Josh Love
{{Short description|American football player (born 1996)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Josh Love
| image = HammerDownSportsSJSUvsSDSU2019 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Love with the San José State Spartans in 2019
| current_team = Calgary Stampeders
| number = 16
| position = Quarterback
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|9|12}}
| birth_place = Mission Viejo, California, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 205
| high_school = Long Beach Polytechnic
(Long Beach, California)
| college = San Jose State (2015–2019)
| undraftedyear = 2020
| pastteams = * Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|2020}})*
- Carolina Panthers ({{NFL Year|2021}})*
- Pittsburgh Maulers ({{USFL Year|2022}})
- Michigan Panthers ({{USFL Year|2022}}–{{USFL Year|2023}})
- Memphis Showboats ({{UFL Year|2024}})
- Calgary Stampeders ({{CFL Year|2025}}–present)
| status = Active
| cflstatus = American
| highlights = * MW Offensive Player of the Year (2019)
; USFL record
- Highest completion percentage in a regular season game (90.0%)
| statleague = professional
| statseason = 2024
| statweek =
| statlabel1 = Passing attempts
| statvalue1 = 423
| statlabel2 = Passing completions
| statvalue2 = 252
| statlabel3 = Completion percentage
| statvalue3 = 59.1
| statvalue4 = 19-17
| statlabel5 = Passing yards
| statvalue5 = 2,660
| statlabel6 = QBR
| statvalue6 = 76.0
| statlabel7 = Rushing yards
| statvalue7 = 90
| statlabel8 = Rushing touchdowns
| statvalue8 = 1
| pfr = LoveJo05
| cfl = josh-love/165304/
}}
Joshua Michael Love (born September 12, 1996) is an American professional football quarterback for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for San Jose State. He also played for the Los Angeles Rams and Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL) and the Pittsburgh Maulers of the United States Football League (USFL).
Early life
Love grew up in Mission Viejo, California, and initially attended Tesoro High School before transferring to Long Beach Polytechnic High School after his sophomore year. He shared snaps at quarterback during his junior year but finished the season with 17 touchdown passes to just two interceptions.{{Cite web |last=Lombardi |first=David |date=August 22, 2019 |title=In a career full of challenges, QB Josh Love is ready to helm San Jose State's turnaround bid |url=https://theathletic.com/1150737/2019/08/22/in-a-career-full-of-challenges-qb-josh-love-is-ready-to-helm-san-jose-states-turnaround-bid/ |access-date=April 20, 2020 |website=The Athletic |archive-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107234950/https://theathletic.com/1150737/2019/08/22/in-a-career-full-of-challenges-qb-josh-love-is-ready-to-helm-san-jose-states-turnaround-bid/ |url-status=live }} As a senior, Love passed for 3,199 yards and 41 touchdowns as he led the Jackrabbits to an 11–2 record and was named the Moore League Offensive Player of the Year.{{Cite web |date=October 25, 2018 |title=UNLV faces a survivor in San Jose State QB Josh Love |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/unlv/unlv-football/unlv-faces-a-survivor-in-san-jose-state-qb-josh-love/ |access-date=April 20, 2020 |website=Las Vegas Review-Journal |archive-date=November 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107000425/https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/unlv/unlv-football/unlv-faces-a-survivor-in-san-jose-state-qb-josh-love/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=October 2, 2019 |title=Football: Lobos' Tuioti, Spartans' Love have a close bond |url=https://www.abqjournal.com/1373754/lobos-tuioti-spartans-love-have-a-close-bond.html |access-date=April 20, 2020 |website=Albuquerque Journal |archive-date=October 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004023824/https://www.abqjournal.com/1373754/lobos-tuioti-spartans-love-have-a-close-bond.html |url-status=live }} Love was lightly recruited coming out of high school and committed to play college football at San Jose State University as a preferred walk-on.{{Cite web |date=February 23, 2015 |title=San Jose State gets commitment from Long Beach Poly QB |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2015/02/23/san-jose-state-gets-commitment-from-long-beach-poly-qb/ |access-date=April 20, 2020 |website=East Bay Times |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422005843/https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2015/02/23/san-jose-state-gets-commitment-from-long-beach-poly-qb/ |url-status=live }}
College career
Love walked-on to the San Jose State Spartans football team and redshirted his true freshman season and was awarded a scholarship at the end of the year. He played in all 12 of SJSU's games the following season, serving as the holder on the field goal unit and throwing passes in five games with one start, completing 31 of 60 passes for 392 yards with two touchdowns and five interceptions.{{Cite web |last=Tucker |first=Cody |date=July 23, 2019 |title=SJSU's Josh Love thought he might be the Pokes next QB … they chose another guy instead |url=https://www.7220sports.com/losh-love-sjsu-wyoming-football/ |access-date=April 20, 2020 |website=7220sports.com |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420072025/https://7220sports.com/losh-love-sjsu-wyoming-football/ |url-status=live }} As a redshirt sophomore Love played in nine games with five starts, completing 54.1% of his passes for 928 yards and five touchdowns with seven interceptions.{{Cite web |title=Quarterback has Love for leadership |url=https://sjsunews.com/article/quarterback-has-love-for-leadership |access-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422005847/https://sjsunews.com/article/quarterback-has-love-for-leadership |url-status=live }} He became the Spartans' starting quarterback early during his redshirt junior season and finished the year with 1,963 yards and 14 touchdowns while completing 56.1% of his passes.{{Cite web |date=October 4, 2019 |title=Takeaways: Josh Love, defense guide San Jose State to third straight win |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/mountain-west-san-jose-state-rolls-past-new-mexico |access-date=April 20, 2020 |website=The Mercury News |archive-date=May 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501005941/https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/10/04/mountain-west-san-jose-state-rolls-past-new-mexico/ |url-status=live }} Love started all of SJSU's games as a senior and was named the Mountain West Conference Player of the Week after completing 32 of 49 passes for 402 yards and two touchdowns in a 31–24 upset win over Arkansas.{{Cite web |date=September 21, 2019 |title=San Jose State rolls into Arkansas, stuns Razorbacks |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/09/21/san-jose-state-rolls-into-arkansas-stuns-razorbacks/ |access-date=April 20, 2020 |website=The Mercury News |archive-date=December 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214175859/https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/09/21/san-jose-state-rolls-into-arkansas-stuns-razorbacks/ |url-status=live }} He finished the season with for 3,923 passing yards and 22 touchdowns with a 60.9% completion percentage and was named first-team All-Mountain West Conference and was the first Spartan to be named the conference Offensive Player of the Year since San Jose State joined the conference.{{Cite web |date=December 4, 2019 |title=San Jose State's Love named Mountain West Offensive Player |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/sjsus-love-named-mountain-west-offensive-player-of-the-year |access-date=April 20, 2020 |website=The Mercury News |archive-date=May 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501005932/https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/12/04/sjsus-love-named-mountain-west-offensive-player-of-the-year/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Ringolsby |first=Tracy |date=December 4, 2019 |title=QB Josh Love 1st San Jose Spartan to Earn MW Offensive Player of the Year Honors |url=https://www.si.com/college/wyoming/around-the-mwc/qb-josh-love-1st-san-jose-spartan-to-earn-mw-offensive-player-of-the-year-honors |access-date=April 20, 2020 |website=SI.com |archive-date=May 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501005933/https://www.si.com/college/2019/12/04/qb-josh-love-1st-san-jose-spartan-to-earn-mw-offensive-player-of-the-year-honors |url-status=live }} Love finished his collegiate career with the third most passing yards in school history with 7,206 yards and seventh all-time with 43 touchdown passes.{{Cite web |last=Hellman |first=Sam |date=February 3, 2020 |title=PFF ranks top 10 quarterback prospects in NFL Draft |url=https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/NFL-Draft-2020-top-10-quarterback-prospects-ranked-PFF-Tua-Tagovailoa-Joe-Burrow-Jalen-Hurts-143269986/#143269986_10 |access-date=April 20, 2020 |website=247Sports.com |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212103955/https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/NFL-Draft-2020-top-10-quarterback-prospects-ranked-PFF-Tua-Tagovailoa-Joe-Burrow-Jalen-Hurts-143269986/#143269986_10 |url-status=live }}
= College statistics =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||||||
| colspan="16" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|San Jose State Spartans}}" | San Jose State Spartans | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2"| Season
! rowspan="2"| Team ! rowspan="2"| GP ! colspan="8"| Passing | ||||||||
| Comp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | ||
| 2015 | San Jose State
| 0 || colspan="7"| Redshirt | |||||||
| 2016 | San Jose State
| 12 || 31 || 60 || 51.7 || 392 || 2 || 5 || 100.9 | |||||||
| 2017 | San Jose State
| 9 || 92 || 170 || 54.1 || 928 || 5 || 7 || 101.4 | |||||||
| 2018 | San Jose State
| 8 || 162 || 289 || 56.1 || 1,963 || 14 || 9 || 122.9 | |||||||
| 2019 | San Jose State
| 12 || 293 || 481 || 60.9 || 3,923 || 22 || 8 || 141.2 | |||||||
| colspan="2"| Career | 41 | 578 | 1,000 | 57.8 | 7,206 | 43 | 29 | 126.7 |
Professional career
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=Los Angeles Rams=
Love signed with the Los Angeles Rams as an undrafted free agent on April 25, 2020, shortly after the conclusion of the 2020 NFL draft.{{Cite web |date=April 25, 2020 |title=Josh Love: Signing with Rams |url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/josh-love-signing-with-rams/ |access-date=April 25, 2020 |website=CBSSports.com |publisher=RotoWire |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028204231/https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/josh-love-signing-with-rams/ |url-status=live }} He was waived on August 25, 2020.{{Cite web |date=August 25, 2020 |title=Rams waive QB Josh Love, sign two linebackers |url=https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2020/08/25/rams-roster-josh-love-sign-linebackers/ |access-date=August 25, 2020 |website=Rams Wire |language=en-US |archive-date=September 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901154105/https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2020/08/25/rams-roster-josh-love-sign-linebackers/ |url-status=live }}
=Carolina Panthers=
Love was signed to the Carolina Panthers practice squad on November 2, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/11/02/panthers-signing-josh-love-to-practice-squad/|title=Panthers signing Josh Love to practice squad|first=Myles|last=Simmons|website=Profootballtalk.com|publisher=NBC Sports|date=November 2, 2021|access-date=November 2, 2021|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102150702/https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/11/02/panthers-signing-josh-love-to-practice-squad/|url-status=live}} He was released on November 9.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/josh-love-released-from-practice-squad/|title=Josh Love: Released from practice squad|website=CBSSports.com|publisher=RotoWire|date=November 9, 2021|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=February 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223154029/https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/josh-love-released-from-practice-squad/|url-status=live}}
=Pittsburgh Maulers=
Love was selected in the 12th round of the 2022 USFL draft by the Pittsburgh Maulers of the United States Football League (USFL).{{Cite web |last=Bittner |first=Adam |date=February 23, 2022 |title=USFL draft: Meet the Pittsburgh Maulers' inaugural class |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/other-sports/2022/02/23/USFL-draft-pittsburgh-maulers-picks-kyle-lauletta/stories/202202230092 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223145743/https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/other-sports/2022/02/23/USFL-draft-pittsburgh-maulers-picks-kyle-lauletta/stories/202202230092 |archive-date=February 23, 2022 |access-date=February 23, 2022 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}} He was released on May 10, 2022.
=Michigan Panthers=
On May 10, 2022, Love was claimed off waivers by the Michigan Panthers of the United States Football League (USFL).{{cite tweet |user=USFLPanthers |title=Roster Update |number=1524198850080112640 |date=May 10, 2022 |access-date=May 10, 2022}}
In the first game of the 2023 Michigan Panthers season, Love set the USFL record for highest completion percentage, with 90 percent of his passes having been completed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theusfl.com/the-usfl/josh-loves-sizzling-outing-helps-panthers-overcome-miscues-in-opening-win|title=JOSH LOVE'S SIZZLING OUTING HELPS PANTHERS OVERCOME MISCUES IN OPENING WIN|date=April 16, 2023|access-date=April 16, 2023|website=theusfl.com|language=en-US|archive-date=April 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417020126/https://www.theusfl.com/the-usfl/josh-loves-sizzling-outing-helps-panthers-overcome-miscues-in-opening-win|url-status=live}}
= Memphis Showboats =
On March 13, 2024, Love signed with the Memphis Showboats of the United Football League (UFL).{{Cite web |last=Larsen |first=James |date=2024-03-13 |title=Memphis Showboats Sign QB Josh Love, Waive Cole Kelley |url=https://pfnewsroom.com/news/memphis-showboats-sign-qb-josh-love-waive-cole-kelley/ |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Pro Football Newsroom |language=en-US}}
= Calgary Stampeders =
=Statistics=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+USFL statistics ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="2"| Games ! colspan="8"| Passing ! colspan="4"| Rushing | |||||||||||||
| {{abbr|GP|Games played}} | {{abbr|GS|Games started}} | {{abbr|Cmp|Passes completed}} | {{abbr|Att|Passes attempted}} | {{abbr|Pct|Completion percentage}} | {{abbr|Yds|Passing yards}} | {{abbr|Y/A|Yards per passing attempt}} | {{abbr|TD|Passing touchdowns}} | {{abbr|Int|Interceptions}} | {{abbr|Rtg|Passer rating}} | {{abbr|Att|Rushing attempts}} | {{abbr|Yds|Rushing yards}} | {{abbr|Avg|Yards per rushing attempt}} | {{abbr|TD|Rushing touchdowns}} |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2" | 2022 | PIT
|| 3 || 3 || 40 || 73 || 54.8 || 440 || 6.0 || 2 || 2 || 70.6 || 2 || 11 || 5.5 || 0 | ||||||||||||
| MICH
| 4 || 2 || 31 || 59 || 52.5 || 351 || 5.9 || 2 || 2 || 67.8 || 5 || 21 || 4.2 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2023 | MICH
| 9 || 9 || 143 || 236 || 60.6 || 1,556 || 6.6 || 13 || 10 || 80.8 || 27 || 49 || 1.8 || 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | MEM
| 4 || 1 || 38 || 55 || 69.1 || 313 || 5.7 || 2 || 3 || 72.8 || 7 || 10 || 1.4 || 1 | ||||||||||||
| colspan="2" |Career
!20 !15 !252 !423 !59.5 !2,660 !6.2 !19 !17 !75.7 !41 !91 !2.2 !1 |
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://sjsuspartans.com/sports/football/roster/josh-love/4524 San Jose State Spartans bio]
- [https://www.stampeders.com/players/josh-love/165304/ Calgary Stampeders bio]
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