Price Check: Jadarian’s Leap from Irish Hero to NFL Hopeful
Jadarian Price, third-team All-American running back for Notre Dame, surprised few by declaring for the NFL Draft via an Instagram post. He finishes his Irish tenure with 113 carries for 674 yards and 11 rushing touchdowns in 2025, plus a return game that averaged 37.5 yards and yielded two scores—including a 100-yard dash that clinched the USC matchup. Partnered with Jeremiyah Love, Price kept defenses guessing and scouts drooling, earning Nick Chubb–style comparisons and early projections in the late first to early third round. His departure leaves Notre Dame fans pondering what one more year of Price in green and gold might have yielded.
Move over, Nick Chubb—there’s a new Instagram-star-turned-early-departure in town, and he didn’t even wait for the Gatorade bath. Price’s announcement prompted roughly zero audible gasps and a tidal wave of shoulder shrugs from rival fans, proving once again that college running backs have the shelf life of a loaf of day-old sourdough. Meanwhile, NFL scouts sharpen pencils and dust off Magic 8-Balls to determine how many yards per tweet this kid can muster. If Price’s retirement from South Bend doesn’t cause at least one teammate to choke on a victory Gatorade, did he even declare?
Irish Eyes on Miami: Sabotaging the SEC in the Playoff
Notre Dame’s season ended prematurely when the Irish missed the College Football Playoff and declined the Pop-Tarts Bowl. Left watching from home, they now have a vested interest in Saturday’s Miami vs. Texas A&M First Round matchup. Having lost to both teams in 2025, Notre Dame secretly roots for Miami to topple the SEC’s reputation—fueling the narrative that the conference isn’t the unstoppable juggernaut ESPN claims. A Miami upset would echo last year’s SEC woes and set the stage for future Irish glory.
Behold the glory of deranged loyalty: rooting for your most recent nemesis to sabotage your archrival’s conference. Notre Dame fans have officially embraced the “if we can’t win, we’ll join the weird side” playbook, cheering on Miami like it’s the plucky underdog in a bad rom-com. It’s college football brinkmanship: if the SEC can’t have it, nobody can. Picture fans in Notre Dame jerseys furiously waving orange pom-poms while chanting “Go Canes!” as if they’ve never met their own team—because deep down, sport fandom was never about consistency, it was about pissing off ESPN.
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