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Julian Love

Safety, Seattle Seahawks · #20.

Player facts

Team: Seattle Seahawks
Position: Safety
Number: 20
Born: Mar 19, 1998 (age 28)
Birthplace: Westchester, IL, USA
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 195 lbs
College: Notre Dame
Experience: 8 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

Among the NFL leaders, 2026 Regular Season:

10th in interceptions 2
8th in passes defended 6

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
Regular Season	23	15	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	6	2	3	0
Last 5 Games	23	15	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	6	2	0	0
Career	580	394	186	2.5	6	4	9	15	153	10.2	30	52	18.5	33	2

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Thu, Oct 15	@ DEN	L 17-14 OT	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0
Sun, Oct 11	vs SF	L 32-29	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0
Sun, Oct 4	vs LAC	W 30-23	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0
Sun, Sep 20	@ ARI	W 31-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	2	0
Wed, Sep 9	vs NE	W 13-10	6	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	1	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Julian Love (born March 19, 1998) is an American professional football strong safety for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

From Wikipedia’s article on Julian Love, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Love attended Nazareth Academy in La Grange Park, Illinois. As a senior in 2015, he was the Chicago Sun-Times Football Player of the Year after recording 92 tackles on defense and 1,067 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns on offense. Love committed to the University of Notre Dame to play college football.

College career

As a true freshman at Notre Dame in 2016, Love played in 12 games with eight starts and recorded 45 tackles and one interception. As a sophomore in 2017, he started all 13 games, recording 68 tackles and three interceptions. Love returned as a starter his junior year in 2018. On January 4, 2019, Love announced that he would forgo his final year of eligibility and declare for the 2019 NFL draft.