Jadarian Price
Experience
POSITION STATS LAST SEASON
Position-Specific Grades
COMBINE RESULTS
The Takeaway
The Player
Price averaged 6 yards per carry (with a career high of 9.4 carries per game in 2025) and rushed for 21 touchdowns in three seasons at Notre Dame. But he averaged only 6.8 carries per game, so he won’t enter the NFL with a lot of wear and tear. He didn’t run as fast as expected at the combine, but he’s an explosive runner and a threat to pull away when he gets a seam. He lowers his pads and falls forward at the end of runs. He has some explosive finishing power, flashes an effective stiff-arm, and can step out of tackles when he gets into space.
His patience and vision appeared to get better over the course of last season, but he often tends to bounce outside or cut back, and there’s too much east-west in his game. He’s not a pile pusher in short-yardage situations, and he shows some tightness when he gets into space. He was targeted just 18 times as a receiver and caught a total of 15 passes in college, but he’s a natural hands catcher who tracks the ball well and can develop into a threat after the catch.
He’s unafraid to step up and meet defenders as a pass blocker, even if his technique in that area is a work in progress. Ball security is an issue. He fumbled three times even though he got just 113 carries last season, all of which were inside the 10-yard line, and two of which he lost.
He’s dangerous in the return game, averaging 37.8 yards per kickoff return and getting three touchdowns in his college career. He exhibited good contact balance on each of the two kickoffs he returned for touchdowns last season.
The Draft
Price grades out as a mid-to-late second-round pick, but he could still be the second back drafted in this year’s class.
The Projection
Price is a rotational back who can make an immediate impact as a returner and develop into a team’s primary ballcarrier. Tony Pollard was never the primary ballcarrier at Memphis, but he was a dangerous kickoff returner. Their frames and testing results are similar. At the NFL level, Pollard backed up Ezekiel Elliott for three seasons, and then he rushed for more than 1,000 yards in each of the next four seasons.