Jackson Hawes or Tanner Hudson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jackson Hawes: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 243rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tanner Hudson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 248th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jackson Hawes at 1.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 21st highest figure of the 22 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for Tanner Hudson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Jackson Hawes has been on the field for 39 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 36.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against DET he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he was not given the ball.

Through Week 5, Tanner Hudson has been on the field for 25 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 3.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 14 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jackson Hawes played 17 games and scored 52.7 PPR points, 3.1 a game, finishing TE51.

He caught 16 of 19 targets for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 1.1 targets a game, a 84 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 44 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Tanner Hudson played 15 games and scored 47.8 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing TE55.

He caught 19 of 24 targets for 168 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 79 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 16 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jackson Hawes was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tanner Hudson scored 3.2 PPR points a game and Jackson Hawes 3.1, 0.1 a game between them.

Jackson Hawes finished TE51 that year and Tanner Hudson TE55.

Tanner Hudson had 5 more targets than Jackson Hawes, 24 to 19.

Jackson Hawes had 19 more receiving yards than Tanner Hudson, 187 to 168.

This season Jackson Hawes holds the bigger snap share, 39 percent against 25 percent.

This season Tanner Hudson holds the bigger target share, 5 percent against 1 percent.

Byes and availability

Tanner Hudson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Tanner Hudson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.