De'Von Achane or James Cook III: who should I start?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on De'Von Achane: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 19.

Drafters have formed no consensus on James Cook III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 187th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 2; 2QB: ADP 13.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price De'Von Achane at 16.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 30th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

No sportsbook has posted a season market for James Cook III, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, De'Von Achane has been on the field for 86 percent of MIA snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 75 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 5 third down targets and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against LV he carried 11 times for 36 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, James Cook III has been on the field for 72 percent of BUF snaps, taken 65 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against HOU he carried 13 times for 57 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 De'Von Achane played 16 games and scored 322.8 PPR points, 20.2 a game, finishing RB5.

He carried 238 times for 1350 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 67 of 85 targets for 488 more yards.

That came to 14.9 carries a game at 5.7 yards a carry and 4.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 James Cook III played 17 games and scored 302.2 PPR points, 17.8 a game, finishing RB6.

He carried 309 times for 1621 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 291 more yards.

That came to 18.2 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 1.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

James Cook III was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 De'Von Achane scored 20.2 PPR points a game and James Cook III 17.8, 2.4 a game between them.

De'Von Achane finished RB5 that year and James Cook III RB6.

James Cook III had 71 more carries than De'Von Achane, 309 to 238.

De'Von Achane had 34 more catches than James Cook III, 67 to 33.

This season De'Von Achane holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 72 percent.

This season James Cook III holds the bigger share of the carries, 65 percent against 61 percent.

Byes and availability

De'Von Achane is off in Week 6 and James Cook III in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

James Cook III has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.