Evan Engram or Elijah Higgins: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Evan Engram at 5.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 140th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Elijah Higgins at 3.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 167th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Evan Engram: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 153rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Elijah Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 176th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Evan Engram has been on the field for 60 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 4.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against JAX he caught 1 of 1 target for 17 yards and did not score.

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

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 5 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Evan Engram played 16 games and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 42 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Elijah Higgins was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Evan Engram scored 6.4 PPR points a game and Elijah Higgins 3.4, 3.0 a game between them.

Evan Engram finished TE29 that year and Elijah Higgins TE48.

Evan Engram had 39 more targets than Elijah Higgins, 76 to 37.

Evan Engram had 160 more receiving yards than Elijah Higgins, 461 to 301.

This season Evan Engram holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 33 percent.

This season Evan Engram holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 3 percent.

What would change the answer

2.2 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.