Should I start Emanuel Wilson or Kaleb Johnson in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emanuel Wilson, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kaleb Johnson, and the board ranks him 167th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Emanuel Wilson is 0.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

The market-based projection for Kaleb Johnson is 0.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Emanuel Wilson has been on the field for 41 percent of SEA snaps, taken 55 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 62 third down targets, had 7 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have come 1.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against SF he carried 20 times for 61 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against DEN he carried 14 times for 52 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against KC he carried 24 times for 100 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Kaleb Johnson has been on the field for 22 percent of GB snaps, taken 29 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 8 times for 42 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 7 times for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 1 time for -2 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Emanuel Wilson played 17 games and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He carried 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 more yards.

That came to 7.4 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kaleb Johnson played 10 games and scored 8.8 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB115.

He carried 28 times for 69 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 more yards.

That came to 2.8 carries a game at 3 yards a carry and 0.1 catches a game.

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

Emanuel Wilson was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Emanuel Wilson scored 5.6 PPR points a game and Kaleb Johnson 0.9, 4.7 a game between them.

Emanuel Wilson finished RB49 that year and Kaleb Johnson RB115.

Emanuel Wilson had 97 more carries than Kaleb Johnson, 125 to 28.

Emanuel Wilson had 14 more catches than Kaleb Johnson, 15 to 1.

This season Emanuel Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 41 percent against 22 percent.

This season Emanuel Wilson holds the bigger share of the carries, 55 percent against 29 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.