Jadarian Price dominates as an all-purpose threat, lighting up scoreboards with touchdowns rushing, receiving, and electrifying kick returns.
Notre Dame running back Jadarian Price has earned his third All-American honor this offseason, this time landing on the Associated Press third-team All-America team. Price made the list as an all-purpose player, which includes his work as a running back and return man.
Price was an impact player for Notre Dame as both a running back and return man as part of the nation's best one-two backfield punch. Price could have left Notre Dame last offseason and taken more money and a bigger role, but he chose to stay with the Irish and serve as the complementary piece to Love. The Irish coaches also decided to let him return to his kick return duties, and the result was a big time season from the Texas back.
Price finished the 2025 season with 674 rushing yards, 450 kick return yards, 87 receiving yards and 15 total touchdowns. He rushed for 11 touchdowns, caught two passes for scores and also returned two kicks for touchdowns, showing his all-around impact.
We could see that Price was going to once again be an impact player from the start of the season, and he was at his best as a running back in September and October. His return game impact lasted all season and for the first time in his career Price was an impact player in the pass game as well.
Price was especially dynamic as a return man. The Texas native averaged an astounding 37.5 yards per kick return, which would have led the nation if he had enough returns to quality for the final standings. Teams didn't kick to Price much due to his big play return skills that included a pair of kick returns for scores. Price was one of just four players to return two kicks back for touchdowns, but he had the fewer returns among those players and had the best return average.
His two kick returns this season ties a Notre Dame single-season record that was last accomplished by CJ Sanders back in 2016, and his three career kick returns tied Sanders and trails only Raghib Ismail on the all-time career list. Price currently has a 36.1-per return average during his Notre Dame career.
His first kick return of the season was a 100-yard run against Purdue to end the first half scoring. Price already had two rushing touchdowns in the game and the kick return was his third score of the half. Price finished that game with four total touchdowns. He also had a 42-yard return in the game and finished the victory with 216 total yards and four touchdowns on just 11 touches.
Price's second scoring return of the season was even bigger. USC had just taken 24-21 lead late in the third quarter of their rivalry matchup, but Price made sure that didn't last long. He returned the ensuing kick 100 yards for a go-ahead - and ultimately game winning touchdown. Notre Dame went onto win that game 34-24 and truly got its season back on track. Price finished the win over USC with 209 yards of offense and a pair of touchdowns. Both of his touchdowns in the game put the Irish ahead of the Trojans.
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