Austin Hooper or Davis Allen: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Austin Hooper at 3.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 188th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The player markets price Davis Allen at 2.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 194th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Austin Hooper: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 212th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Davis Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 219th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Austin Hooper has been on the field for 28 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against GB he caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 9 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Davis Allen has been on the field for 42 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 4.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYG he caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Austin Hooper played 16 games and scored 59.3 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE47.

He caught 21 of 26 targets for 263 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 81 percent catch rate and 12.5 yards a catch.

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

In 2025 Davis Allen played 17 games and scored 62.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE44.

He caught 24 of 33 targets for 208 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 1.9 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 8.7 yards a catch.

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

Davis Allen was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 they scored the same 3.7 PPR points a game.

Austin Hooper finished TE47 that year and Davis Allen TE44.

Davis Allen had 7 more targets than Austin Hooper, 33 to 26.

Austin Hooper had 55 more receiving yards than Davis Allen, 263 to 208.

This season Davis Allen holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 28 percent.

This season Austin Hooper holds the bigger target share, 8 percent against 4 percent.

What would change the answer

0.4 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 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 market price when it does.