Should I start Harold Fannin Jr. or Austin Ekeler in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Harold Fannin Jr.'s market-based projection is 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 79th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Austin Ekeler's market-based projection is 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 94th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Harold Fannin Jr., and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Austin Ekeler, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Harold Fannin Jr. has been on the field for 84 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 7 against TEN he caught 6 of 9 targets for 91 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against PIT he caught 10 of 12 targets for 154 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against NO he caught 2 of 2 targets for 42 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Austin Ekeler has been on the field for 25 percent of WAS snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against SF he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against PHI he carried 8 times for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LAR he carried 8 times for 16 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Austin Ekeler played 2 games and scored 13.1 PPR points, 6.6 a game, finishing RB103.

He carried 14 times for 43 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 7 targets for 38 more yards.

That came to 7.0 carries a game at 3.1 yards a carry and 2-3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Harold Fannin Jr. was available for 14 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Harold Fannin Jr. scored 11.7 PPR points a game and Austin Ekeler 6.6, 5.1 a game between them.

Harold Fannin Jr. finished TE6 and Austin Ekeler RB103, which are two different ladders.

Harold Fannin Jr. is a tight end and Austin Ekeler a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Harold Fannin Jr. is off in Week 11 and Austin Ekeler in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.