Demond Claiborne or Jared Wayne: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Demond Claiborne: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 240th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jared Wayne: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 241st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Demond Claiborne at 1.4 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 16 market sources. 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 Jared Wayne at 1.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 221st highest figure of the 229 players the market prices.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Demond Claiborne has been on the field for 7 percent of MIN snaps, taken 8 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 32 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 1 target have come 7.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against CHI he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he carried 3 times for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he carried 3 times for 12 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Jared Wayne has been on the field for 0 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 15.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he caught 1 of 1 target for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 2 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he caught 1 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Demond Claiborne is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Jared Wayne played 1 game and scored 4.0 PPR points, 4.0 a game.

He caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

Side by side

Demond Claiborne is a running back and Jared Wayne a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

Demond Claiborne is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.