Price is a one-cut detonator — a patient zone runner who presses the line, reads his blocks, and then explodes through the crease with legitimate home-run speed that showed up on kick returns (37.5 YPR, two touchdowns) more than anywhere else in 2025. He runs with a low center of gravity and outstanding contact balance that belies his 203-pound Combine weight, consistently breaking arm tackles and requiring gang-tackling at the second level. The pass-catching profile is a glaring unknown — just 15 career receptions — and ball security concerns (four lost fumbles in three years) will give some teams pause, but Jeremiah sees a three-down back, and the film supports the projection if the receiving reps come. He's a higher-variance version of Tony Pollard: electric when the lane opens, but his ability to handle 20-touch NFL weeks is genuinely unproven, making him a tantalizing bet for a zone-heavy committee team that also needs a return weapon.
- Elite breakaway speed and acceleration through the hole — plays faster than his 4.49 timed speed, reaching 20.1 MPH in pads per Reel Analytics tracking
- Outstanding contact balance and low pad level allow him to bounce off glancing blows and consistently fall forward, with 3.92 yards after contact per attempt in 2025
- Patient, instinctive zone runner who presses the line of scrimmage, sets up blocks, and then attacks the crease vertically with decisive burst
- Elite kick return value — FBS leader at 37.5 yards per return with two return touchdowns, providing immediate Day 1 special teams impact under new NFL kickoff rules
- Exceptional character and maturity — stayed loyal to Notre Dame as RB2 behind Love, earned standing with every team at combine interviews, squeaky clean off-field
- Severely limited sample size as a pass catcher — only 15 career receptions — creating major uncertainty about three-down viability at the NFL level
- Ball security concerns with four lost fumbles across three seasons despite relatively limited touches, a red flag that becomes magnified with increased workload
- Has never carried the ball more than 15 times in a single game, leaving durability and volume capacity completely unproven, compounded by 2022 Achilles tear and lighter Combine weight (203 lbs)
- Can be too patient behind the line at times, dancing when decisiveness is needed in man-blocking and gap concepts between the tackles
Jeremiah's explicit comp. Similar explosive speed profile paired with contact balance, patient zone-running style, and kick return ability. Both entered the league with questions about bell-cow workload capacity and pass-catching sample size. Pollard's eventual development into a capable receiver provides a ceiling template for Price's projection.