Elijah Higgins or Rachaad White: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Elijah Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 206th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rachaad White: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 213th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Elijah Higgins at 2.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 175th highest figure of the 199 players the market prices.

The market has Rachaad White at 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 3, Rachaad White has been on the field for 46 percent of WAS snaps, taken 23 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 0.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 7 times for 43 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 8 times for 35 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Rachaad White scored 8.4 PPR points a game and Elijah Higgins 3.4, 5.0 a game between them.

Elijah Higgins finished TE48 and Rachaad White RB32, which are two different ladders.

Elijah Higgins is a tight end and Rachaad White a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Rachaad White is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Elijah Higgins.

Rachaad White is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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