Jadarian Price Fantasy Football Value With Seattle Seahawks
Justin Carlucci analyzed the fantasy football impact after the Seattle Seahawks drafted Jadarian Price at pick No. 32 of the NFL Draft.
Who had a pair of Notre Dame running backs both going in the first round of their mock draft? Not me!
The Seahawks just added the “Robin” to the “Batman” of Notre Dame’s backfield at pick No. 32. Jadarian Price spent his last two seasons playing second fiddle to Jeremiyah Love, but mostly everything he touched turned into points on the scoreboard—20 scores on offense, plus three kick return TDs on just 22 career returns.
Price is an NFL runner, and the landing spot is very interesting after the departure of Kenneth Walker during free agency.
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Jadarian Price Fantasy Football Stock With The Seattle Seahawks
Price's fantasy value is almost entirely about opportunity, and I do believe he’ll have it in 2026.
His 2025 resume is better than his raw boxscore suggests. Price ran for 674 yards and 11 touchdowns on 113 carries as Notre Dame's change-of-pace back, added 2 receiving scores, and took 2 more kicks to the house.
He was a Paul Hornung Award finalist and a 2025 All-American as a kick returner. In his Rookie Super Model write-up, Dwain McFarland noted Price led the entire nation in 2025 at 37.5 yards per kick return.
Where it gets interesting is the film grade. McFarland's Rookie Super Model has Price at an 81 Film Rating—second-best in the entire 2026 RB class.
Ian Hartitz went a step further in his Fantasy Life scouting report and invented a metric called “Cool Shit”—touchdowns plus explosive plays plus tackles avoided, divided by carries plus targets. By that measure, Price topped every draft-eligible RB in the class last season, and that doesn't even factor in his return-game damage.
Should You Plan to Draft Jadarian Price this year?
Absolutely. Seattle did some head-scratching stuff on the ground last season, giving Zach Charbonnet a bulk of the goal-line work and leaving Walker to dance between the 20s.
Not only do I think Price will inherit a role pretty much immediately, but he will likely become one of the more important handcuffs across the fantasy landscape and a popular Zero RB best ball target.
Walker carried the ball 221 times during the regular season (37 more attempts than Charbonnet), which screams opportunity for Price. Our guy Matthew Freedman noted that he moved Price up half a round for rookie drafts.
2026 Scouting Report For Jadarian Price
Price measured 5-foot-11, 203 pounds and ran a 4.49-second 40 at the NFL Scouting Combine. In Dwain’s Rookie Super Model overview, that was good enough for a 99.9 Speed Score.
Price also forced missed tackles on 25% of his rushes and averaged 4.28 yards after contact. No back in this class hit a higher 10-plus-yard attempt rate than Price's 19%.
Ian called him a tough man to tackle, and the numbers agree—Price's 118.6 PFF Elusive Rating in 2025 ranked eighth among 84 qualified Power Four RBs.
However, Price produced almost nothing through the air—Dwain has his Career Targets Per Route Run at just 9%, an 11th-percentile mark, and Ian notes just 15 receptions across 41 career games. The passing-down work has to improve for him to earn every-down trust in the NFL. And in fantasy football.
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