SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Junior running back Jadarian Price has been named a finalist for the Jet Award, honoring the top return specialist in college football.
Price, Notre Dame’s primary kickoff returner, is also a finalist for the Paul Hornung Award, which honors the most versatile player in college football.
Price leads the nation in kickoff return average (37.5 yards per return), and also shares the national lead in kickoff return touchdowns with two this season – both 100-yard kickoff returns for touchdowns.
Notre Dame’s primary kickoff returner, Price has returned 12 kickoffs for 450 yards (37.5 average). 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 16th nationally in total touchdowns (13).
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.