Jadarian Price made his way into the first round, closing out the night as the 32nd pick overall to the Seattle Seahawks.
Let's look at the fantasy football outlook for Price in Seattle, both for seasonal leagues and Dynasty formats.
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Jadarian Price Fantasy Value With the Seattle Seahawks
Price is this season’s mystery box.
Price was electric per touch in college at Notre Dame, averaging over 6.0 yards per touch in all three of his college seasons.
He rushed for 6.0 yards per carry during his college career.
He also scored 24 touchdowns on offense over his three seasons, and he was dynamic as a kickoff returner.
Price averaged a gaudy 36.1 yards per kickoff return in college with 3 touchdowns.
This past season, Price scored 13 times on offense and twice on special teams.
He forced a missed tackle on a class-high 26.9% of his touches.
The unfortunate part is that an Achilles injury in 2022 cost him a redshirt season.
He played all three seasons behind Jeremiyah Love.
On one hand, there are far worse things than saying “well, Price was just not as good as Love,” and that’s why he was limited.
On the other hand, it still leaves us with some guesswork, since we do not see many backs with such light collegiate workloads selected highly in the NFL.
My first thought with Price was Christine Michael, but Michael even had 573 career touches at Texas A&M.
We just lived this a few drafts ago with Roschon Johnson, who was roadblocked by Bijan Robinson at Texas.
Well, Johnson still had 448 career touches.
But Johnson was not picked until the fourth round.
Price has just 295 touches on his college resume.
Only Adam Randall (who just converted to running back) and Eli Heidenreich (who played at a service academy) have fewer career touches in this draft class than Price.
That is the fewest number of touches any first-round running back has had in the 2000s.
Only two other backs (Josh Jacobs at 299 and Michael Bennett at 372) had fewer than 400 college touches and were first-round picks.
With Price, the steps of faith we must take are in areas we have not yet seen.
The first is something with variance: ball security.
Price has fumbled four times on his light workload, the third-highest rate in this class.
The second is as a pass catcher.
Price has had 15 career college receptions.
The five players selected in the top 100 outside of the first round have had fewer since 2000.
Price was targeted on 9.9% of his routes, the second-lowest rate in this class.
This was not a Notre Dame thing, as Love was targeted on 22.2% of his routes, the second-highest rate in this class.
The last area ties into the former, which is in pass protection.
We have a small sample here, but it could signal why Price was not working into the passing game to begin with.
Price has the second-lowest pass protection grade in this draft class per Pro Football Focus.
Price is a “lighter” back, coming in at 203 pounds, which also could be some signal for workload and pass protection limitations he faced in college, leaving him as more of the change-of-pace role he had in college.
He needs to be as explosive as a Jahmyr Gibbs or De'Von Achane were out of the box.
He has the sample of explosive runs in college, but was not as strong in physical testing as those players were when they entered the league.
Despite coming with questions about physical size and resume, Price landed in the premier spot for a running back in this class to boost his fantasy value.
Seattle had the thinnest running back room in the league and is a run-heavy team with a strong defense.
Kenneth Walker left the team during free agency.
Zach Charbonnet is recovering from an ACL injury that he suffered in the postseason.
Charbonnet had his surgery on February 20th.
That puts his 2026 season in jeopardy with a very late-season timetable in place should he make it back this year.
Charbonnet is also in the final season of his rookie contract.
As of right now, Price is the only Seattle running back signed beyond this season.
They have restricted rights on George Holani and exclusive rights on Jacardia Wright.
The team did add Emanuel Wilson on a one-year, $1.6 million contract.
Wilson can offer short-term support, as he took on a larger role to end 2025 while Josh Jacobs was banged up.
Wilson rushed for 4.0 yards per carry (36th out of 49 backs with 100-plus attempts) and a 41.6% success rate (16th), producing a run of 10 or more yards on 9.6% of his runs (32nd).
He ran behind a battered Green Bay line, averaging only 0.91 yards before contact per rush (43rd).
George Holani chipped in during the playoffs last year after Charbonnet went down, playing 34.6% of the offensive snaps in the postseason.
We have next to no sample size to suggest that Holani is an effective runner to this point.
He has 30 career rushes for 93 yards (3.1 YPC).
If that is the competition for Price entering the season, then he has a runway to be an upside RB2, which may be selling him short.
There is still some combustion here, however.
Price has the lowest grade in my model for any Round 1 running back, which runs back to 2000.
Clyde Edwards-Helaire previously held that title, which is a reminder not to overvalue immediate landing spot at a position with as much fluidity as running back.
While this is a clear win for Price, this was also the case for RJ Harvey immediately after the draft last season.
Denver then signed JK Dobbins in June post-draft and Harvey was a compartmentalized back until Dobbins was injured.
Price has Round 1 capital as a anchor versus Harvey last year, but he is an undersized back with potential pass protection issues.
Seattle limited Kenneth Walker for similar issues last season until they had no choice but to play him.
I do believe there is still a period for Seattle to add a potential veteran back as a bridge, something to keeps tabs on for the rest of the offseason.
