Jahan Dotson or Keaton Mitchell: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jahan Dotson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keaton Mitchell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Jahan Dotson's market-based projection is 5.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 131st highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Keaton Mitchell is 4.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Keaton Mitchell's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Jahan Dotson has been on the field for 67 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 16.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against GB he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 2 of 3 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against BAL he caught 2 of 4 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 33 percent of LAC snaps, taken 22 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have come 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against BUF he carried 8 times for 52 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for -5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 10 times for 39 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 6 times for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jahan Dotson played 17 games and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Keaton Mitchell played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He carried 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 more yards.

That came to 4-5 carries a game at 5.8 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jahan Dotson was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Keaton Mitchell scored 4.3 PPR points a game and Jahan Dotson 3.0, 1.3 a game between them.

Jahan Dotson finished WR109 and Keaton Mitchell RB67, which are two different ladders.

Jahan Dotson is a wide receiver and Keaton Mitchell a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

Keaton Mitchell is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.