De'Von Achane or Travis Etienne Jr.: 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 Travis Etienne Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 236th 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 Travis Etienne Jr., 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.

Through Week 3, Travis Etienne Jr. has been on the field for 51 percent of NO snaps, taken 38 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against DET he carried 9 times for 46 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against BAL he carried 8 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LV he carried 13 times for 57 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 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.

The season feed carries no line for Travis Etienne Jr. in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season De'Von Achane holds the bigger snap share, 52 percent against 51 percent.

This season De'Von Achane holds the bigger share of the carries, 44 percent against 38 percent.

Byes and availability

De'Von Achane is off in Week 6 and Travis Etienne Jr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

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

Travis Etienne Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.