Seahawks Cut Veteran Running Back, Clearing Jadarian Price Rookie Path

Another obstacle in the path of rookie Jadarian Price just got removed.

The Seattle Seahawks' backfield was already going to look quite different in training camp this year than it did last season.

Ahead of Seattle's Super Bowl-winning 2025 campaign, Kenneth Walker III and Zach Charbonnet were again trusted as the Seahawks' dynamic running back tandem — resulting in the franchise's second-ever Lombardi Trophy.

Less than six months after a 29-13 victory over the New England Patriots at Levi's Stadium ... Walker, after winning Super Bowl MVP, is now receiving handoffs from Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City and Charbonnet is on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list.

That leaves first-round rookie Price as the lead back in Seattle's offense for now, and since Charbonnet will likely be sidelined into the 2026 regular season, the Notre Dame product could emerge as the Seahawks' "bell cow."

No longer in play? Kenny McIntosh, who this week was shifted from the PUP list to the cut list.

McIntosh, a seventh-round pick in 2023, injured the ACL in his left knee during a training camp practice 366 days ago.

In 2024, McIntosh appeared in every game, playing 75 offensive snaps and 173 on special teams. He rushed for 172 yards on 31 carries and caught three passes for 22 yards, while returning six kickoffs for 153 yards.

But the Seahawks drafted Price in the first round and signed Emanuel Wilson in free agency. And eventually, Zach Charbonnet will return from his torn ACL.

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So increasingly, this is all about price.

Price's potential development into the Seahawks' every-down back could provide first-year play caller Brian Fleury with an additional dynamic option.

Recent history suggests that rookies trusted as bell cows tend to make a major impact regardless of their draft positioning.

Since 2020, 13 rookie running backs have crossed the 200-carry threshold: Jonathan Taylor (2020), James Robinson (2020), Najee Harris (2021), Javonte Williams (2021), Elijah Mitchell (2021), Kenneth Walker III (2022), Tyler Allgeier (2022), Dameon Pierce (2022), Brian Robinson Jr. (2022), Bijan Robinson (2023), Bucky Irving (2024), Ashton Jeanty (2025) and Quinshon Judkins (2025).

Five of the 13 went on to make the playoffs ... but of the eight that missed, not one had qualified the year prior.

The foundation built around Price is vastly different than some of the names on that list, given the Seahawks just won the Super Bowl.

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Now that Charbonnet's torn ACL is expected to sideline him into the regular season, it's fair to wonder if Price could now be in line to cross the 200-carry mark himself.

While it happened under former head coach Pete Carroll, Seattle has shown a willingness to entrust a rookie with the bulk of the running back duties, evidenced by Walker's place on the list above.

We'll have to wait for training camp to officially begin to see how Price adjusts to facing an NFL defense — perhaps the best in the league, at that — before crowning him the backfield's newest workhorse.

But if he flashes the way he did with the Fighting Irish, the Seahawks could comfortably rely on him as a bell cow rusher following Walker's departure while Charbonnet's completes his recovery.