T.J. Hockenson or Jadarian Price: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

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

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

What the player markets price

The player markets price T.J. Hockenson at 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 95th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 76 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 13 of 13 targets for 119 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Jadarian Price has been on the field for 36 percent of SEA snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 5.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against NE he carried 10 times for 52 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 13 times for 52 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against WAS he carried 5 times for 15 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jadarian Price is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

T.J. Hockenson is a tight end and Jadarian Price a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jadarian Price is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for T.J. Hockenson.

Jadarian Price is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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