Should I start Keaton Mitchell or Emanuel Wilson in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keaton Mitchell, and the board ranks him 166th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Keaton Mitchell is 0.9 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 Emanuel Wilson is 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 32 percent of LAC snaps, taken 20 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 6 times for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LAR he carried 4 times for 6 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keaton Mitchell played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He carried 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 more yards.

That came to 4-5 carries a game at 5.8 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Emanuel Wilson was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Emanuel Wilson scored 5.6 PPR points a game and Keaton Mitchell 4.3, 1.3 a game between them.

Keaton Mitchell finished RB67 that year and Emanuel Wilson RB49.

Emanuel Wilson had 66 more carries than Keaton Mitchell, 125 to 59.

Emanuel Wilson had 6 more catches than Keaton Mitchell, 15 to 9.

This season Emanuel Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 41 percent against 32 percent.

This season Emanuel Wilson holds the bigger share of the carries, 55 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Keaton Mitchell is off in Week 7 and Emanuel Wilson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.