17 touchdown passes to just two interceptions.[1] As a senior, Love passed for 3,199 yards and 41 touchdowns as he led the Jackrabbits to an 11–2 record and was named the Moore League Offensive Player of the Year.[2][3] Love was lightly recruited coming out of high school and committed to play college football at San Jose State University as a preferred walk-on.[4]
College career
Love walked-on to the San Jose Spartans football team and redshirted his true freshman season and was awarded a scholarship at the end of the year.[1] He played in all 12 of SJSU's games the following season, serving as the holder on the field goal unit and throwing passes in five games with one start, completing 31 of 60 passes for 392 yards with two touchdowns and five interceptions.[5] As a redshirt sophomore Love played in nine games with five starts, completing 54.1% of his passes for 928 yards and five touchdowns with seven interceptions.[6] He became the Spartans' starting quarterback early during his redshirt junior season and finished the year with 1,963 yards and 14 touchdowns while completing 56.1% of his passes.[7] Love started all of SJSU's games as a senior and was named the Mountain West Conference after completing 32 of 49 passes for 402 yards and two touchdowns in a 31–24 upset win over Arkansas.[8] He finished the season with for 3,923 passing yards and 22 touchdowns with a 60.9% completion percentage and was named first team All-Mountain West Conference and was the fist Spartan to be named the conference Offensive Player of the Year since San Jose State joined the conference.[9][10] Love finished his collegiate career with the third most passing yards in school history with 7,206 yards and seventh all-time with 43 touchdown passes.[11]
College statistics
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| Season | Team | GP | Rating | Att | Comp | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | ||||
| 2015 | San Jose State | Redshirt | |||||||||||
| 2016 | San Jose State | 12 | 100.9 | 60 | 31 | 51.7 | 392 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 2017 | San Jose State | 9 | 101.4 | 170 | 92 | 54.1 | 928 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| 2018 | San Jose State | 8 | 122.9 | 289 | 162 | 56.1 | 1,963 | 14 | 9 | ||||
| 2019 | San Jose State | 12 | 141.2 | 481 | 293 | 60.9 | 3,923 | 22 | 8 | ||||
| Career | 41 | 126.7 | 1,000 | 578 | 57.8 | 7,206 | 43 | 29 | |||||
Professional career
Love signed with the Los Angeles Rams as an undrafted free agent on April 25, 2020 shortly after the conclusion of the 2020 NFL Draft.[12]
References
- ^ a b Lombardi, David (August 22, 2019). "In a career full of challenges, QB Josh Love is ready to helm San Jose State's turnaround bid". The Athletic. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ "UNLV faces a survivor in San Jose State QB Josh Love". Las Vegas Review-Journal. October 25, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ "Football: Lobos' Tuioti, Spartans' Love have a close bond". Albuquerque Journal. October 2, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ "San Jose State gets commitment from Long Beach Poly QB". East Bay Times. February 23, 2015. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ Tucker, Cody (July 23, 2019). "SJSU's Josh Love thought he might be the Pokes next QB … they chose another guy instead". 7220sports.com. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ "Quarterback has Love for leadership". Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ "Takeaways: Josh Love, defense guide San Jose State to third straight win". The Mercury News. October 4, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ "San Jose State rolls into Arkansas, stuns Razorbacks". The Mercury News. September 21, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ "San Jose State's Love named Mountain West Offensive Player". The Mercury News. December 4, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ Ringolsby, Tracy (December 4, 2019). "QB Josh Love 1st San Jose Spartan to Earn MW Offensive Player of the Year Honors". SI.com. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ Hellman, Sam (February 3, 2020). "PFF ranks top 10 quarterback prospects in NFL Draft". 247Sports.com. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ "Josh Love: Signing with Rams". CBSSports.com. RotoWire. April 25, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2020.