Should I start De'Von Achane or Jordan James in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 12:41 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Start De'Von Achane: 52 percent of the snaps and 44 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Jordan James's 10 percent of the snaps and 10 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
RB · MIA · bye 6
2025 vs rush yds line 8-8
- Overall rank
- 231
RB · SF · bye 8
- Overall rank
- 238
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on De'Von Achane, and the board ranks him 231st overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 13.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan James, and the board ranks him 238th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for De'Von Achane, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Jordan James, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season so far
Through Week 3, De'Von Achane has been on the field for 52 percent of MIA snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 37 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.
His 12 targets have averaged 3.2 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.
In Week 2 against SF he carried 20 times for 74 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.
In Week 3 against KC he carried 3 times for 17 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
Through Week 7, Jordan James has been on the field for 10 percent of SF snaps, taken 10 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 12 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.
His 1 target have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 2 against MIA he carried 4 times for 15 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against ATL he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 11 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 Jordan James played 3 games.
He carried 0 times for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 more yards.
He was on the field for 1 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
De'Von Achane was available for 13 games more.
Head to head
De'Von Achane had 238 more carries than Jordan James, 238 to 0.
De'Von Achane had 67 more catches than Jordan James, 67 to 0.
This season De'Von Achane holds the bigger snap share, 52 percent against 10 percent.
This season De'Von Achane holds the bigger share of the carries, 44 percent against 10 percent.
Byes and availability
De'Von Achane is off in Week 6 and Jordan James in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
De'Von Achane is listed as ir on the injury report.
Both players in full
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