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The biggest concern surrounding the Seattle Seahawks heading into the 2026 season is the running back position. Kenneth Walker III left in free agency, and Zach Charbonnet is recovering from a torn ACL suffered during the team’s championship run.

With the NFL Draft set for April 23, the focus now shifts to what round the Seahawks will target the position and which player could come off the board.

When it comes to a particular draft prospect, mock drafts and takes suggest that former Notre Dame Fighting Irish star Jadarian Price could be a fit for Seattle. In his mailbag column, Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer explained why he could see Price being a first-round pick.

“I think it’s possible that Jadarian Price, Jeremiyah Love’s backup at Notre Dame, has an outside shot to sneak in the bottom of the round, on the premise that there is a big dropoff after the two Irish backs go,” Breer wrote in his April 15 article.

“In other words, if you have a need at the position, you may view Price as your last chance to get a ready-made starter in this year’s class, so you may push him up the board a little bit.”

Seahawks Urged to Draft Jadarian Price With the No. 32 Pick

Seattle holds the No. 32 pick, and NFL analyst Daniel Jeremiah believes that the Seahawks should go after a running back, and Price would be the right draft prospect for them.

“If you don’t get on the Jadarian Price train, I’m not feeling great about you having a running back you think could start next year,” Jeremiah said in an April 13 video from “The Joel Klatt Show.” “I think this is a two-starting-running-back draft.

“Now, we always will get some guys who will surprise us and be solid players, but to me, it is not a weakness in this draft. I’m looking at him. I will put the ceiling, I’ll go Seattle pick 32. And then the floor, I’ll go Seattle 32. How do they not take him? They don’t have a starting running back.”

Last season at Notre Dame, Price earned a 78.6 overall PFF grade. Moreover, his PFF rushing grade of 79.9 ranked 157th among 406 qualified running backs. He carried the ball 113 times for 674 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns. Price averaged 6.0 yards per attempt on the ground.

Price forced 32 missed tackles as a runner and averaged 3.9 yards after contact per attempt. As a receiver, he caught six passes on seven targets for 87 receiving yards and two touchdowns.

Seattle Receives Concern Over Running Back Position

Recently, The Athletic’s Robert Mays expressed concern about Seattle’s running back situation, which could improve slightly if they address the need at the draft.

“Who’s going to play running back for the Seahawks in Week 1?“ Mays said in a March 19 video from “The Athletic Football Show.” “Right now, it pretty much seems like their Week 1 plan, if they don’t bring in anybody else, is going to be some combination of Emanuel Wilson and George Holani.

“They can probably live with that for a short period of time, but we saw that the best version of the Seahawks offense, as we got deeper into the season, required some real play at running back and some real dynamic play at running back.

“So the complexion of the offense just dramatically changes for as long as Zach Charbonnet isn’t in there and I would argue into when Zach Charbonnet is in there, considering how important Kenneth Walker was to what this team felt like by the end of the year.”