Should I start Trevor Etienne or Elijah Mitchell in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Trevor Etienne, and the board ranks him 179th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elijah Mitchell, and the board ranks him 181st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Trevor Etienne is 1.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Elijah Mitchell is 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Trevor Etienne has been on the field for 12 percent of CAR snaps, taken 11 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 0.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against PHI he carried 1 time for -1 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TB he carried 6 times for 8 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against GB he carried 1 time for 1 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Elijah Mitchell has been on the field for 30 percent of PHI snaps, taken 26 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 20 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against DAL he carried 3 times for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against WAS he carried 11 times for 34 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Trevor Etienne played 17 games and scored 11.7 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB104.

He carried 20 times for 94 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 3 targets for 13 more yards.

That came to 1.2 carries a game at 4.7 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 6 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Elijah Mitchell played 1 game, finishing RB149.

He carried 0 times for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 more yards.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Trevor Etienne was available for 16 games more.

Head to head

Trevor Etienne finished RB104 that year and Elijah Mitchell RB149.

Trevor Etienne had 20 more carries than Elijah Mitchell, 20 to 0.

Trevor Etienne had 3 more catches than Elijah Mitchell, 3 to 0.

This season Elijah Mitchell holds the bigger snap share, 30 percent against 12 percent.

This season Elijah Mitchell holds the bigger share of the carries, 26 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Elijah Mitchell is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Trevor Etienne.