Should I start Keaton Mitchell or Jaylen Wright in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keaton Mitchell, and the board ranks him 198th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Jaylen Wright at all right now: live drafts have stopped taking him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Keaton Mitchell is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 32 percent of LAC snaps, taken 20 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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

In Week 6 against KC he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LAR he carried 4 times for 6 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Jaylen Wright has been on the field for 13 percent of MIA snaps, taken 14 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 6 times for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 6 times for 8 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NE he carried 2 times for 5 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jaylen Wright played 10 games and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He carried 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 more yards.

That came to 7.0 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Keaton Mitchell was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylen Wright scored 4.8 PPR points a game and Keaton Mitchell 4.3, 0.6 a game between them.

Keaton Mitchell finished RB67 that year and Jaylen Wright RB70.

Jaylen Wright had 11 more carries than Keaton Mitchell, 70 to 59.

Keaton Mitchell had 4 more catches than Jaylen Wright, 9 to 5.

This season Keaton Mitchell holds the bigger snap share, 32 percent against 13 percent.

This season Keaton Mitchell holds the bigger share of the carries, 20 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Keaton Mitchell is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Jaylen Wright.