De'Von Achane or Josh Jacobs: who should I start in Week 5?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Oct 7, 2026 at 10:11 PM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market prices neither of them this season, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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RB51 · MIA · bye 6
2025 vs rush yds line 8-8
- Overall rank
- 194
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 16
RB55 · GB · bye 11
2025 vs rush yds line 8-7
- Overall rank
- 204
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 16
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size219 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on De'Von Achane: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 194th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 14.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Josh Jacobs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 204th 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 Josh Jacobs, 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 through Week 3
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.
The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Josh Jacobs this season.
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 Josh Jacobs played 15 games and scored 237.1 PPR points, 15.8 a game, finishing RB13.
He carried 234 times for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 44 targets for 282 more yards.
That came to 15.6 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.
He was on the field for 59 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
De'Von Achane was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 De'Von Achane scored 20.2 PPR points a game and Josh Jacobs 15.8, 4.4 a game between them.
De'Von Achane finished RB5 that year and Josh Jacobs RB13.
De'Von Achane had 4 more carries than Josh Jacobs, 238 to 234.
De'Von Achane had 31 more catches than Josh Jacobs, 67 to 36.
Byes and availability
De'Von Achane is off in Week 6 and Josh Jacobs in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
De'Von Achane is listed as ir on the injury report.
Josh Jacobs is listed as na on the injury report.
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