#17
Aaron Love
Senior
Wide Receiver
Detriot, Mich./Southfield HS

High School: Two-year starter in football at Southfield High School for coach David Reese...also competed in sprints for track and field team and played basketball...played wide receiver and kick returner...earned All-Oakland Athletics Association, all-metro, and honorable mention All-State honors as a senior in 2003 when he caught 56 passes for 755 yards and nine touchdowns...as a junior caught 19 passes for 361 yards and 11 touchdowns...recorded nearly 2,000 return yards his final two seasons...captain of football team as a senior...National Honor Society student.

At Delaware: Fifth-year senior and one of the nation’s top returning pass catchers and punt return specialists...All-American candidate as a double-threat who can break open a game at any time....diminutive at 5-9 and 160 lbs. but uses speed and crisp route running to get open....despite size has missed just two games in his career...back at full strength after missing spring drills with a sports hernia...team’s most sure-handed wide receiver...forms with fellow two-year starters Kervin Michaud and Mark Duncan to give Delaware one of the top pass receiving corps in the country...pre-season first team All-Colonial Athletic Association by CAA head coaches and by Phil Steele’s College Football Preview Magazine...ranks No. 3 among returning CAA receivers in receptions and yards...ranks No. 6 among active NCAA FCS players with 55 punt returns and No. 7 with 520 return yards entering season...for his career has appeared in 35 games with 20 starts and caught 155 passes for 1,997 yards (12.9 avg.) and nine touchdowns, returned 55 punts for 520 yards (9.4 avg.), carried 10 times for 67 yards (6.7), and completed 1 of 4 passes for 42 yards...ranks No. 5 all-time at Delaware in receptions and needs just 37 to tie the all-time UD record of 192 by Eddie Conti in 1994-98...4.4 career receptions per game ranks No. 1 all-time at Delaware...No. 5 all-time in career receiving yards with 1,997 and needs just three yards to become the fifth UD player to reach the 2,000-yard plateau...No. 6 all-time with 57.0 yards receiving per game for career...No. 4 all-time at UD in punt return yards (520), No. 6 in punt returns (55), and No. 9 in avg. (9.4)...enters 2008 season having caught at least one pass in 22 straight games and has posted eight 100-yard receiving games...versatile athlete who can also serve as holders on placements and as an emergency quarterback.

2007 Season: One of the nation’s top pass catchers as he led Delaware to an 11-4 record and a berth in the FCS national championship game...played in 14 games with seven starts...sat out Monmouth game with rib injury...earned The Sports Network honorable mention All-American honors and first team All-CAA laurels...named Blue Hen Touchdown Club Offensive Player of the Week and earned a spot on SME Network Weekly Honor Roll for performance in early season win over Rhode Island...led team with 73 receptions for 1,009 yards (13.8 avg.) and three touchdowns...73 receptions was the second most in school history for a season behind only’s Eddie Conti’s 91 receptions in 1998...became only seventh player in UD history to surpass 1,000 yards receiving in a season...longest catch of the season went for 38 yards...caught at least one pass in all 14 games he played...ranked No. 6 in the CAA in receiving yards per game (72.1/40th in NCAA) and No. 7 in receptions (5.21/41st in NCAA)...returned 17 punts for 122 yards (7.2 avg.)...ranked No. 5 in punt return average (7.2/53rd in NCAA)...hauled in a season-high 10 passes each vs. Rhode Island (137 yards and one TD) and New Hampshire (107 yards) and had nine vs. James Madison (94 yards)...surpassed 100 yards receiving in a game four times with 10 for 137 yards vs. Rhode Island, seven for 107 vs. Towson, 10 for 107 vs. UNH, and seven for 101 in national title game vs. Appalachian State...hauled in touchdowns vs. Rhode Island, Navy, and Richmond...had season-high 19-yard punt return vs. West Chester...attempted two passes on the season off reverses, throwing an incomplete pass vs. James Madison and completing his first career past in four tries on a 42-yarder to Omar Cuff in the NCAA semifinal win vs. Southern Illinois...was named pre-season first team All-CAA in voting by the league head coaches and media members and pre-season second team All-CAA honors by Phil Steele...did not play in spring game due to an injury.

2006 Season: Earned third team All-Atlantic 10 honors at wide receiver...played in 10 games (missed Hofstra game with rib injury that hampered him much of the season) with six starts...caught 58 passes for 740 yards and four touchdowns with a 12.8-yard per catch average...led team in yardage and was second in catches behind consensus first team All-American and Arizona Cardinals draft pick Ben Patrick...ranked No. 4 in the Atlantic 10 in receptions per game (5.80; 18th in NCAA) and No. 4 in receiving yards per game (74.0; 29th in NCAA)...58 receptions were the seventh highest single season total in UD history and his 5.8 receptions per game ranked No. 3 all-time...carried three times for 10 yards...returned 11 punts for 112 yards and a 10.2 average to rank No. 5 in the Atlantic 10...Blue Hen Touchdown Club Offensive Player of the Week twice (vs. Richmond and James Madison)...caught five or more passes seven times...had four consecutive 100-yard receiving efforts late in the season, falling just one shy of the UD record...after missing Hofstra game in Week 6, came back to post huge numbers over final five games of the season...caught seven passes for a career-high 160 yards and two touchdowns vs. Richmond, career-high 12 catches (No. 5 in a single game at UD) for 126 yards and one touchdown vs. Towson, eight catches for 120 yards vs. James Madison, and eight catches for 106 yards vs. William & Mary...had two season-high punt return for 42 yards (vs. West Chester and Rhode Island)...team went 5-6...had game-high three receptions for 48 yards in spring game, including a 34-yard scoring pass from Joe Flacco.

2005 Season: Enjoyed a solid collegiate debut as a redshirt freshman...moved into a starting spot at wide receiver vs. Towson and went on to start the final seven contests...led all wide receivers with 24 receptions for 248 yards (10.3 avg.) and two touchdowns...carried the ball seven times for 57 yards (8.1 avg.) on reverse plays and also attempted a pass that went incomplete vs. James Madison...earned third team All-Atlantic 10 honors as a punt returner after he averaged 10.6 yards per return...returned 27 punts for 286 yards (10.6 avg.) with a long return of 54 yards...ranked third in the Atlantic 10 and 27th in NCAA I-AA in punt return average...286 return yards were the fourth highest single season mark in UD history and his 10.6 average was sixth best in UD history...led team to 6-5 record...caught a pass in every game except Holy Cross and James Madison...recorded season-highs for receptions and yards vs. Maine when he had eight catches for 78 yards and also recorded a tackle...had four catches for 45 yards and a touchdown vs. West Chester...caught three passes for 28 yards and a touchdown vs. William & Mary...scored game-winner vs. William & Mary on a six-yard reception from Sonny Riccio with 4:17 left...season-long 39-yard reception vs. Maine...carried the ball four times for a career-high 54 yards vs. James Madison, including a season-long carry of 39 yards...top game as a punt returner came vs. Holy Cross when he returned two kicks for 61 yards, including a season-long 54-yarder that set up a touchdown...51 yards on three returns vs. West Chester.

2004 Season: Did not see game action...retained freshman eligibility...team went 9-4, won the Atlantic 10 title, and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals.

Personal: Aaron Christopher Love...born Dec. 1, 1986...son of Michael and Alisha Love...human services major at Delaware...one of four children...mother played college volleyball at School Craft College...has worked at former NFL All-Pro Jerome Bettis Football Camp in Detroit as well as those by Dwight Smith and Sidney Rice during the summers.

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