Travis Kelce or Jalen McMillan: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Kelce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 206th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen McMillan: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 208th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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

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

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 80 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 9 of 11 targets for 101 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Jalen McMillan has been on the field for 7 percent of TB snaps, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 20 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against CLE he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jalen McMillan played 4 games and scored 29.9 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing WR137.

He caught 12 of 15 targets for 178 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 14.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Travis Kelce was available for 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Travis Kelce scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Jalen McMillan 7.5, 3.9 a game between them.

Travis Kelce finished TE3 and Jalen McMillan WR137, which are two different ladders.

Travis Kelce is a tight end and Jalen McMillan a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Travis Kelce is off in Week 5 and Jalen McMillan in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jalen McMillan is listed as ir on the injury report.