Arizona: 3L... Projected starter at cornerback opposite Michael Jolivette entering 2003 fall drills… Played in all 12 games and started seven games during the 2002 season… Finished the year with 39 tackles (30 solo), five pass breakups, one tackle for loss, one fumble recovery and a forced fumble in his first season at corner… Returned seven kicks for 131 yards and averaged 18.7 yards per return (second on the team)… Had a season-best 29-yard kickoff return in the California game… Had six tackles, including a tackle for loss, versus Arizona State… Had a season-best five kickoff returns for 99 yards and broke up two passes at California… Had two solo tackles against UCLA… Tallied a career-best eight tackles versus North Texas and had six solo hits at Oregon State… Notched four solo hits at Stanford and two solo tackles against Washington State… Had three tackles, forced a fumble and broke up a pass at Washington… Had three tackles and broke up a pass versus Oregon… Returned two kickoffs for 32 yards and had two solo hits at Wisconsin… Notched two tackles versus Utah… Recovered a fumble, broke up a pass and had a solo hit in the season opener against Northern Arizona… Made the switch from wide receiver to defensive back at the start of 2002 spring drills, and his open-field skills and speed put him in the mix, especially when injuries decimated the secondary... Played in all 11 games at wide receiver and as a member of the special teams unit in 2001 and finished with two catches for 26 yards... Returned 15 kicks for 386 yards and averaged 25.7 yards per return... Had a career-long return of 59 yards in the California game… Finished the year with eight solo hits and one assisted tackle as a member of the punt coverage team... Returned three kicks for 79 yards and had a tackle versus Stanford... Totaled 103 yards on three returns at California and had a solo hit on special teams... Had one return for 38 yards against USC... Recovered a fumble and returned it 10 yards to set up an Arizona touchdown in the third quarter... Had two returns for 59 yards against UNLV and two returns for 35 yards and a solo tackle against Washington State... Had two solo hits versus Idaho and a solo tackle in the first game of the year at San Diego State... Played in nine games for the Wildcats in 2000 and was a key kicking teams player... Made an impact as a kickoff return threat and coverage man on punts... Proved he has speed and the potential to break the big one... Returned 15 kicks for 318 yards and averaged 21.2 yards per return... Ended the season with five tackles (four solo) as a member of the punt coverage team... Earned Pac-10 Player of the Week honors for Oct. 14 for his special teams work in the Washington State game... Totaled 126 yards on six returns, including a 37-yard return, and tallied two solo tackles on kick coverage in UA’s overtime victory over Washington State... Returned a kick in the Washington and UCLA games for 14 and 17 yards, respectively... Had two kickoff returns for 47 yards at Oregon... Had a return for 25 yards at USC and a return for 21 yards against San Diego State... Finished with three returns for 68 yards against Ohio State... Fractured his left foot at Washington and missed the last two games of the season... Opened the 2000 spring game with a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown... Redshirted in 1999... Love was a 1998 signee who did not attend school in 1998.
High School: Thomas Jefferson High School, Los Angeles, Calif., 1998... Three-year starter as receiver, corner and punt returner for coach Hank Johnson... Received six of 10 votes for second-team honors in the Best in the West poll, more than any other UA recruit... PrepStar All-America... First-team all-conference honors... Had 34 receptions for 940 yards and 12 touchdowns... Also scored three times running the ball... Recruited by several Pac-10 and Big Ten programs... Honor roll his senior year... Worked at a day care center one summer teaching children the alphabet.
Love’s Career Stats
Defense
Year G-GS UT AT TT TFL Other
2002 12-7 30 9 39 1.0-1 5 PD, 1 FR, 1 FF
Kick Return
Year KOR Avg. Long
2000 15-318 21.2 37
2001 15-386 25.7 59
2002 7-131 18.7 29
Totals 37-835 22.6 59
Receiving
Year G-GS Rec. Yards Avg. TD Long
2000 6-0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 11-0 2 26 13.0 0 22
Totals 17-0 2 26 13.0 0 22
