Alec Pierce or Chuba Hubbard: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alec Pierce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 209th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chuba Hubbard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 210th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Alec Pierce, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Chuba Hubbard, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 2, Alec Pierce has been on the field for 41 percent of IND snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 16.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 61 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 1 of 1 target for 11 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Chuba Hubbard has been on the field for 77 percent of CAR snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 4 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 1.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against ATL he carried 12 times for 53 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against CLE he carried 19 times for 82 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he carried 20 times for 122 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Alec Pierce played 15 games and scored 183.3 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR28.

He caught 47 of 84 targets for 1003 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 56 percent catch rate and 21.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Chuba Hubbard played 15 games and scored 125.4 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB38.

He carried 134 times for 511 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 39 targets for 223 more yards.

That came to 8.9 carries a game at 3.8 yards a carry and 2.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 15 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Alec Pierce scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Chuba Hubbard 8.4, 3.9 a game between them.

Alec Pierce finished WR28 and Chuba Hubbard RB38, which are two different ladders.

Alec Pierce is a wide receiver and Chuba Hubbard a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Alec Pierce is off in Week 13 and Chuba Hubbard in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Alec Pierce is listed as ir on the injury report.