Cardinals' top pick Jeremiyah Love explains why he plans to never touch his $53M NFL salary

As NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell commissioner Roger Goodell called the names of prospects past week, lives were instantly changed successful much ways than one.

From a fiscal perspective, it’s a monolithic payday, particularly for those first-rounders. And being astute with the millions of dollars that are guaranteed for those apical prospects is preached each astir the league.

One of those players is Jeremiyah Love, the Arizona Cardinals’ No. 3 wide prime who volition beryllium the highest-paid moving backmost successful the NFL earlier helium adjacent takes a snap. He gets a afloat guaranteed $53 cardinal implicit 4 years with his draught slot, and the Cardinals tin workout a fifth-year enactment arsenic well.

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Jeremiyah Love of Notre Dame celebrates aft being selected arsenic the 3rd wide prime by the Arizona Cardinals during the archetypal circular of the 2026 NFL Draft astatine Acrisure Stadium successful Pittsburgh, Pa., connected April 23, 2026. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)

It’s a communal question for prospects to answer: what volition beryllium their archetypal acquisition aft the draft? Love, though, had different things successful mind, astatine slightest with his NFL crippled checks he’ll beryllium getting.

"I’m not spending immoderate of my NFL checks," Love said to BRGridiron. "All that money, my fiscal advisor’s going to instrumentality attraction of each of that. I don’t cognize astir it, it ain’t my job. It’s going to beryllium determination making much and much money."

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Instead, Love said helium would walk his endorsement wealth during his career. Even then, helium isn’t reasoning astir a lavish manner for himself.

"First happening I mightiness bargain with my selling wealth is simply a location for my parents, car for my dad," helium explained. "Shoot, I’m gonna enactment myself last. I’m going to instrumentality attraction of my household first."

Jeremiyah Love of Notre Dame arrives successful Pittsburgh earlier the 2026 NFL Draft connected April 23, 2026. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)

It’s rather the reply from Love, and aft proceeding sentiments from coaches and teammates alike, it’s thing he’s been looking guardant to doing.

In the video, BRGridiron asked different prospects who heard their names called successful the archetypal circular the aforesaid question. Players similar Philadelphia Eagles receiver Makai Lemon were besides reasoning astir his parents, looking guardant to purchasing a location for them, portion others similar Los Angeles Rams backmost Ty Simpson and Chicago Bears information Dillon Thieneman were reasoning astir immoderate caller wheels.

Of course, it’s their wealth to walk now, but being first-rounders usually leads to galore selling opportunities with large paydays arsenic well.

Jeremiyah Love of Notre Dame poses with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell aft being selected 3rd wide by the Arizona Cardinals during the archetypal circular of the 2026 NFL Draft astatine Acrisure Stadium successful Pittsburgh, Pa., connected April 23, 2026. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)

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Perhaps the prospects tin travel successful Love’s steps successful that regard. Either way, the imagination of playing successful the NFL comes with the imagination of imaginable generational wealth.

These players earned it, and Love is making definite he’s being astute with it.

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