Elijah Higgins or Khalil Shakir: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Elijah Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Khalil Shakir: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 141st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Elijah Higgins's market-based projection is 3.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 122nd highest figure of the 152 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Khalil Shakir is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Elijah Higgins has been on the field for 37 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 1 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 4.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 3 of 3 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Khalil Shakir has been on the field for 64 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 6.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 7 of 8 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAR he caught 3 of 3 targets for 80 yards and did not score.

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 Khalil Shakir played 16 games and scored 166.4 PPR points, 10.4 a game, finishing WR36.

He caught 72 of 95 targets for 719 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Elijah Higgins was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Khalil Shakir scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Elijah Higgins 3.4, 7.0 a game between them.

Elijah Higgins finished TE48 and Khalil Shakir WR36, which are two different ladders.

Elijah Higgins is a tight end and Khalil Shakir a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Khalil Shakir is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Elijah Higgins.

What would change the answer

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