Should I start Corey Kiner or Elijah Mitchell in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Corey Kiner, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elijah Mitchell, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Elijah Mitchell is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Corey Kiner's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Corey Kiner has been on the field for 13 percent of NE snaps, taken 18 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 11 times for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 4 times for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he carried 7 times for 38 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Elijah Mitchell has been on the field for 30 percent of PHI snaps, taken 26 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 20 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against DAL he carried 3 times for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against WAS he carried 11 times for 34 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Corey Kiner played 4 games and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.

He carried 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 more yards.

That came to 3.0 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Elijah Mitchell played 1 game, finishing RB149.

He carried 0 times for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 more yards.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Corey Kiner was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

Corey Kiner finished RB112 that year and Elijah Mitchell RB149.

Corey Kiner had 12 more carries than Elijah Mitchell, 12 to 0.

Corey Kiner had 2 more catches than Elijah Mitchell, 2 to 0.

This season Elijah Mitchell holds the bigger snap share, 30 percent against 13 percent.

This season Elijah Mitchell holds the bigger share of the carries, 26 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Corey Kiner is off in Week 11 and Elijah Mitchell in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.