Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Travis Etienne Jr.: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 10.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 87th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Travis Etienne Jr. at 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 96th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 107.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Etienne Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 55.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 49 percent of WAS snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 1 target have come 7.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against PHI he carried 16 times for 63 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, Travis Etienne Jr. has been on the field for 59 percent of NO snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have come 0.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against DET he carried 9 times for 46 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

The season feed carries no line for Travis Etienne Jr. in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Travis Etienne Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 59 percent against 49 percent.

This season Jacory Croskey-Merritt holds the bigger share of the carries, 50 percent against 36 percent.

Byes and availability

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is off in Week 7 and Travis Etienne Jr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.9 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.