Caleb Williams or Jadarian Price: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Caleb Williams at 18.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 8th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Jadarian Price at 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 75th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Caleb Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 56th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 21.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jadarian Price: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 52nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 85.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Caleb Williams has been on the field for 100 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 38 times and thrown 11.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 3 of 38 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 1 against CAR he completed 21 of 29 passes for 269 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 10 times for 65 yards.

Through Week 1, Jadarian Price has been on the field for 48 percent of SEA snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 0.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against NE he carried 10 times for 52 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Caleb Williams played 17 games and scored 325.2 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB5.

He threw for 3942 yards on 568 attempts with 27 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 383 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That came to 33.4 attempts a game at 6.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jadarian Price is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Caleb Williams is a quarterback and Jadarian Price a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Caleb Williams is off in Week 10 and Jadarian Price in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.5 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.