Kaleb Johnson or Emeka Egbuka: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kaleb Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Emeka Egbuka: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Kaleb Johnson at 9.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Emeka Egbuka at 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 101st highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

Kaleb Johnson's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kaleb Johnson has been on the field for 31 percent of GB snaps, taken 41 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 14 two minute targets.

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

In Week 2 against NYJ he carried 8 times for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against ATL he carried 4 times for 6 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

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

Through Week 4, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 84 percent of TB snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 11.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against CLE he carried 1 time for -3 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 16 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 5 of 9 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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 2.5 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.

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7.5 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Emeka Egbuka was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Kaleb Johnson 0.9, 10.6 a game between them.

Kaleb Johnson finished RB115 and Emeka Egbuka WR23, which are two different ladders.

Kaleb Johnson is a running back and Emeka Egbuka a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Emeka Egbuka is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Kaleb Johnson.

What would change the answer

Kaleb Johnson is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.