Rachaad White or Cooper Kupp: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rachaad White: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 156.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cooper Kupp: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 204.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Rachaad White at 5.4 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 15 books. That is 60 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Cooper Kupp at 6.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 157th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Rachaad White's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Rachaad White has been on the field for 47 percent of WAS snaps, taken 22 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against PHI he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 7 times for 43 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Cooper Kupp has been on the field for 57 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 12.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against NE he caught 2 of 3 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against ARI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Cooper Kupp played 16 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR53.

He caught 47 of 70 targets for 593 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rachaad White was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rachaad White scored 8.4 PPR points a game and Cooper Kupp 7.3, 1.1 a game between them.

Rachaad White finished RB32 and Cooper Kupp WR53, which are two different ladders.

Rachaad White is a running back and Cooper Kupp a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Rachaad White is off in Week 7 and Cooper Kupp in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Rachaad White is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.