Jabari Price

Price was born on August 31, 1992 in Pompano Beach, Florida, to Lalanda Price Sr. and Portia Williams.{{cite web|url=https://goheels.com/sports/football/roster/jabari-price/12017|title=Jabari Price|publisher=North Carolina Tar Heels|access-date=March 3, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PricJa00.htm|title=Jabari Price|publisher=Pro Football Reference|access-date=March 3, 2025}} His grandmother, Ernestine Price, was a community leader and civil rights activist.{{cite news|url=https://www.twincities.com/2014/07/31/vikings-seventh-round-pick-jabari-price-turning-heads-in-mankato/|title=Vikings seventh-round pick Jabari Price turning heads in Mankato|work=Twin Cities Pioneer Press|first=Chris|last=Tomasson|date=July 31, 2014|access-date=November 27, 2022}} Price grew up playing pee-wee football against fellow South Florida native Teddy Bridgewater.

Price attended Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach, Florida, where he played as a cornerback and free safety on the football team. He was teammates with Patrick Peterson. As a junior in 2008, Price tallied 39 tackles, 10 pass break-ups (PBU), one interception, and one forced fumble.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel/167178568/|title=The Super Eleven|first=Christy|last=Cabrera Chirinos|work=Sun Sentinel|date=September 4, 2009|access-date=March 3, 2025|page=57|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} As a senior, despite opponents throwing his way only 23 times, Price recorded five interceptions and 12 pass break-ups, to go along with 39 tackles and five forced fumbles. He helped lead Ely to an 11–2 record and the state 5A regionals, where they were defeated by nationally ranked St. Thomas Aquinas. Price was named first-team all-county and third-team Class 5A all-state by the Sun Sentinel.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel/167179895/|title=Football|first=Christy|last=Cabrera Chirinos|work=Sun Sentinel|date=December 30, 2009|access-date=March 3, 2025|page=7|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel/167179921/|title=Football; Class 5A All-State Team|work=Sun Sentinel|date=February 13, 2010|access-date=March 3, 2025|page=7C|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} He also earned an invitation to play in the annual Dade vs. Broward County high school all-star game.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald/167179967/|title=All-Stars|first=J.T.|last=Wilcox|work=Miami Herald|date=November 25, 2009|access-date=March 3, 2025|page=8D|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

Price also competed as a sprinter on Blanche Ely's track and field team. In 2008, he took eighth in the 200 meters (23.42s) and eighth in the 400-meter dash (52.95s) at the BCAA North Meet.{{Cite web|url=http://fl.milesplit.com/meets/35437/results/63522|title = BCAA North Prelims 2008 - Complete Results (Raw)}} At the FHSAA 4A District Meet, Price ran a personal-best time of 11.32 seconds in the 100-meter dash and ran the third leg on the 4 × 100 m relay squad, helping them win the event with a time of 41.48 seconds.{{Cite web|url=http://fl.milesplit.com/meets/64349/results/119496|title = FHSAA 4A District 11 2010 - Complete Results (Raw)}} He also posted a career-best time of 21.42 seconds in the 200-meter dash at the Charles Johnson Invitational as a senior.{{Cite web|url=http://fl.milesplit.com/meets/62052/results/114587|title = Charles Johnson Invitational 2010 - Complete Results (Raw)}} The Blanche Ely relay squad was named to the Miami Herald all-county first-team.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/659835699/?match=1&clipping_id=127347082|title=All-Broward {{!}} Spring 2010 {{!}} Track|work=Miami Herald|date=May 25, 2010|access-date=June 29, 2023|page=47|via=Newspapers.com}}

Price was named an All-American Scholar by the United States Achievement Academy after compiling a 4.0 grade point average.{{cite news|last=Brousseau|first=Dave|title=Parade set to honor Miramar High football champs|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel/113754838/|work=Sun-Sentinel|date=January 21, 2010|access-date=March 3, 2025|page=6C|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

Price was a consensus three-star recruit and was rated the no. 83 cornerback in the country by Rivals. He received 10 NCAA Division I scholarship offers, including letters from Minnesota and Rutgers. Price originally gave an oral commitment to Minnesota but ultimately decided to play for the North Carolina Tar Heels in order to be closer to home.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/winston-salem-journal/167179194/|title=Defensive back commits to UNC|first=Bill|last=Cole|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=November 5, 2009|access-date=February 22, 2025|page=B4|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

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As a true freshman at North Carolina, Price played in all 13 games at cornerback, starting the final four and recording 20 tackles, four pass break-ups and one interception.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/6877626/north-carolina-jabari-price-six-weeks-hand-surgery|title=Hand surgery to sideline Jabari Price|work=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|date=August 19, 2011|access-date=February 22, 2025}} Ahead of his sophomore season, he injured a tendon in his hand during practice, requiring surgery. Price missed the first four games of the season, but still ended up with 16 tackles, two pass break-ups and a tackle for loss. He had a breakout season as a junior. In 11 games, he tallied 76 tackles (ranking third on the team), nine pass break-ups (first on the team), four tackles for loss, one sack, one forced fumble, one QB hurry and one interception.

As a senior, Price posted 74 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, nine pass break-ups and a forced fumble while starting all 12 games, earning All-Atlantic Coast Conference honorable mention accolades.{{cite news|url=http://www.tarheelblog.com/2013/12/2/5167420/four-tar-heels-named-first-team-all-acc|title=Four Tar Heels Named First Team All-ACC|first=Brian|last=Barbour|date=December 2, 2013|work=Tar Heel Blog|publisher=SB Nation|access-date=May 12, 2014}}

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After being projected as a fifth-seventh round pick,[http://www.nfl.com/draft/2014/profiles/jabari-price?id=2543624 Draft Profile]{{cite web|url=http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=111466&draftyear=2014&genpos=CB|title=Jabari Price|work=nfldraftscout.com|access-date=May 12, 2014}} Price was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the seventh round (225th overall) of the 2014 NFL draft.{{cite news|url=http://thevikingage.com/2014/05/10/2014-nfl-draft-minnesota-vikings-select-cb-jabari-price/|title=2014 NFL Draft: Minnesota Vikings Select CB Jabari Price|first=Dan|last=Zinski|date=May 10, 2014|work=The Viking Age|publisher=FanSided|access-date=May 12, 2014}} On May 16, 2014, the Vikings signed Price and Kendall James (sixth round) to rookie contracts.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailynorseman.com/2014/5/16/5724056/2014-nfl-draft-minnesota-vikings-sign-kendall-james-jabari-price|title=2014 NFL Draft: Minnesota Vikings Sign Kendall James and Jabari Price|first=Christopher|last=Gates|date=May 16, 2014|work=The Daily Norseman|publisher=SB Nation|access-date=July 11, 2014}} He agreed to a four-year/$2.28 million contract.[http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/minnesota-vikings/jabari-price/ Jabari Price - Current Salary Information] Price appeared in 14 games as a rookie, recording 10 combined tackles while mostly playing special teams.{{cite news|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2530611-jabari-price-suspended-2-games-for-violating-nfl-substance-abuse-policy|title=Jabari Price Suspended 2 Games for Violating NFL Substance Abuse Policy|work=Bleacher Report|first=Tim|last=Daniels|date=July 24, 2015|access-date=November 27, 2022}}

Price was suspended for the first two games of the 2015 season for violating the league's substance abuse policy.

On September 3, 2016, he was placed on injured reserve.{{cite web|title=Vikings Announce Roster Moves, Set 53-Man Roster|url=http://www.vikings.com/news/article-1/Vikings-Announce-Roster-Moves-Set-Roster/b567f012-ae55-4c9f-86c9-539cfb9231c6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028041835/http://www.vikings.com/news/article-1/Vikings-Announce-Roster-Moves-Set-Roster/b567f012-ae55-4c9f-86c9-539cfb9231c6|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 28, 2016|website=Vikings.com|date=September 3, 2016}}

On September 2, 2017, Price was released by the Vikings.{{cite web|title=Vikings Announce Roster Moves, Set Roster|url=http://www.vikings.com/news/article-1/Vikings-Announce-Roster-Moves-Set-Roster/efb3b87d-d166-482e-90a1-b23becee4af2?sf111117150=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201072934/http://www.vikings.com/news/article-1/Vikings-Announce-Roster-Moves-Set-Roster/efb3b87d-d166-482e-90a1-b23becee4af2?sf111117150=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2018|website=Vikings.com|date=September 2, 2017}}

In preparation for the 2014 NFL draft, Price was mentored by fellow Pompano Beach native Tyrone Carter.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2014/08/04/7th-round-pick-price-finds-mentor-in-former-viking/13597007/|title=7th-round pick Price finds mentor in former Viking|work=USA Today|agency=Associated Press|date=August 4, 2014|access-date=March 4, 2025}}

On December 29, 2014, Price was arrested in Hennepin County, Minnesota, and charged with a misdemeanor DWI. He was released on bail shortly thereafter.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/minnesota-vikings/post/_/id/12034/vikings-jabari-price-arrested-for-dwi|title=Vikings: Jabari Price arrested for DWI|work=ESPN|first=Ben|last=Goessling|date=January 2, 2015|access-date=November 27, 2022}} Price pled guilty to a reduced charge of careless driving on April 10, 2015, and was sentenced to a $300 fine and 30 days of electronic home monitoring.

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