Jalen Coker or Alec Pierce: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Coker: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 206th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alec Pierce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 208th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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

No season market is posted for Alec Pierce, 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 3, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 64 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against CHI he caught 8 of 9 targets for 138 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 8 of 9 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Coker played 11 games and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 3.9 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Alec Pierce was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Alec Pierce scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Jalen Coker 8.2, 4.0 a game between them.

Jalen Coker finished WR69 that year and Alec Pierce WR28.

Alec Pierce had 41 more targets than Jalen Coker, 84 to 43.

Alec Pierce had 609 more receiving yards than Jalen Coker, 1003 to 394.

This season Jalen Coker holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 41 percent.

This season Jalen Coker holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Jalen Coker is listed as out on the injury report.

Alec Pierce is listed as ir on the injury report.