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USA Today
4 days ago
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- USA Today
FIW Exclusive: Notre Dame's Jeremiyah Love talks New Balance NIL partnership, CFP and more
Notre Dame star RB Jeremiyah Smith's interview on New Balance Partnership, College Football Playoff and more A few months ago New Balance reached out to us with the news that Notre Dame superstar running back Jeremiyah Love was signing an Name, Image and Likeness partnership which led to the opportunity to speak with him about his newest endorsement. The current face of the Irish program went in detail on why NB was the brand for him, last year's run in the College Football Playoff, the transition from Deland McCullough to Ja'Juan Seider, his recruiting journey and much more. Check out below our exclusive interview with Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love. How did it feel to join an exclusive club with the likes of Shohei Ohtani, Cameron Brink and Marvin Harrison Jr? It's a good feeling, just being able to be a part of the New Balance family. It's a great honor, and I'm ready to go forward with this journey and enjoy the ride. To join this roster with Marvin and Chase, those two great guys, its something that I've never really imagined. I've never imagined that I'd get to this point, but here I am, and its an honor to be here. I'm just excite to grow with the brand. Any plans in the future for a signature shoe or cleat? We haven't really talked that deep yet, but New Balance is my family. We are all a family here, and any ideas that I have, I'm sure they'll be all ears, and try to help me in any way they can. We haven't really talked that deeply yet. The journey is just now started, and if we can get to that at some point in the future, that's great, but I'm just here to grow with this brand, and grow off each other. New Balance will do whatever to make both of us happy. What drew you to New Balance? What drew me to New Balance, when I met Jack. He's a great guy. Jack came to me and automatically felt like family. That's what New Balance is as a whole, its really a family, everybody cares about each other. I know that New Balance cares, they're willing to do anything to help me grow, on and off the field. That family type of environment, I really wanted that, and also they have great products, great cleats. New Balance is very comfortable, I'm all about comfortability. I feel like this was just the right fit for me, me and my family to be honest because they love New Balance as well. How was the transition with Ja'Juan Seider coming over from Penn State? It was a smooth transition, coach Deland was a great guy, great coach, great father, great husband. Losing him was big for us, but just got to move onto the next thing. Me and coach and still in contact to this day, I talked to him yesterday. He's going to be my coach forever. He's my guy. The transition from him to coach Seider, it felt pretty seamless because they are both great coaches, both great guys. I've grown to love coach Seider more and more as I am being coached by him. Not just me but everybody in the room loves coach Seider, he just brings a different style of coaching. He brings more on intellectual side to the room, he tries to educate us more about safety rotations, what fronts that the d-lineman are in, what are they going to do. It's brings a very intellectual base, coaching style and I love that. Coach D was very big on being detailed and just doing the right things all the time. That set a great foundation for me, and with coach Seider I'm getting more of the focus not only on what I have to do, but what everybody else's job is. It's all coming full circle which I really love, but I'm really getting the best of both worlds, that's why the coaching change was so seamless. What led to you taking reps at wide receiver in the spring? For me, the whole idea is being more versatile, being able to be put into different places to make more plays. I played receiver in high school a bit, but me doing it in the spring is to make sure that I'm still able to run good routes, make sure that I'm understanding not only what I have to do in the running back room, and tie it to the receiver room. The cross training is just to really make sure that I still keep my foundation that I've already built at receiver, just in case there's a situation in the game where I go out wide and need to make a play. That's really just the whole basis of it, just allow coaches to game plan and put me wherever they need to me be to make plays. Why Notre Dame? The biggest factor was it felt like family, a lot like New Balance. I guess that just goes to show that I'm looking to go places where I can build real connections with people, and not just in-the-moment connections. I'm really looking for people to grow with, build things with, and Notre Dame was that place for me, and also New Balance is that place for me. The family side of things is what brought me to Notre Dame. I came into this program with a great coach like Marcus (Freeman) and a great coach in Deland, they care about me off the field. They just don't think of me as a football player, they think of me as family and that really drew me to Notre Dame. Also, its a great program, great sports, great academics, because football is going to end one day, and I have to get my degree that is meaningful. When I visited other places and compared it to Notre Dame, it was obvious that was the place that I wanted to be, and help me get to the place I want to be. At what moment did you feel like the team clicked in the College Football Playoff? I would say after the Georgia win. I'm not going to say it was after the Indiana win because everyone already felt like Indiana wasn't supposed to be there. We just went on and beat the SEC Champion, and everybody realized that Notre Dame is serious, we are real contenders. I felt like that was the moment everyone felt like we can make this run, we can actually go and do this. The win over them shocked everybody because we were the underdogs in that game, and we defied the odds. We the doubters, that game pushed us past toward us thinking like we just gotta get past these guys, we can go and win it all. What individual goals do you have for the 2025 season? There's really nothing numbers based, I just want to go out there and just make sure that I give it my all. I want to be better than I was last year. I want to win the Doak Walker Award, and even more importantly, I want to win the Heisman. To do that it will require a lot of hard work that I'm willing to put in. A lot of things that I have to sacrifice, but I'm willing to do it all to win that trophy. How did the 'Love Leap' start? The hurdling came from the Northern Illinois week and this safety kept ankle biting me the whole game. And then at halftime I was telling one of my teammates, that he kept going for my ankles, and pull my knees out. I told Gi'Bran that if this dude keeps going for my ankles, I swear I will hurdle him. I'm just going to jump and do it. And we came out the second half, it was the third quarter, and it was an inside-zone and I broke out and I saw the safety, the same due that was ankle biting me the whole game. I see him coming down, and I already know what he's going to try to do. He's going for my knees, my ankles, so I just gave it to God and I jumped and went over him. That's when I realized that I can jump completely over people, and as the season went on, the thoughts kept in my head. It was almost like intrusive, even when I said I'm not going to do it, if the moment presents itself, I'm just going to jump. I just give it to God. If they clip me, they clip me. If they don't great. It's not really planned, its an in the moment type of thing and I just do it. Contact/Follow us @IrishWireND on X (Formerly Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Notre Dame news, notes, and opinions. Follow Mike on X: @MikeFChen
USA Today
6 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Notre Dame RB coach Ja'Juan has high praise for Kedren Young and all of his running backs
It should come as no surprise the Notre Dame football running back's coach Ja'Juan Seider is praising his group, but it wasn't like you thought he would be doing on Saturday. One of the newest additions to the Irish coaching staff hasn't been with the team long, and looks like he's going to let the players performance decide if they'll play or not. One of those guys that he believes has earned the right to see the field is redshirt-freshman Kedren Young. Seider said that 'he's a kid who's ready to play,' although he's unsure of the role that Young will have. As for the rest of the room, one thing stood out to Seider about the unit, the fact that they all stayed despite opportunities to make more money and get more playing time elsewhere. 'It's so refreshing to be unselfish,' is how he put it, as he noted that they were all waiting their time even with him coming into the program. Seider will have plenty of talent to get the ball to this fall, and it's hard to see any of the options not being solid choices. Contact/Follow us @IrishWireND on X (Formerly Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Notre Dame news, notes, and opinions. Follow Mike on X: @MikeFChen
Yahoo
16-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Red Wings' Moritz Seider among first named to Germany's 2026 Olympic hockey roster
The last time Detroit Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider was named to Germany's Olympic ice hockey roster, he didn't end up going. This time, the outlook is decidedly better. Seider was among the first six players named by Germany to the team that will compete at the 2026 Winter Games, scheduled to be held Feb. 6-22 in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Advertisement The others named Monday, June 16, were forwards Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers), Lukas Reichel (Chicago Blackhawks), Nico Sturm (Florida Panthers) and Tim Stützle (Ottawa Senators) and goaltender Philipp Grubauer (Seattle Kraken). Detroit Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider (53) shoots the puck against Dallas Stars during the third period at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Monday, April 14, 2025. MORE: Red Wings' Lucas Raymond among first named to Sweden's 2026 Olympic roster Seider, 24, was among the first named to Germany's preliminary roster for the 2022 Beijing Games, announced in October of 2021. But the NHL ended up pulling its players because of lingering disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic. Seider, drafted at No. 6 in 2019 and the 2022 recipient of the Calder Trophy as the NHL rookie of the year, has 29 goals and 151 assists in 328 games over four seasons with the Wings. He has represented Germany at five World Championships, winning a silver medal in 2023. He was captain of the 2025 team, but the Germans did not make it out of the round-robin part of the tournament, eliminated in the last game of the preliminary round by Denmark. Stay connected and stay informed. Become a Detroit Free Press subscriber. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit Red Wings' Moritz Seider named to Germany's Olympic roster
Yahoo
22-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Detroit Red Wings' Marco Kasper in, Moritz Seider out at World Championship quarterfinals
Marco Kasper is showing he delivers when it matters – a great sign for the Detroit Red Wings as they try to once again become a playoff team. They blew it for a ninth straight time this year, but what that did was free up Kasper to join his native Austria at the second-best springtime hockey tournament, the World Championship, which is nearing the end. Advertisement Kasper had an assist in Austria's last game of the preliminary round, May 20, leading to a 6-1 victory over Latvia in Stockholm, Sweden. Neither team is a hockey powerhouse, but it was only two years ago that Latvia upset Sweden in the quarterfinals en route to a bronze medal. More: Think it has been maddening stretch for Red Wings? Maple Leafs show how hard it is to win For Austria, this is their first playoff appearance since 1994. The Austrians' next challenge is taking on central European neighbor Switzerland, which claimed the top spot in Group B. Canada claimed Group A on the strength of taking down Sweden, 5-3, and will meet Denmark. Advertisement The Danes, playing at Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, Denmark, rallied from a 1-0 deficit against Germany to win, 2-1 in a penalty shootout. That bounces Wings' defenseman Seider and his Germans from the tournament. Denmark heads to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2016. The Danes won their last three games, while the Germans lost for a fourth consecutive game. The teams came into the match tied at nine points in the standings, meaning the last quarterfinal spot in Group B would be settled between the two. In other quarterfinals, the Swedes, whose roster includes Wings Lucas Raymond and Erik Gustafsson, faces Czechia, and the U.S. will play Finland. Raymond had an assist in the loss to Canada to pick up his eighth point in seven preliminary games. The tournament, split between Stockholm and Herning through the quarterfinals, holds the semifinals on May 24, and the medal games on May 25. Weekend games will all be in Stockholm. Advertisement It has been an excellent tournament for Kasper, who has four goals and three assists in seven games in the round-robin format. Austria was in Group A along with powerhouses Sweden, Canada and Finland. Originally drafted at No. 8 in 2022, Kasper used his rookie season to earn a regular role in the lineup, finishing with 19 goals and 18 assists in 77 games. Contact Helene St. James at hstjames@ Follow her on Twitter @helenestjames. Read more on the Detroit Red Wings and sign up for our Red Wings newsletter. Her latest book, 'The Franchise: Detroit Red Wings, A Curated History of the Red Wings,' was released October 2024. Her books, 'On the Clock: Behind the Scenes with the Detroit Red Wings at the NHL Draft,' and 'The Big 50: The Men and Moments that made the Detroit Red Wings' are available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Triumph Books. Personalized copies available via her e-mail. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Red Wings' Marco Kasper in, Moritz Seider out at World Championship
New York Times
03-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Notre Dame beats Michigan for top-100 RB recruit Javian Osborne's commitment
Javian Osborne did more than add to one of college football's best rivalries Saturday when the four-star running back recruit from Forney, Texas, committed to Notre Dame over Michigan. The 5-foot-10, 200-pound Osborne announced his commitment to On3 Recruits. The No. 90 player and No. 6 running back in the 247Sports Composite for the Class of 2026, also let new Notre Dame running backs coach Ja'Juan Seider make a statement in his first spring after joining Marcus Freeman's staff from Penn State. Seider beat out former Notre Dame running backs coach Tony Alford, too, as the current Michigan running backs coach was also a candidate to replace Deland McCullough, who joined the Las Vegas Raiders staff last winter. Advertisement Osborne maintained Notre Dame's torrid start to the recruiting Class of 2026, which ranks in the top five of all three major services and as high as No. 2 by 247Sports. It's not unusual for Notre Dame to get off to a fast start in recruiting — it ranked No. 1 during the summers of Freeman's first two cycles — but seven commitments in the past month, all four-star prospects in the 247Sports Composite, is particularly notable. That run includes defensive end Rodney Dunham, the highest-rated prospect in the class and a potential five-star talent, and four-star defensive back Ayden Pouncey, a national prospect who committed last weekend. If Notre Dame didn't pick up much of a recruiting afterglow last cycle during its march to the national championship game, the Irish are doing so now. Former general manager Chad Bowden may have decamped for USC, replaced with Mike Martin and a rebuilt recruiting staff, but Notre Dame continues to prove that everyone loves a winner. The results could lead Freeman to assemble his best class if trends hold. On the surface, landing a top running back might not seem like a priority this cycle. The Irish will open preseason camp with six scholarship backs, all of whom have eligibility beyond this season. There's little reason to think they'll use it, though, which makes reloading early a necessity. Jeremiyah Love is certain to depart to the NFL after this season, and there's a good chance Jadarian Price does, too. None of the remaining backs — Aneyas Williams, Kedren Young, Gi'Bran Payne and Nolan James Jr. — were recruited by Seider, who doesn't plan to spread reps like McCullough did last season. So, if Love and Price get the overwhelming load, where does that leave the other four backs after this season? The room won't turn over entirely, but it's worth recruiting like it could because six backs could become three in a hurry. Advertisement Osborne gives Notre Dame a college-ready running back on the prep level, considering he's rushed for more than 1,000 yards each of the past three seasons (4,522 total yards rushing) and totaled 72 touchdowns. He's built to play behind one of college football's best offensive lines, which he'd have done at either Notre Dame or Michigan. It wouldn't be a surprise if Osborne worked himself into position to get carries as a freshman in South Bend. — Pete Sampson, Notre Dame beat writer All eyes will be on Savion Hiter, the No. 1 running back prospect in the 247Sports Composite rankings and a longtime target of Alford. Landing Hiter and Osborne in the same class would have been a home run for Michigan. With Osborne picking Notre Dame, Hiter's recruitment becomes even more crucial. Alford came to Michigan from Ohio State with a reputation as an elite recruiter, though Buckeyes fans had grown a bit restless late in his tenure. Heading into his second season at Michigan, Alford is still looking for a signature recruiting win. Osborne's recruitment was a head-to-head battle with Notre Dame, where Alford coached from 2009 to 2014. Hiter's recruitment could be a battle with Ohio State, where he coached from 2014 to 2023. Given Michigan's emphasis on running the ball, landing an elite back in the 2026 class should be high on Michigan's list of priorities. Osborne would have fit in nicely as a back in the Jordan Marshall/Justice Haynes mold. Now that he's off the board, it's likely that Michigan will keep up its pursuit of Hiter while looking for another running back to prioritize in the 2026 class. — Austin Meek, Michigan beat writer The Irish remain in strong position to land three-star defensive tackle Tiki Hola when he announces his commitment on May 10, with Notre Dame and SMU the primary contenders. Advertisement But as much as commitments move the needle in recruiting, the Irish staff may need the coming weeks more for evaluation. Notre Dame wants to sign a second running back this cycle and already has offers out to a select group, including Brian Bonner (Valencia, Calif.), DeZephen Walker (Peculiar, Mo.) and Jonaz Walton (Carrollton, Ga.). All three have official visits scheduled to Notre Dame in June. Tight end is also an evaluation position during May as offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock orders the board, with taking two a priority. That took Denbrock to Iowa, Montana and Kansas this week to see Evan Jacobson (Waukee, Iowa), Matt Ludwig (Billings, Mt.) and Ian Premer (Great Bend, Kan.). Like running back, the tight end room could turn over after this season, as Eli Raridon and Kevin Bauman depart, with Cooper Flanagan coming off a torn Achilles. But the biggest to-do on Notre Dame's list this month is probably figuring out what to do at quarterback next cycle, with four-star Noah Grubbs already committed for the current haul. Because Notre Dame played into late January, quarterbacks coach Gino Guidugli couldn't use the month to evaluate quarterbacks in person while prepping for the national title game. That makes May crucial for the staff to canvas the country to see who fits and how. Denbrock values mobility in quarterbacks, although it's not a make-or-break trait in scouting. The Irish have shown early interest in Elijah Haven (Baton Rouge, La.), Gunner Rivers (Fairhope, Ala.), Colton Nussmeier (Flower Mound, Texas) and Malachi Ziegler (Benton, La.). Rivers is the son of Philip Rivers and shares a hometown with former Irish quarterback Riley Leonard. The only quarterback off the board that Notre Dame pursued is Trae Taylor (Mundelein, Ill.), who committed to Nebraska on May 1. — Sampson
