SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Junior running back Jadarian Price earned honorable mention status from the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award in its Player of the Week honors for his performance in the 56-30 win over Purdue.
The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award recognizes the nation’s top college football offensive player who either hails from Texas or attends a college university in Texas. Price is from Denison, Texas.
Price put on a show in the victory over Purdue, scoring four touchdowns, including a 100-yard kickoff return score, adding three rushing touchdowns on the evening. Price posted 216 all-purpose yards vs. Purdue, with 74 rushing yards on nine carries, adding a 100-yard kickoff return and a 42-yard kickoff return, to boot. Price was the first Notre Dame player to score four touchdowns in a game since running back Audric Estime in 2023 at Stanford.
Price was the only FBS player this weekend to total four touchdowns across different phases. Just three players this weekend posted four touchdowns including Price, and the other two players scored only on offense. Price was also the FBS only player this weekend with a 100-yard kickoff return touchdown to also add multiple touchdowns on offense or defense, and had more all-purpose yards than any player with a 100-yard kickoff return this weekend.
His kickoff return touchdown was the second of his career (Oct. 14, 2023, 99 yards vs. Southern Cal.). It’s the fourth kick return for a touchdown of 100 yards in Notre Dame history, and first since Julius Jones against Nebraska on September 9, 2000.
Price alone leads the nation in kickoff return average, as he owns a clip of 47.0 yards per return.
He ranks tied for fifth in the nation in scoring with 12.0 points per game and tied for sixth in total touchdowns (6). He also ranks T-14th nationally in rushing touchdowns (5), T-22nd in total points scored (36), 24th in all-purpose yards per game (125.00) and 24th in combined kick return yardage (188).