College football season is nearing, and former CBC standout Jeremiyah Love is receiving plenty of preseason “love” after an outstanding sophomore year at Notre Dame.
Long-time National Football League draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. of ESPN has tabbed Love as the No. 1 running back in his latest NFL Draft rankings.
Despite late-season injuries, 6’0” 214-pound Love helped the Fighting Irish to a berth in the national championship game of the College Football Playoff.
Love rushed for 1,125 yards on 163 carries and scored 17 touchdowns. He averaged nearly seven yards per carry. He also caught 28 passes for 237 yards and two more touchdowns. He had one of the most electrifying runs of the 2024 season, which was a 98-yard dash in Notre Dame’s victory over Indiana in the CFP first round.
Love has also received plenty of Preseason All-American recognition as well. He was selected to the Walter Camp Preseason All-American First Team and the Athlon Sports Preseason All-American First Team.
As a senior at CBC, Love led the Cadets to the Class 6 state championship. He scored four touchdowns in the Cadets’ overtime victory over Lee’s Summit North in the championship game.
Adkinson, Stowers stay near home
Webster Groves boys’ basketball standout guard Scottie Adkisson has committed to the University of Missouri. On the girls’ side, standout forward Kennedy Stowers of Lutheran St. Charles will play at Illinois State.
Adkinson will play for head coach Dennis Gates after averaging 24.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.2 steals a game while shooting 42% from 3-point range. During the summer grassroots season, he has been playing with the MoKan Elite 16U team on the Nike EYBL circuit.
Adkinson, the respective St. Louis American and Gatorade Player of the Year, led Webster Groves to the Class 5 state championship a in 2025.
Stowers is a 6’2” senior forward who has been a starter for Lutheran St. Charles since her freshman year. In her freshman year, Stowers helped the Cougars to the Class 5 state championship. She helped lead Lutheran to a runner-up finish in the state finals as a sophomore.
As a junior, Stowers averaged 13 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.0 steals while shooting 56 percent from the field in helping lead the Cougars to a 23-5 record. She is currently playing with the Napheesa Collier Elite 17U team during the summer grassroots season.
Earl’s World
STL area high school football standouts are finding college football homes in a frenzy…Defensive end Titan Davis of Class 6 state champion DeSmet has given a commitment to Michigan…Safety Keenan Harris of SLUH is headed to Missouri…Joining Harris at Mizzou will be wide receiver Devyon Hill-Lomax of East St. Louis…Fresno State has landed defensive end Jake Plummer of CBC…Defensive back Nick McClellan of CBC will be a Wildcat at Kansas State, as will defensive back Garrick Dixon of Fort Zumwalt North…Running back Jordan Taylor of SLUH is going west to Sacramento State…Defensive back Kameron Hurst of Lift for Life will play at Washington State…Tight end Gabe Weaver of MICDS will join Minnesota, defensive back Nick Hankins of Belleville West has committed to Illinois, and wide receiver Kortez Rupert of East St. Louis is also Big Ten bound and destined for Indiana….I am making my annual trek to Louisville, KY to attend the Run 4 Roses, billed as the largest girls basketball exposure event in the world. The event, which features more than 1,000 girls’ grassroots American and international basketball programs, is spread over 100 courts at the Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center and Freedom Hall. The St. Louis area will be represented by teams including Napheesa Collier Elite, Lady Brad Beal Elite and Missouri Phenom. There are also 75 teams from the state of Missouri in the event as well.