Should I start T.J. Hockenson or Dalton Schultz in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 25th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Schultz, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for T.J. Hockenson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for Dalton Schultz is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 65 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 75 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 7.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against IND he caught 4 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against DET he caught 4 of 5 targets for 58 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against BUF he caught 4 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 56 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 1 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 51 two minute targets.

His 47 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 4 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYG he caught 5 of 6 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LAC he caught 2 of 4 targets for 42 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Dalton Schultz played 17 games and scored 177.7 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE10.

He caught 82 of 106 targets for 777 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 10 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dalton Schultz was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dalton Schultz scored 10.5 PPR points a game and T.J. Hockenson 7.5, 2.9 a game between them.

T.J. Hockenson finished TE26 that year and Dalton Schultz TE10.

Dalton Schultz had 40 more targets than T.J. Hockenson, 106 to 66.

Dalton Schultz had 339 more receiving yards than T.J. Hockenson, 777 to 438.

This season T.J. Hockenson holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 56 percent.

This season T.J. Hockenson holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

T.J. Hockenson is off in Week 6 and Dalton Schultz in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.