Jeremiyah Love hypes fellow Notre Dame RB Jadarian Price ahead of draft

Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love. Jacob Musselman-Imagn Images

'JD can do everything I can do': Jeremiyah Love hypes fellow Notre Dame RB Jadarian Price ahead of 2026 NFL Draft

By Clark Dalton | Last updated Apr 9, 2026 12:17 PM ET

Notre Dame Fighting Irish star Jeremiyah Love won the 2025 Doak Walker Award as the best running back in college football. He believes teammate Jadarian Price could've done the same elsewhere.

Love, a potential top-five pick in the 2026 NFL Draft (scheduled April 23-25 in Pittsburgh), has been getting more attention than Price. But he's ensuring his fellow RB gains more recognition in the weeks leading up to the three-day event.

Jeremiyah Love hypes Jadarian Price ahead of NFL Draft

"I tell everybody this. I feel like JD can do everything I can do, if not more," Love said of Price for a story published Thursday by USA Today's Jacob Camenker.

Price (5-foot-11, 203 pounds) shared a backfield with Love (6-foot, 212 pounds) for the past three seasons. During this span, Love finished seventh in program history in rushing yards (2,882 on 433 carries) and third in rushing touchdowns (36).

Price produced solid numbers as well. In three seasons with the Fighting Irish, he ran for 1,692 yards on 280 carries and scored 21 rushing TDs and proved to be a game-changer in the return game.

"He does it way better than me," Love said of Price's impact in the return game.

The numbers back Love's claim. Price returned three kickoffs for TDs over the course of his college career, two of which came this season. In 2025, he averaged an FBS-leading 37.5 yards per kickoff return. For his efforts, he was named a 2025 Paul Hornung Award finalist as the most versatile player in the country.

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— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) October 19, 2025

Price may have never been a feature back, but scouts aren't docking him for that.

"Jadarian Price is a nuanced, natural running back prospect with outstanding vision to find daylight beyond the line of scrimmage," wrote Bleacher Report's Damian Parson in his scouting report. "Price projects as a potential RB1 in the NFL, with the movement skills to grow into a pass-catcher on third downs."

With the value of RBs resurging, Price may sneak into the first round. Some mocks have him going No. 32 to the Seattle Seahawks as a replacement for Super Bowl LX MVP Kenneth Walker III (now with the Kansas City Chiefs).

The last time two RBs from the same school went in the first round of the draft was in 2008. Former Arkansas Razorbacks star Darren McFadden went No. 4 overall to the Las Vegas Raiders (then based in Oakland), while the Dallas Cowboys selected Felix Jones with pick No. 22.

Perhaps the Notre Dame duo will end that drought. Love would tell you they're both potential RB1s for the teams that draft them, and he may be correct.

Clark Dalton

Clark Dalton is a 2022 journalism graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. He gained experience in sports media over the past seven years — from live broadcasting and creating short films to podcasting and producing. In college, he wrote for The Daily Texan. He loves sports and enjoys hiking, kayaking and camping.

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