The Seattle Seahawks were the last pick of the 2026 NFL Draft, such is life when you’re the reigning Super Bowl champions. There was great expectation that they would trade back to gain more capital later on in the draft, but once again they did a stick and pick.
With the 32nd pick of the 2026 NFL Draft, the Seattle Seahawks select…
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Jadarian Price, running back, Notre Dame
Yes, the Seahawks have gone with running back in the first round. Kenneth Walker left to go to the Kansas City Chiefs, Zach Charbonnet is injured, and the only addition in free agency was Green Bay Packers backup Emanuel Wilson. Price himself was a backup running back to Jeremiyah Love, who went to the Arizona Cardinals at No. 3 overall.
Not a lot of touches for Price (indeed only 295 total over his three seasons), but he’s shown a lot of NFL talent even in his limited reps with the Fighting Irish.
Here’s the rundown of Price from The Athletic’s Dane Brugler:
A part-time player at Notre Dame, Price was the primary backup behind Jeremiyah Love in offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock’s varied run scheme (counter, pin-pull, outside zone). Despite not logging a single start over four years in South Bend, he would have been RB1 for most FBS programs and was consistently productive when given opportunities (6.2 yards per carry in 2025). He also impacted the game on special teams, becoming the first player in Notre Dame history to have multiple kick-return touchdowns of 100 yards or more in the same season.
With square, low pads, Price changes gears quickly to anticipate lanes and cut through them. He can strafe behind the line to out-leverage pursuit and smartly uses his blocking to create running room. He averaged fewer than 10 offensive touches per game in both 2024 (7.8) and 2025 (9.9), so he’ll enter the league with plenty of tread on his tires.
“His pro day was outstanding,” Seahawks GM John Schneider said. “I’m very good friends with his agent. His agent went to him a couple years ago and was like, ‘Hey, you need to improve in the passing game’ or whatever, so he would listen to him. Went and got with the receiver’s group and worked with those guys, the
receivers coach, too. I just think it’s a pretty cool story that these guys get drafted in the first round too, from the same school. It was really the story you watched all fall. I mean, these guys were dynamic, the two of these guys. Different runners. I feel like it’s like talking to you guys about [Jaxon Smith-Njigba], just like with his high school career in Texas. Like 5,000 yards and like 55 touchdowns.“
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“The Seahawks love to run the ball,” Price said in his media call on Thursday night. “You see what they did in the Super Bowl and what really got them that far and winning it all. You have to run the ball. And what I can do in the backfield and also protecting the quarterback and catching out of the backfield is phenomenal, but also the stretch game. Outside zone, that’s my bread and butter. Just being able to make one, decisive move and
get vertical.”
Welcome to Seattle, Jadarian! He’s the first RB the Seahawks have taken in the first round since Rashaad Penny in 2018.
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