Alvin Kamara or TreVeyon Henderson: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Alvin Kamara at 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 92nd highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

The player markets price TreVeyon Henderson at 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 100th highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alvin Kamara: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 79th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 173.

Drafters have formed no consensus on TreVeyon Henderson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 80.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Alvin Kamara has been on the field for 29 percent of NO snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against BAL he carried 9 times for 15 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, TreVeyon Henderson has been on the field for 60 percent of NE snaps, taken 62 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets.

In Week 2 against PIT he carried 16 times for 76 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Alvin Kamara played 11 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing RB46.

He carried 131 times for 471 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 33 of 39 targets for 186 more yards.

That came to 11.9 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 TreVeyon Henderson played 17 games and scored 206.2 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing RB21.

He carried 180 times for 911 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 42 targets for 221 more yards.

That came to 10.6 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

TreVeyon Henderson was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 TreVeyon Henderson scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Alvin Kamara 9.2, 3.0 a game between them.

Alvin Kamara finished RB46 that year and TreVeyon Henderson RB21.

TreVeyon Henderson had 49 more carries than Alvin Kamara, 180 to 131.

TreVeyon Henderson had 2 more catches than Alvin Kamara, 35 to 33.

This season TreVeyon Henderson holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 29 percent.

This season TreVeyon Henderson holds the bigger share of the carries, 62 percent against 35 percent.

Byes and availability

Alvin Kamara is off in Week 8 and TreVeyon Henderson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.7 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.