Christian McCaffrey is on pace for a Hall of Fame career, but he still is flattered to hear when a college football star is compared to him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeremiyah Love \u2014 who should join McCaffrey in a group of six running backs drafted<\/a> in the top 10 picks since 2017 when his name is called April 23<\/a> \u2014 has been likened to the 49ers star because of his three-down value as a rusher, receiver and pass protector.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s an honor because I think he is a hell of a player,\u201d a humble McCaffrey told The Post. \u201cNormally I get compared to white slot receivers or [fullback] Mike Alstott, so any time I\u2019m being compared to a beast like that I\u2019m all pumped up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Jeremiyah Love of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish participates in a drill during the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 28, 2026 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Getty Images<\/p>\n Love and McCaffrey started a relationship because one of Love\u2019s Notre Dame strength coaches is a former trainer of McCaffrey\u2019s. As the son of a former NFL receiver (Ed), McCaffrey is a willing mentor.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christian McCaffrey is on pace for a Hall of Fame career, but he still is flattered to hear…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[7743,349,17351,196077,99,358],"class_list":{"0":"post-550559","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-christian-mccaffrey","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-nfl-draft","11":"tag-nfl-draft-2026","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-sports-plus"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}