Jadarian Price primed for fruitful start to career with Seahawks

Jadarian Price will get the chance to establish himself as the Seattle Seahawks’ starting running back next season.

Price was widely regarded as the No. 2 running back in the 2026 NFL Draft class behind his Notre Dame teammate Jeremiyah Love heading into the draft. Seattle seized the opportunity to select the 22-year-old Price and insert him into a mutually beneficial situation in Seattle.

Zach Charbonnet, the Seahawks’ starting running back, will be out to begin the 2026 NFL season as he nurses a torn ACL, which will give Price the opportunity to assert himself as the featured back on the team.

Emanuel Wilson will be Price’s biggest competition for touches in 2026. However, Wilson has yet to amass more than 502 rushing yards in any of his three seasons in the league thus far.

The Seahawks are down a 1,000-yard rusher after Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III departed for the Kansas City Chiefs in free agency.

So does Price have the potential to be a 1,000-yard rusher himself at the NFL level? And if so, how soon?

Price has the tools to lay the foundation for a fruitful career with 1,000-yard seasons in his future as a rookie, whether or not he achieves the feat in year one. He averaged six yards per carry last season at Notre Dame. Price’s productivity with every touch he received suggests that his game is capable of translating to the next level.

The Texas native showed that he was more than capable of using his acceleration after finding holes in the defense to beat defensive backs down the field in 2025. His graceful strides and speed with the ball are special traits that he possesses.

The Seahawks ran the ball more than all but three teams in the NFL last season with 507 rushing attempts. The Seahawks are a run-heavy offense that will present Price with all of the opportunities he needs to maximize his yardage in 2026. He’ll need to earn it in training camp and show why he was worthy of the No. 32 overall pick in the draft. But his body of work suggests that he’s capable of doing so.