De'Von Achane or Jordan Mason: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on De'Von Achane: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 232nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 13.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Mason: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 235th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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 Mason, 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 1, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 45 percent of MIN snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets and had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 15 times for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 De'Von Achane scored 20.2 PPR points a game and Jordan Mason 8.1, 12.1 a game between them.

De'Von Achane finished RB5 that year and Jordan Mason RB36.

De'Von Achane had 79 more carries than Jordan Mason, 238 to 159.

De'Von Achane had 53 more catches than Jordan Mason, 67 to 14.

This season De'Von Achane holds the bigger snap share, 52 percent against 45 percent.

This season Jordan Mason holds the bigger share of the carries, 48 percent against 44 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 6, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

De'Von Achane is listed as ir on the injury report.

Jordan Mason is listed as ir on the injury report.