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Notre Dame football RB Jeremiyah Love on his hurdling plans for 2025
Notre Dame football running back Jeremiyah Love hasn’t heard anything from new position coach Ja’Juan Seider about his trademark hurdling of defenders
SOUTH BEND — Aneyas Williams, do-it-all running back for Notre Dame football, doesn’t have to worry this spring about impressing his new position coach.
Ja’Juan Seider got an up-close look at the rising sophomore’s talents when the Irish ended Penn State’s season in the Orange Bowl back on Jan. 9.
“Aneyas, for a young kid, is just solid,” Seider said ahead of spring practice. “You really watch him playing the game and the way he attacks blocking. He’s got elite ball skills. Ton of respect for him.”
In a span of two series against Seider’s former team, Williams had six touches for 81 yards, with all but one of those coming through the air. After making four grabs on a 13-play march to Notre Dame’s first points of the night, Williams returned after halftime to key the game-tying touchdown drive.
His 36-yard catch on a wheel route, an over-the-shoulder circus job, still pains Seider to discuss.
“We were in man defense, and I saw a middle linebacker run out with him, and he caught a (nearly) 40-yard pass,” Seider said. “That was a big part of the game.”
On the next snap, Williams barreled up the middle for 15 yards to the Penn State 4-yard-line.
“The run was just nice,” Williams said recently. “Just to finally get behind my pads and run the ball a little bit, just kind of get a little flow going. Being able to do that and see the team energy pick up, that was a big thing for me.”
And the catch on a perfectly thrown ball from Riley Leonard? That was supposed to be dialed up for Jeremiyah Love,…
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Publish date : 2025-03-25 23:52:00
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