Breece Hall or Samaje Perine: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Breece Hall: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Samaje Perine: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Breece Hall at 4.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Samaje Perine at 4.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 9 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Breece Hall's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 3, Breece Hall has been on the field for 57 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 62 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 4 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against TEN he carried 22 times for 102 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against GB he carried 16 times for 29 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DET he carried 13 times for 32 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Samaje Perine has been on the field for 34 percent of CIN snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he carried 2 times for 6 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PIT he carried 3 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against JAX he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Breece Hall played 16 games and scored 207.7 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing RB19.

He carried 243 times for 1065 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 48 targets for 350 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Samaje Perine played 15 games and scored 77.9 PPR points, 5.2 a game, finishing RB57.

He carried 84 times for 382 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 17 of 21 targets for 87 more yards.

That came to 5.6 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 34 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Breece Hall was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Breece Hall scored 13.0 PPR points a game and Samaje Perine 5.2, 7.8 a game between them.

Breece Hall finished RB19 that year and Samaje Perine RB57.

Breece Hall had 159 more carries than Samaje Perine, 243 to 84.

Breece Hall had 19 more catches than Samaje Perine, 36 to 17.

This season Breece Hall holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 34 percent.

This season Breece Hall holds the bigger share of the carries, 62 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Breece Hall is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Samaje Perine.

Breece Hall is listed as doubtful on the injury report.