Elijah Higgins or Drew Sample: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Elijah Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 211th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drew Sample: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 222nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Elijah Higgins, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The player markets price Drew Sample at 1.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 199th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Elijah Higgins has been on the field for 33 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against SEA he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against SF he caught 3 of 3 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYG he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Drew Sample has been on the field for 49 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against JAX he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Elijah Higgins played 17 games and scored 58.1 PPR points, 3.4 a game, finishing TE48.

He caught 30 of 37 targets for 301 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.2 targets a game, a 81 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Drew Sample played 17 games and scored 31.9 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing TE64.

He caught 15 of 20 targets for 106 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 7.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Elijah Higgins scored 3.4 PPR points a game and Drew Sample 1.9, 1.5 a game between them.

Elijah Higgins finished TE48 that year and Drew Sample TE64.

Elijah Higgins had 17 more targets than Drew Sample, 37 to 20.

Elijah Higgins had 195 more receiving yards than Drew Sample, 301 to 106.

This season Drew Sample holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 33 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 3 percent each.

What would change the answer

Elijah Higgins has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.