Jadarian Price

Although Price was one of the more surprising first-round picks in the 2026 NFL Draft, it's an outcome that wasn't entirely out of nowhere. This is the same Seattle organization that spent a second-round pick on Zach Charbonnet when Kenneth Walker was already a capable starter, so with Walker now gone and Charbonnet recovering from an ACL tear, it made sense to target Price with the 32nd overall pick. At 5-foot-11, 203, Price doesn't quite have the prototypical build for a starting RB in the NFL, nor does he offer elite speed (4.49 40) or high-end college production. The latter can be easily excused given that Jeremiyah Love was the guy blocking Price from snaps at Notre Dame, but Price's middling size-speed profile is perhaps a bigger concern. As an off-the-bench player, Price was consistently explosive as a runner (6.0 yards per carry, 21 touchdowns on 280 carries) and lethal as a kick returner (three TDs on 22 returns), repeatedly showing big-play ability beyond what his middling 40 time suggests. With Charbonnet likely to miss at least a chunk of the season after February surgery, there's a wide-open opportunity for Price to quickly emerge as the lead runner for the defending champs, ahead of Emanuel Wilson, George Holani and others. Passing-down work may be a tougher task to earn, given that Price finished his Notre Dame career with just 15 catches and fewer than 600 offensive snaps across three seasons. Read Past Outlooks