Edmond Santa Fe’s Love lacks size, but has ability to play at next level
EDMOND — Kamron Love’s listed height and weight is jarring.
Five feet, 11 inches and 135 pounds, not exactly the size that college recruiters knock each other over to win a recruiting battle.
“I’m doing everything I can to gain it,” Love said.
Love’s dream is to follow his father’s footsteps to the collegiate level.
He has added an inch and 15 pounds since Edmond Santa Fe’s roster came out last season. He is on a diet full of protein and carbs, eating hourly each day with the hope he can reach 160 or 170 pounds soon.
Despite his diminutive frame, Love has good skills as a hard-hitting, aggressive defensive
back who is ranked No. 29 on The Oklahoman’s Super 30 recruit rankings for the upcoming senior class.
“I’m just trying to make it to college,” Love said. “Free education is my goal, because once you have education and a degree you can do anything really. I love football. I want to play football in college and that’s allowing me to get an education for free.”
Love has already picked up a half dozen Division I scholarship offers from Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Army, Charlotte, Howard, Indiana State and Navy.
Bigger schools have shown interest, but his weight has been an issue.
It just wasn’t on the field last season.
Playing safety for the Wolves, Love totaled 60 tackles and had four interceptions. He packed a punch, too, when he hit ballcarriers despite his frame.
“A lot of people don’t think I like to come down and hit but I like to hit people,” Love said with a smile. “I like to hit. I think that makes up for it.”
In the upcoming season, Love is also expected to be a wide receiver.
Last season, he caught one pass for 35 yards and he’s played the position before high school. Now, he’s hoping that will lead to even more recruiting attention.
At this point, Love is widely regarded as a better player than his father Sean, who played receiver at Oklahoma State and is now an assistant coach at John Marshall High School.
Kamron has watched film of his father at OSU and in his Arena Football League days. He’s learned from that as he’s picked Sean’s brain on what a receiver is thinking, route options and moves.
“Now I’m his dad, but he’s always been a phenomenal athlete,” Sean said. “He runs routes better than I do and he plays defense better than I did. His agility has always been pretty good.
“Just training with him individually, he wants to work. He wants to get better. He wants to know the latest techniques, what’s the best way to do things.”
Kamron feels ready to take the next step. His recent offer from Navy could be a building block to something bigger, even if he isn’t big himself.
“That’s the million-dollar question,” Edmond Santa Fe coach Kyle White said about Love’s future. “The people who have come by really like him. He’s going to get to go play somewhere and it’s going to be fun to watch him.”