SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love made highlight reels last season by hurdling anyone or anything attempting to get in his way. Those eye-popping plays helped the Fighting Irish reach the national championship game.

Now he's back for even more at one of college football's most storied programs.

He is being asked to carry a heavier, more well-rounded workload as No. 6 Notre Dame begins its quest to end a nearly four-decade title drought with a young, new quarterback. It's a role he embraces.

“I’ve gotten significantly better from my freshman year,” Love said as he begins his third college season. “I would say I’m more of a physical back. I can hold off bigger defenders, partly because of my weight gain, working in the weight room.”

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