Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Bhayshul Tuten: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 10.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 87th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Bhayshul Tuten at 9.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 93rd highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 107.

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 69.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 49 percent of WAS snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 1 target have come 7.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against PHI he carried 16 times for 63 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, Bhayshul Tuten has been on the field for 49 percent of JAX snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 2 third down targets and had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five.

His 1 target have come 5.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against CLE he carried 15 times for 66 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 22 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Bhayshul Tuten played 15 games and scored 88.6 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB53.

He carried 83 times for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 14 targets for 79 more yards.

That came to 5.5 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt scored 8.3 PPR points a game and Bhayshul Tuten 5.9, 2.3 a game between them.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt finished RB33 that year and Bhayshul Tuten RB53.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt had 92 more carries than Bhayshul Tuten, 175 to 83.

Bhayshul Tuten had 1 more catches than Jacory Croskey-Merritt, 10 to 9.

Their snap share this season is the same, 49 percent each.

This season Bhayshul Tuten holds the bigger share of the carries, 52 percent against 50 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

0.6 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.