Cole Kmet or Elijah Higgins: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Cole Kmet at 3.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 186th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Elijah Higgins at 2.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 191st highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cole Kmet: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 188th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Elijah Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 196th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Cole Kmet has been on the field for 65 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Elijah Higgins has been on the field for 33 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against SEA he was not given the ball.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cole Kmet played 16 games and scored 78.7 PPR points, 4.9 a game, finishing TE36.

He caught 30 of 48 targets for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Cole Kmet scored 4.9 PPR points a game and Elijah Higgins 3.4, 1.5 a game between them.

Cole Kmet finished TE36 that year and Elijah Higgins TE48.

Cole Kmet had 11 more targets than Elijah Higgins, 48 to 37.

Cole Kmet had 46 more receiving yards than Elijah Higgins, 347 to 301.

This season Cole Kmet holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 33 percent.

This season Cole Kmet holds the bigger target share, 6 percent against 3 percent.

What would change the answer

0.6 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 price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.