Should I start Ted Hurst III or Corey Kiner in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ted Hurst III, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Corey Kiner, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ted Hurst III is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

Ted Hurst III's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Ted Hurst III has been on the field for 49 percent of TB snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 15.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against CAR he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against ATL he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

Ted Hurst III is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Side by side

Ted Hurst III is a wide receiver and Corey Kiner a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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