In our final entry of our coach profile we take a look at
the youngest Love brother, Adrian Love.
Adrian
obviously grew up surrounded by talented football players, but surprisingly he
was not as invested as his brothers before him.
Adrian
was always a talent on the field; able to play multiple positions, even at a young
age.
Adrian’s biggest problem was he didn’t like
to practice. His teammates liked to call
him Cold Case because he was no where to be found during
practice, but during
the game he was a cold blooded killer.
Fortunately for
Adrian,
his brothers were able to get him focused on all aspects of the game and he
flourished because it. Unfortunately for
him,
Arlington High School was no longer the football
factory it once was, so local recognition was all he achieved. After dominating on
both sides of the ball on an inferior team (playing DE and TE),
Adrian decided to join Bill
Lynch’s Indiana Hoosiers. Lynch said
that
Adrian was
one of the most cerebral players he had ever coached. During his senior year,
Adrian just missed out on winning the John
Mackey award due to tearing his ACL.
Unfortunately with his injury coming so late in the season,
Adrian dropped completely
off of everyone’s draft board.
Fortunately, the Niners took a flier on him (at the behest of former
Niner scout Antwan Love) in the 6
th round. Unfortunately,
Adrian tried to come back from injury too
soon and was unable to stay healthy enough to stay on the field. During rehab, he started to coach his
nephew’s Pop Warner team and realized that coaching was also a passion. Although playing time was limited during his
NFL career,
Adrian
stayed focus in film sessions and drained his coaches of every drip of
knowledge he could mine. With the
success of his older brothers,
Adrian
was able to parlay his skills and join Antwan and his battering Blazers in 2010
as receivers coach.
“I’ve consistently shown that I can step out from the shadow
of my brothers and shine and this will be the year I prove that. I’m looking
forward to the opportunity to prove I deserve to be here.”
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