Elijah Higgins or Travis Kelce: 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 204th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Kelce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 245th 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 14 market sources. That is the 192nd highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

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 4, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 80 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 9 of 11 targets for 101 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 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 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Travis Kelce scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Elijah Higgins 3.4, 7.9 a game between them.

Elijah Higgins finished TE48 that year and Travis Kelce TE3.

Travis Kelce had 71 more targets than Elijah Higgins, 108 to 37.

Travis Kelce had 550 more receiving yards than Elijah Higgins, 851 to 301.

This season Travis Kelce holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 33 percent.

This season Travis Kelce holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 3 percent.

Byes and availability

Travis Kelce is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Elijah Higgins.

What would change the answer

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