Jake Ferguson or Rachaad White: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jake Ferguson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rachaad White: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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

The player markets price Rachaad White at 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 129th highest figure of the 213 players the market prices.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Jake Ferguson has been on the field for 69 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 4.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against WAS he caught 4 of 4 targets for 43 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

Through Week 3, Rachaad White has been on the field for 46 percent of WAS snaps, taken 23 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 0.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 7 times for 43 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 8 times for 35 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jake Ferguson played 17 games and scored 188.1 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE5.

He caught 82 of 102 targets for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 23 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 7.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Jake Ferguson scored 11.1 PPR points a game and Rachaad White 8.4, 2.7 a game between them.

Jake Ferguson finished TE5 and Rachaad White RB32, which are two different ladders.

Jake Ferguson is a tight end and Rachaad White a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Rachaad White is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Jake Ferguson.

What would change the answer

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