Kenneth Walker or Bryce Young: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenneth Walker: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 186th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes half PPR: ADP 1; standard: ADP 6; 2QB: ADP 18.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bryce Young: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 187th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 43.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Kenneth Walker, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Bryce Young, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kenneth Walker has been on the field for 75 percent of KC snaps, taken 76 percent of the carries, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 56 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 10 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have come 0.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against IND he carried 24 times for 117 yards, caught 6 of 10 targets for 61 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIA he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 3 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against LV he carried 22 times for 177 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 4, Bryce Young has been on the field for 96 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 175 times and thrown 9.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 31 of 175 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 2 against ATL he completed 23 of 36 passes for 287 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 6 yards.

In Week 3 against CLE he completed 26 of 47 passes for 291 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

In Week 4 against DET he completed 29 of 41 passes for 329 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 7 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kenneth Walker played 17 games and scored 191.9 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB22.

He carried 221 times for 1027 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 31 of 36 targets for 282 more yards.

That came to 13.0 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.8 catches a game.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Bryce Young played 16 games and scored 229.0 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing QB19.

He threw for 3011 yards on 478 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 216 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.3 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kenneth Walker was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Bryce Young scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Kenneth Walker 11.3, 3.0 a game between them.

Kenneth Walker finished RB22 and Bryce Young QB19, which are two different ladders.

Kenneth Walker is a running back and Bryce Young a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 5, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.