Rachaad White or Jared Wayne: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rachaad White: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 213th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jared Wayne: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 215th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Rachaad White at 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Jared Wayne at 0.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 196th highest figure of the 199 players the market prices.

Rachaad White's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 3

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.

Through Week 3, Jared Wayne has been on the field for 0 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 15.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he caught 1 of 1 target for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 2 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he caught 1 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jared Wayne played 1 game and scored 4.0 PPR points, 4.0 a game.

He caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

Rachaad White was available for 16 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rachaad White scored 8.4 PPR points a game and Jared Wayne 4.0, 4.4 a game between them.

Rachaad White is a running back and Jared Wayne a wide receiver, 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 Jared Wayne.

Rachaad White is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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