Should I start Quinshon Judkins or Corey Kiner in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quinshon Judkins, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Corey Kiner, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Quinshon Judkins is 3.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 Corey Kiner is 3.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 60 percent of CLE snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have come 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 17 times for 53 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 44 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Corey Kiner has been on the field for 12 percent of NE snaps, taken 17 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.

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

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 6 times for 52 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Quinshon Judkins was available for 11 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Corey Kiner 2.3, 9.0 a game between them.

Quinshon Judkins finished RB26 that year and Corey Kiner RB112.

Quinshon Judkins had 218 more carries than Corey Kiner, 230 to 12.

Quinshon Judkins had 24 more catches than Corey Kiner, 26 to 2.

This season Quinshon Judkins holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 12 percent.

This season Quinshon Judkins holds the bigger share of the carries, 61 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Quinshon Judkins is listed as questionable on the injury report.