Tyler Higbee or Jackson Hawes: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tyler Higbee at 7.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 10th highest figure of the 22 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jackson Hawes at 1.1 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.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Higbee: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Tyler Higbee has been on the field for 49 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 8 of 11 targets for 62 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 5 of 6 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyler Higbee played 10 games and scored 71.1 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing TE40.

He caught 25 of 36 targets for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 3.6 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Jackson Hawes was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyler Higbee scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Jackson Hawes 3.1, 4.0 a game between them.

Tyler Higbee finished TE40 that year and Jackson Hawes TE51.

Tyler Higbee had 17 more targets than Jackson Hawes, 36 to 19.

Tyler Higbee had 94 more receiving yards than Jackson Hawes, 281 to 187.

This season Tyler Higbee holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 39 percent.

This season Tyler Higbee holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 1 percent.

What would change the answer

6.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.