Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Tyjae Spears: 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 Tyjae Spears at 7.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 140th 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 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 107.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyjae Spears: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 193.

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, Tyjae Spears has been on the field for 50 percent of TEN snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 3.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against NYJ he carried 3 times for 12 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 12 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.

In 2025 Tyjae Spears played 13 games and scored 111.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB44.

He carried 72 times for 283 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 45 of 50 targets for 264 more yards.

That came to 5.5 carries a game at 3.9 yards a carry and 3.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyjae Spears scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Jacory Croskey-Merritt 8.3, 0.3 a game between them.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt finished RB33 that year and Tyjae Spears RB44.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt had 103 more carries than Tyjae Spears, 175 to 72.

Tyjae Spears had 36 more catches than Jacory Croskey-Merritt, 45 to 9.

This season Tyjae Spears holds the bigger snap share, 50 percent against 49 percent.

This season Jacory Croskey-Merritt holds the bigger share of the carries, 50 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is off in Week 7 and Tyjae Spears in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.9 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.