Should I start TreVeyon Henderson or Dylan Sampson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on TreVeyon Henderson, and the board ranks him 185th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dylan Sampson, and the board ranks him 192nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for TreVeyon Henderson is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Dylan Sampson is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

TreVeyon Henderson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, TreVeyon Henderson has been on the field for 32 percent of NE snaps, taken 32 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 4 times for 22 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 7 times for 31 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 3 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Dylan Sampson has been on the field for 46 percent of CLE snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against TEN he carried 6 times for 45 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against PIT he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 TreVeyon Henderson played 17 games and scored 206.2 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing RB21.

He carried 180 times for 911 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 42 targets for 221 more yards.

That came to 10.6 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Dylan Sampson played 15 games and scored 87.6 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing RB55.

He carried 65 times for 175 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 271 more yards.

That came to 4.3 carries a game at 2.7 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 25 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

TreVeyon Henderson was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 TreVeyon Henderson scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Dylan Sampson 5.8, 6.3 a game between them.

TreVeyon Henderson finished RB21 that year and Dylan Sampson RB55.

TreVeyon Henderson had 115 more carries than Dylan Sampson, 180 to 65.

TreVeyon Henderson had 2 more catches than Dylan Sampson, 35 to 33.

This season Dylan Sampson holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 32 percent.

This season TreVeyon Henderson holds the bigger share of the carries, 32 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

TreVeyon Henderson is listed as out on the injury report.