Derrick Henry or Rachaad White: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Derrick Henry: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rachaad White: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Derrick Henry at 6.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Rachaad White at 6.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 10 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Derrick Henry has been on the field for 58 percent of BAL snaps, taken 72 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 55 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 13 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have come 3.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against DAL he carried 26 times for 89 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against TEN he carried 23 times for 73 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against ATL he carried 24 times for 102 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Rachaad White has been on the field for 49 percent of WAS snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 0.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 7 times for 43 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 8 times for 35 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYG he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Derrick Henry played 17 games and scored 279.5 PPR points, 16.4 a game, finishing RB8.

He carried 307 times for 1595 yards and 16 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 21 targets for 150 more yards.

That came to 18.1 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Derrick Henry scored 16.4 PPR points a game and Rachaad White 8.4, 8.0 a game between them.

Derrick Henry finished RB8 that year and Rachaad White RB32.

Derrick Henry had 175 more carries than Rachaad White, 307 to 132.

Rachaad White had 25 more catches than Derrick Henry, 40 to 15.

This season Derrick Henry holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 49 percent.

This season Derrick Henry holds the bigger share of the carries, 72 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Derrick Henry is off in Week 13 and Rachaad White in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.