Rico Dowdle or Hunter Henry: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Rico Dowdle at 9.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 97th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Hunter Henry at 9.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 100th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rico Dowdle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 96.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Hunter Henry: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 171.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Rico Dowdle has been on the field for 58 percent of PIT snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 10 third down targets and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he carried 8 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Hunter Henry has been on the field for 76 percent of NE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rico Dowdle played 17 games and scored 216.3 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing RB18.

He carried 236 times for 1076 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 39 of 50 targets for 297 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 56 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Hunter Henry played 17 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE9.

He caught 60 of 87 targets for 768 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 22 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 12.8 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.

Side by side

In 2025 Rico Dowdle scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Hunter Henry 10.5, 2.2 a game between them.

Rico Dowdle finished RB18 and Hunter Henry TE9, which are two different ladders.

Rico Dowdle is a running back and Hunter Henry a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Rico Dowdle is off in Week 9 and Hunter Henry in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.1 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.