Should I start Alvin Kamara or TreVeyon Henderson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alvin Kamara, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on TreVeyon Henderson, and the board ranks him 167th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Alvin Kamara is 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for TreVeyon Henderson is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Alvin Kamara's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 9, Alvin Kamara has been on the field for 37 percent of NO snaps, taken 27 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 2 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 0.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYG he carried 7 times for 34 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PIT he carried 6 times for 5 yards, caught 7 of 7 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against CLE he carried 6 times for 32 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, TreVeyon Henderson has been on the field for 32 percent of NE snaps, taken 32 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 4 times for 22 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 7 times for 31 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 3 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

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 Alvin Kamara holds the bigger snap share, 37 percent against 32 percent.

This season TreVeyon Henderson holds the bigger share of the carries, 32 percent against 27 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.

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable on the injury report.

TreVeyon Henderson is listed as out on the injury report.