Colby Parkinson or Elijah Higgins: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Colby Parkinson's market-based projection is 4.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 109th highest figure of the 152 players with a market-based projection.

Elijah Higgins's market-based projection is 3.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 122nd highest figure of the 152 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Colby Parkinson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Elijah Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Colby Parkinson has been on the field for 62 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 2.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYG he caught 2 of 2 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BUF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Elijah Higgins has been on the field for 37 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 1 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 4.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against SF he caught 3 of 3 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYG he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 3 of 3 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Colby Parkinson played 15 games and scored 129.8 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE17.

He caught 43 of 56 targets for 408 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 20 red zone targets.

That came to 3.7 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 10 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 59 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.

Elijah Higgins was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Colby Parkinson scored 8.7 PPR points a game and Elijah Higgins 3.4, 5.2 a game between them.

Colby Parkinson finished TE17 that year and Elijah Higgins TE48.

Colby Parkinson had 19 more targets than Elijah Higgins, 56 to 37.

Colby Parkinson had 107 more receiving yards than Elijah Higgins, 408 to 301.

This season Colby Parkinson holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 37 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 4 percent each.

What would change the answer

1.2 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.