Jordan Love Frisco Bowl Recap: Love solid in final collegiate performance

How did Jordan Love fare against Kent State in his final collegiate performance?

Utah State quarterback Jordan Love played in his final collegiate game on Friday night in the Frisco Bowl, as the Aggies took on the Kent State Golden Flashes. Many draft analysts were anticipating this game as one final look at Love before the 2020 NFL Draft process. So how did he fare in this game?

Love’s stat line ended with him completing 30 of 39 passing for 317 yards, three touchdowns, and one interception. Diving into the stat line, there’s a lot to like from this performance.

Early on in the game, Utah State played their traditional conservative way, giving Love easy throws on bubble screens and more throws behind the line of scrimmage. He did move the chains on a key third down on the Aggies’ opening drive, which led to a touchdown.

Love didn’t get a lot of opportunities early in the game to establish a rhythm throwing downfield, and he missed a couple 20+ yard throws early. He also threw a pick because of a drop by his receiver on a third down.

Love finally got things going in the second quarter with a couple of very nice back shoulder throws, one of which fell incomplete because of a nice play by a Kent State defender. His first touchdown pass was a well-placed ball to his big bodied receiver, who boxed out his defender well on the play.

In the second half, Love fed off of intermediate comeback throws and showed off the arm strength. His second touchdown came on a nice comeback throw, where his receiver finished off the rest. Love’s third touchdown came on a scramble drill in the red zone where he found an open receiver in the corner of the end zone.

When looking at the final chart, there’s a lot to like. Jordan Love stuck to his traits in this one, completing five of six and a touchdown out of the pocket while hitting 50 percent (3/6) on 20+ yard throws. The offense in the game had Love throwing a lot behind the line of scrimmage (8/8) with mixed results. Let’s not forget about his mobility, as he picked up a couple key first downs with his legs.

Jordan Love was efficient outside the hashes and in the red zone, which when put all together, proved to be a very good performance. However, we should pump the brakes a little bit. Kent State isn’t a good defense, but at least Love did what he needed to do in his final game.

It’s on to the Senior Bowl and the pre-draft process for Love, and that could determine where he ends up going in the 2020 NFL Draft.