Should I start Kaelon Black or De'Von Achane in Week 8?
Updated Nov 3, 5:51 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start De'Von Achane: 52 percent of the snaps and 44 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Kaelon Black's 30 percent of the snaps and 35 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.
RB64 · SF · bye 8
- Overall rank
- 218
RB · MIA · bye 6
2025 vs rush yds line 8-8
- Overall rank
- 231
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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 Kaelon Black, and the board ranks him 218th overall on the rest of his evidence.
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.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Kaelon Black, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for De'Von Achane, 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 7, Kaelon Black has been on the field for 30 percent of SF snaps, taken 31 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 3 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.
His 6 targets have come 2.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 5 against SEA he carried 6 times for 16 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against WAS he carried 8 times for 34 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 3 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against ATL he carried 12 times for 63 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for -4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
Kaelon Black is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
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.
Head to head
This season De'Von Achane holds the bigger snap share, 52 percent against 30 percent.
This season De'Von Achane holds the bigger share of the carries, 44 percent against 31 percent.
Byes and availability
Kaelon Black is off in Week 8 and De'Von Achane in Week 6, 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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