Jeremiyah Love is already drawing headlines before his first regular-season NFL snap, and this latest round of attention has nothing to do with his playbook.
The Arizona Cardinals made the Notre Dame running back the third overall pick in April, putting him in a pretty rare lane as the highest-drafted running back since Saquon Barkley went No. 2 in 2018. He arrived with big expectations after a huge finish at Notre Dame, but the internet found a completely different reason to talk about him after a recent gaming post started making the rounds.
The clip showed Love’s desk beside his gaming setup, and two items jumped out immediately: a roll of toilet paper and a bottle of moisturizer. That odd pairing became the whole story almost instantly, with Dov Kleiman’s post pointing out the strange sight and joking about Love putting it out there for everyone to see. Once that happened, the comments did what comments do.
“Safer than a tube sock,” one user wrote.
“Bruh just trying to go viral, he knows dudes will think this shit mad funny. Ahhaha,” another wrote.
“who wacking it off with aquaphor???,” someone else asked.
“That’s a good ole fashioned Crankin Station. That’s what he’s pullin…..for us!!” said a fourth.
“Explains the injury and recovery time lol,” one fan joked.
The funny part is that the gaming setup itself shouldn’t have surprised anyone. Love has already said he likes video games and anime, so the desk fit his vibe. It was the extra stuff sitting around it that turned a normal post into internet fuel.
On the field, Love’s résumé is still the real headline. Over his final two seasons at Notre Dame, he piled up 2,497 rushing yards and 35 touchdowns, while also adding 517 receiving yards and five touchdown catches. Arizona followed that production by giving him a four-year, $53 million fully guaranteed contract.
His preseason debut only added to the buzz around him. Against the Raiders, Love ran 11 times for 58 yards before leaving with a high ankle sprain. The Cardinals are hoping he can be back for Week 1.
That injury has kept his football timeline front and center, but the gaming post gave everyone a much sillier topic to chew on. Love’s old coaches have praised his maturity and called him an excellent presence in the locker room, yet the desk setup managed to hijack the conversation anyway.
None of it proves anything beyond what was in the video. But if Love took anything from the reaction, it’s probably this: when you give the internet a full view of your desk, people are going to inspect every inch of it.
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