Jadarian
Price.
Jadarian
Price.
Notre Dame· 5'10"· 210 lb
"Compact one-cut back with a decisive foot in the ground and legit breakaway speed; the story is whether the Achilles rehab and shared-backfield touch count scale to a lead role."Pre-draft read
Fits cleanest as the 1B in an outside-zone or wide-zone system, aligned single-back with a short pre-snap set and a fast press of the line. Primary win trait is decisiveness — one-cut foot plant, no wasted lateral steps, and an immediate downhill angle that lets him hit the second level before linebackers can trigger. Secondary trait is long speed; once he clears the second level the tape shows a real second gear that turns 12-yard runs into 40-yard runs.
Contact balance is above average for his frame, and he finishes runs by falling forward through the arm tackle. Pass-pro reps are willing but still developing — he squares up rushers and takes on the fit rather than diving at ankles. Hands are quiet on flare and swing routes and he tracks the ball naturally on the wheel.
Shanahan outside zone run game
Year 1 complementary back in a 1A/1B committee, with a ceiling as an efficient every-down starter if the durability holds.
Gap/power scheme that relies on creativity for yardage or short-yardage conversions.
Price projects as a highly efficient and explosive zone runner who adds value as a receiver, but his durability and lead-back workload capacity remain the key questions.
Jadarian Price | 2025 Highlights
Senior-year cut-up: one-cut plants, second-level speed, receiving-back reps.
Notre Dame vs Texas A&M: 47-yard TD run
Signature 2024 wide-zone touchdown that pushed him into the Round 1 conversation.
Notre Dame's Jadarian Price Might Be the 2nd Best RB in the Country | The McShay Show
Pre-draft evaluation and tape breakdown of the Notre Dame backfield split with Love.
Jadarian Price projected as one of the class's best change-of-pace prospects, a compact, decisive one-cut back primarily suited for a 1B role. His evaluation centered on his efficiency and ability to hit the second level quickly for big gains. He offered a clear fit for teams employing outside or wide-zone schemes, given his running style and top-end speed.
Price arrived at Notre Dame as a four-star recruit but lost his entire 2023 season to an Achilles tear. He returned in 2024 to complement Jeremiyah Love, showcasing efficient yards per carry and critical receiving work from the backfield. A 47-yard touchdown run against Texas A&M in 2024, utilizing a wide-zone scheme and a clean cutback, was a key play that elevated his draft stock.
The evaluation faced flags concerning his Achilles injury history and whether his college workload, split over two years, could scale to a lead-back role. Despite these concerns, Price was generally projected as a late first-round pick, seen as an ideal 1B who possessed potential to develop into a primary back. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks at pick 32 in the first round.
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Decisive one-cut foot
plants and gets downhill with zero wasted lateral steps, which is why the yards-per-carry stays high behind average blocking.
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Legit second gear
once he clears the linebacker level the top-end speed shows up, turning 12-yard runs into house calls on wide-zone tape.
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Contact balance for the frame
squares up defensive backs, drops the pad late, and consistently falls forward through the first arm tackle.
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Complementary skill set
usable third-down back with quiet hands on swings, wheels, and check-releases; separates late on angle routes out of the backfield.
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Rehab arc and durability since
returned from a 2023 Achilles tear as a full-workload complement in 2024 with no visible speed loss on the tape.
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Workload questions
never carried a true lead-back share at Notre Dame because he split touches with Jeremiyah Love, so projecting 250 carries is theoretical.
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Achilles medical flag
spring 2023 Achilles rupture will run through every medical room and cap the confidence some teams have in a lead-back projection.
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Creation on broken plays
vision is decisive but not elite when the front-side gap dies; more of a hitter of the crease than a maker of it.
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Pass protection technique
willing and physical but still developing the footwork to sustain against NFL inside blitzers on true dropback down and distance.
| Yr | Team | G | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | RecYds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 13 | 47 | 272 | 3 | 5 | 65 |
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 16 | 120 | 746 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
| 2025 | Notre Dame | 12 | 113 | 674 | 11 | 6 | 87 |
| Career | — | 41 | 280 | 1692 | 21 | 15 | 162 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
- C.J. CarrQB21%
- Jeremiyah LoveRB9%
- Jordan FaisonWR8%
#10 of 18 tracked contributors · Production leaned on volume · Offense explosiveness 1.50 (p99) · CFBD — usage x PPA per tracked player
Complementary starter who can shoulder a lead role in flashes and doubles as a legit third-down back.
Compact one-cut back who wins with decisiveness and long speed rather than volume-back power.
Change-of-pace back whose efficient carries never scale into a full lead-back workload.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Pre-draft context: Notre Dame's 1B in a two-headed backfield with Jeremiyah Love, Price arrived in South Bend as a four-star and lost the 2023 season to a spring Achilles tear before returning in 2024 as a full-workload complement. Around 5'10", 210 pounds, he offered the class's cleanest one-cut, wide-zone tape and a legit second gear at the second level. The board consensus was late Round 1 as an ideal 1B with 1A upside — the evaluation lived on the tension between decisive-runner efficiency and two real flags (Achilles medical, never a true lead-back share).
NFL fit — Seattle Seahawks: Seattle took Price at 32 to modernize a backfield that had been searching for a decisive wide-zone finisher in an offensive system emphasizing wide-zone concepts. The fit reads clean: he plays 1B on early downs, gets the third-down snaps his receiving work has already earned, and inherits the outside-zone plan without needing a schematic bridge. Whether he grows into 1A depends on two things — the offensive line's ability to keep front-side gaps open long enough for his plant-and-go style, and whether the medical staff greenlights a 200-plus-carry share year one. Contact balance and long speed should show up week one on chunk runs; the pass-pro reps and short-yardage share are the two areas that will need to grow.
Retrospective: Too early for a career call — Price is a July 2026 rookie whose first camp starts weeks from this profile. The evaluation to track: does the Achilles rehab stay clean over a real NFL workload, and does the pass-game usage grow into a genuine three-down role, or does he settle in as an efficient complement who never fully separates from a committee? The floor is a decade-long rotational back with real chunk-run juice; the ceiling is a Cook-style lead who prints 1,200-yard seasons because the wide-zone system amplifies his best trait.