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Aaron Love
Junior
Wide Receiver
Detroit, MD/Southfield

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: Double threat at both wide receiver and on punt returns as a junior...All-American and All-Colonial Athletic Association candidate for the Blue Hens...one of the league’s most dangerous big-play threats...the top returning receiver in the CAA for both receptions and receiving yards per game and No. 4 among returning CAA punt return specialists...has earned several pre-season honors...teams with All-American QB candidate Joe Flacco and returning starting receivers Kervin Michaud and Mark Duncan to form one of the top passing threats in the country at the FCS level...named pre-season first team All-CAA at wide receiver in voting by the league head coaches and media members and pre-season second team All-CAA honors by Phil Steele’s College Football Preview Magazine...two-year letterwinner who will start at wide receiver and return punts for the third straight year...can also serve as a holder on placements if needed...one of the smallest members of the team but also one of the fastest and most elusive in the open field...also an effective downfield blocker...can also throw the ball and could fill in as an emergency quarterback if needed...has played in 21 career gams with 13 starts...team’s active career leader with 82 receptions for 988 yards and six touchdowns and a 12.0-yard per catch average...has also carried 10 times in his career for 67 yards and returned 38 punts for 10.5-yard average...has posted four career 100-yard receiving games...has attempted two career passes (both incomplete) off reverse plays...needs 12 yards receiving to become just 21st player in UD history to reach 1,000 career yards...ranks No. 14 all-time at Delaware in career receptions with 82 and needs 18 to become the 10th player to reach the 100-catch mark...3.9 catches per game for career ranks No. 4 all-time at UD...career punt return average of 10.5 ranks No. 3 all-time at Delaware with 38 returns ranking No. 11 and 398 yards ranking No. 8...enters 2007 season having caught at least one pass in nine straight games...did not play in Blue-White Spring Game in April due to an injury...2006: One of the top double threats in the Atlantic 10...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...named Blue Hen Touchdown Club Offensive Player of the Week twice (vs. Richmond and James Madison)...caught five or more passes seven times and had 60 or more yards receiving six times...had four consecutive 100-yard receiving efforts late in the season, falling just one game 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...ended season with seven receptions for 69 yards vs. Villanova...had two season-high punt return for 42 yards (vs. West Chester and Rhode Island)...team went 5-6 under head coach K.C. Keeler...had game-high three receptions for 48 yards in Blue-White Spring Game, including a 34-yard scoring pass from Joe Flacco...2005: 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...had 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 Delaware touchdown...picked up 51 yards on three returns vs. West Chester...caught one pass for two yards in spring game...2004: Did not see game action and retained freshman eligibility...team went 9-4, won the Atlantic 10 title, and advanced to the NCAA I-AA quarterfinals.

Personal: Aaron Christopher Love...born Dec. 1, 1986...son of Michael and Alisha Love...criminal justice major at Delaware...one of four children...mother played college volleyball at School Craft College...worked at former NLF All-Pro Jerome Bettis Football Camp in Detroit in summer of 2005.

 
 
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