Should I start Chig Okonkwo or Elijah Higgins in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Chig Okonkwo's market-based projection is 8.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 220 players with a market-based projection.

Elijah Higgins's market-based projection is 4.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 109th highest figure of the 220 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chig Okonkwo, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elijah Higgins, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Chig Okonkwo has been on the field for 67 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against NYG he caught 4 of 6 targets for 60 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SF he caught 7 of 7 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Elijah Higgins has been on the field for 39 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 1 of its 29 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 57 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 2.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 3 of 3 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DEN he caught 3 of 3 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DAL he caught 2 of 4 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chig Okonkwo played 17 games and scored 124.0 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing TE21.

He caught 56 of 79 targets for 560 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 4.6 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Elijah Higgins played 17 games and scored 58.1 PPR points, 3.4 a game, finishing TE48.

He caught 30 of 37 targets for 301 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.2 targets a game, a 81 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Chig Okonkwo scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Elijah Higgins 3.4, 3.9 a game between them.

Chig Okonkwo finished TE21 that year and Elijah Higgins TE48.

Chig Okonkwo had 42 more targets than Elijah Higgins, 79 to 37.

Chig Okonkwo had 259 more receiving yards than Elijah Higgins, 560 to 301.

This season Chig Okonkwo holds the bigger snap share, 67 percent against 39 percent.

This season Chig Okonkwo holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Chig Okonkwo is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Elijah Higgins.

What would change the answer

3.2 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.