Elijah Higgins or Sam LaPorta: 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 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam LaPorta: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 198th 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 133rd highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Sam LaPorta, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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, Sam LaPorta has been on the field for 88 percent of DET snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 2 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 3 of 4 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 8 of 13 targets for 84 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 5 of 5 targets for 88 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 Sam LaPorta played 9 games and scored 106.9 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing TE27.

He caught 40 of 49 targets for 489 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 5.4 targets a game, a 82 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Elijah Higgins was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Sam LaPorta scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Elijah Higgins 3.4, 8.5 a game between them.

Elijah Higgins finished TE48 that year and Sam LaPorta TE27.

Sam LaPorta had 12 more targets than Elijah Higgins, 49 to 37.

Sam LaPorta had 188 more receiving yards than Elijah Higgins, 489 to 301.

This season Sam LaPorta holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 37 percent.

This season Sam LaPorta holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Sam LaPorta is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Elijah Higgins.

What would change the answer

Sam LaPorta has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.