Jadarian Price didn’t exactly kick the door down on his way into the first-round conversation. He sort of slipped through it, smiled, and then made himself impossible to ignore.
Somewhere between a “promising prospect” and “wait, he might actually be the second-best back in this class,” the Jadarian Price buzz turned into something louder, sharper, harder to dismiss.
For the Seattle Seahawks, that timing feels almost suspiciously perfect. Because just as Price’s stock is rising, Seattle’s backfield has never looked more … available.
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There’s a particular kind of chaos that follows when a team loses not just a starter, but a centerpiece. When Kenneth Walker III packed his bags for the Kansas City Chiefs, he didn’t only leave behind carries and touchdowns. He left behind a rhythm.
When Price talked about his time at Notre Dame, it wasn’t in the vague, draft-prospect way of “I can do everything.” It was specific. Intentional. He described an offense that lived in that same equilibrium Seattle loves, where a running back isn’t just a runner but a participant in the story of the game.
“Well, I really like the way we did things this year, we were the most efficient and balanced offense in college football. We were literally like a 50-50 pass run. I think teams like this, like Seattle, who are very similar, like very split in the middle, like 50-50 pass run. Makes you see the opportunity as a running back to see what you could do in the run game and the pass game and get in the flow of the game,” Price said on the “Up & Adams” Show.
The subtext possibly said: I fit here. I know I fit here. You should probably notice that.
And people are noticing.
Draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah recently placed Price at No. 32 to Seattle in his latest mock draft, which, in draft-season language, is less a prediction and more a raised eyebrow. It suggests something is happening behind the scenes: conversations, evaluations, maybe even quiet admiration building in the kind of rooms that don’t leak easily.
But here’s the thing about rising draft stock: It doesn’t wait for you to be ready. The later picks in the first round have a certain energy to them: teams that are good enough to be picky but restless enough to want more.
For instance, a late-round contender with a strong defense, a reliable offensive line, and just enough offensive uncertainty makes a player like Price feel less like a risk and more like an answer. If he’s there at the end of the round, it wouldn’t take much imagination or boldness for a team to act.
The Seahawks (who have a score of 79.8 on PFSN’s Offense Impact Metric) aren’t known for trading up. They’re patient, almost stubbornly so, trusting their board, their process, their ability to find value where others aren’t looking. But this draft isn’t offering gentle gradients. It’s offering cliffs.
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The running back class, by most accounts, drops off quickly after the top tier, and Price is standing right at the edge of it.
