SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Junior running back Jadarian Price has been named a finalist for the Paul Hornung Award, which honors the most versatile player in college football.
The Paul Hornung Award, named for Notre Dame’s fifth Heisman Trophy winner and an outstanding all-around athlete who played quarterback, left halfback, fullback and safety, honors the most versatile player in college football. Notre Dame has had one prior Hornung Award Finalist in the award’s history: running back Kyren Williams in 2021.
He was named the Paul Hornung Award National Player of the Week for his performance vs. USC, and has been named to the watch lists to the Jet Award, the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, and the Pony Express Award (with fellow running back Jeremiyah Love as the best duo in college football).
Price is one of the most productive and efficient players in college football this season. He has totaled 930 all-purpose yards this season and scored 11 total touchdowns. Price ranks seventh in the nation in total touchdowns.
Price has rushed for 521 yards and eight touchdowns this season, adding three receptions for 47 yards and a touchdown through the air. Price ranks in the Top 20 nationally in yards per carry (6.13).
Notre Dame’s primary kickoff returner, Price has returned nine kickoffs for 362 yards (40.2 average), including two 100-yard kickoff returns for touchdowns. He alone leads the nation in kickoff return average (40.2 yards/return) and ties for the most kickoff returns in the nation (two) this season.
Price is the only player in the nation with two 100-yard kickoff return touchdowns this season. One came vs. Purdue, and one vs. USC.
Price ranks seventh nationally in total touchdowns (11) and 17th in all-purpose yards (116.25 per game).
Price is the first Notre Dame player ever with multiple kick return touchdowns of 100 yards and just the fourth Notre Dame player since at least 1996 to return multiple kickoffs for touchdowns in the same season. His most recent was just the fifth kick in program history to be returned 100 yards for a touchdown with two coming from Price this season.
Price is now tied for second all-time in kickoff returns for touchdowns in Notre Dame history with three. He joins Tim Brown, Allen Rossum and CJ Sanders for second all-time, trailing only Raghib Ismail’s five. Price is just the third player in program history to return multiple kickoffs for touchdowns against a single team during their career (Raghib Ismail – Rice, Michigan; Paul Castner – Kalamazoo), as he also returned a kickoff for a touchdown vs. USC in 2023.