Elic Ayomanor or Tee Higgins: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Elic Ayomanor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tee Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Elic Ayomanor at 4.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 169th highest figure of the 209 players the market prices.

The market has Tee Higgins at 4.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Tee Higgins's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Elic Ayomanor has been on the field for 63 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 11.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 22 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Tee Higgins has been on the field for 79 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he caught 5 of 10 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 6 of 7 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 11 of 16 targets for 157 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor played 16 games and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 46 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Tee Higgins played 15 games and scored 211.6 PPR points, 14.1 a game, finishing WR15.

He caught 59 of 98 targets for 846 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 6.5 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Elic Ayomanor was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tee Higgins scored 14.1 PPR points a game and Elic Ayomanor 7.3, 6.8 a game between them.

Elic Ayomanor finished WR55 that year and Tee Higgins WR15.

Tee Higgins had 9 more targets than Elic Ayomanor, 98 to 89.

Tee Higgins had 331 more receiving yards than Elic Ayomanor, 846 to 515.

This season Tee Higgins holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 63 percent.

This season Tee Higgins holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Tee Higgins is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Elic Ayomanor.

Tee Higgins is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Tee Higgins is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.