Jadarian Price Fantasy Overview

252 Vacated Touches Open the Door

Price never handled a true workhorse role at Notre Dame, topping out at just 121 carries in a season while sharing the backfield with Jeremiyah Love. But the first-round pick finds a clear path to starting immediately in the pros.

Kenneth Walker III departed in free agency, vacating 252 regular-season touches.

Zach Charbonnet is rehabbing a torn ACL suffered in the divisional round of the playoffs and will miss a significant portion of the season. George Holani only logged 24 touches in the 2025 regular season, and Emanuel Wilson’s modest one-year deal suggests he’ll remain a complementary piece in Seattle.

That leaves Price as the overwhelming favorite to open the season as Seattle’s lead back in a scheme designed to generate chunk runs behind an O-line that ranked eighth in ESPN’s run-block win rate.

Explosive at Notre Dame; Untested as a Workhorse

Price maximized his limited opportunities in college, averaging 6.0 yards per carry and 10.8 yards per catch for his career and scoring 20 total TDs.

Among 165 FBS RBs with 100+ attempts last season, Price ranked:

• 15th in PFF elusive rating (118.6)
• 25th in yards after contact per attempt (3.92)
• 27th in yards per rush (6.0)

The concerns are straightforward: Price never topped 15 carries in a college game, caught only 15 passes in three seasons, and fumbled three times in 2025, all in short-yardage situations.

Seattle Already Built the RB Runway

Seattle remains one of the NFL’s most RB-friendly environments. Last season, the Seahawks ranked:

• third in rushing attempts
• third in points scored
• eighth in total offense
• sixth in yards per play

Even if there’s some regression from losing OC Klint Kubiak to the Raiders’ head job, this should remain a productive system that can support RB1 fantasy weeks. And the Charbonnet injury might clear Price to take advantage more than either Charbs or Walker could in 2025.

The Seahawks also ranked third in rushing TDs last season, giving Price immediate scoring upside if he secures goal-line work.

The O-line finished 11th in run-blocking grade (70.1) and eighth in ESPN’s run-block win rate.

28 Straight Games Changed the Story

Price ruptured his left Achilles’ tendon in June 2022 and missed his entire freshman season. But he returned in 2023 to average 5.8 yards per carry and then played all 28 games across the 2024 and 2025 seasons.

At this point, the Achilles injury appears behind him. The bigger durability question now is whether Price can hold up under a much larger NFL workload after never handling feature-back volume in college.

Walker’s Volume is Sitting There

Anyone who drafted Walker last season knows that although he led Seattle’s backfield in carries and targets, he shared a frustrating amount of work with Charbonnet.

Walker got 14.8 touches per game through the regular season, including a Week 3 contest Charbs missed. Charbonnet went down in the second quarter of Seattle’s playoff opener, though, clearing the way for Walker to average 24.7 touches across three postseason outings.

Charbonnet had his ACL repaired in February. The return timeline typically runs 9-12 months for that injury, so even the shortest end wouldn’t put the RB back on the field until sometime in November.

We can’t expect Price to absorb the entire combined workload of Walker and Charbonnet from last year. But he certainly has room to claim more of it than Walker ate as last year’s leader. And the Seahawks have indicated they’d like to keep the scheme similar to last year’s, which ranked 26th in the league in neutral-situation pass rate, according to RBSDM.com.

Fleury Inherits Kubiak's RB-Friendly Blueprint

Seattle quickly turned to Brian Fleury after OC Klint Kubiak left for Las Vegas. Fleury spent the past seven years in San Francisco, finishing as TEs coach and run-game coordinator in 2025. That span included working with Kubiak (then pass-game coordinator) in 2023.

HC Mike Macdonald prioritized continuity when making the hire, suggesting Seattle’s offensive identity will remain intact.

That should benefit Price. Our Price profile noted his decisiveness, open-field vision, and ability to reach top speed quickly when given a crease. That skill set should fit a Seattle run game built around defined lanes and efficiency, even if his limited college workload adds projection risk.

If Seattle maintains its run-heavy approach, Price should be a good bet for RB2 production.

Little Competition, Better Blocking, Clearer Runway

Price will run behind an O-line that leaped from 29th in ESPN’s run-block win rate in 2024 to eighth last season. That group returns intact and should remain a strength.

Charbonnet’s expected absence into the regular season leaves Emanuel Wilson and George Holani competing for roles. Wilson played well in fill-in duty for Green Bay at times over the past two years, but he signed for just $1.6 million on a one-year deal this offseason even before Seattle drafted Price. That doesn’t signal big plans for his usage.

Holani’s heading into his third season with the Seahawks but totaled just 25 carries and 3 targets over his first two.

Paths to Ceiling

If Price proves capable in the passing game and Seattle’s ancillary backs fail to carve out meaningful roles, he could claim a feature-level workload.

If the rookie proves capable of handling that much weekly work and the Seahawks remain efficient on offense, Price’s ceiling could flirt with RB1 territory.

Risk Factors

Price’s limited receiving production and light college workload add volatility. It’s possible that the Seahawks decide they need Wilson and Holani -- or perhaps another RB not currently on the roster -- to take a Charbonnet-level share of the work.

It’s also possible that Price opens the year as a workhorse and wears down quickly, which could either mean losing efficiency or getting hurt. There’s simply not much history on which to judge his durability.