Tyler Higbee or Austin Hooper: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tyler Higbee at 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 47th highest figure of the 79 players the market prices.

The player markets price Austin Hooper at 1.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 77th highest figure of the 79 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Higbee: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Austin Hooper: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 231st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Tyler Higbee has been on the field for 49 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYG he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 8 of 11 targets for 62 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 5 of 6 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyler Higbee played 10 games and scored 71.1 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing TE40.

He caught 25 of 36 targets for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 3.6 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Austin Hooper was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyler Higbee scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Austin Hooper 3.7, 3.4 a game between them.

Tyler Higbee finished TE40 that year and Austin Hooper TE47.

Tyler Higbee had 10 more targets than Austin Hooper, 36 to 26.

Tyler Higbee had 18 more receiving yards than Austin Hooper, 281 to 263.

This season Tyler Higbee holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 28 percent.

This season Tyler Higbee holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 8 percent.

What would change the answer

5.1 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.