Jonnu Smith or Drew Sample: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jonnu Smith at 2.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 191st highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

The player markets price Drew Sample at 2.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 200th highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonnu Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 217th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drew Sample: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 225th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jonnu Smith has been on the field for 32 percent of GB snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against ATL he caught 2 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TB he caught 1 of 1 target for 19 yards and did not score.

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 Jonnu Smith played 17 games and scored 85.2 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing TE35.

He caught 38 of 54 targets for 222 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 5.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 53 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 Jonnu Smith scored 5.0 PPR points a game and Drew Sample 1.9, 3.1 a game between them.

Jonnu Smith finished TE35 that year and Drew Sample TE64.

Jonnu Smith had 34 more targets than Drew Sample, 54 to 20.

Jonnu Smith had 116 more receiving yards than Drew Sample, 222 to 106.

This season Drew Sample holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 32 percent.

This season Jonnu Smith holds the bigger target share, 5 percent against 3 percent.

What would change the answer

0.8 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.