Should I start Kaleb Johnson or Jordan James in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kaleb Johnson, and the board ranks him 183rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan James, and the board ranks him 185th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kaleb Johnson is 0.4 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.

The market-based projection for Jordan James is 0.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Kaleb Johnson has been on the field for 22 percent of GB snaps, taken 29 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 8 times for 42 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 7 times for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 1 time for -2 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Jordan James has been on the field for 10 percent of SF snaps, taken 10 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 12 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 1 target have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against MIA he carried 4 times for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ATL he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 11 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kaleb Johnson played 10 games and scored 8.8 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB115.

He carried 28 times for 69 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 more yards.

That came to 2.8 carries a game at 3 yards a carry and 0.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 6 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jordan James played 3 games.

He carried 0 times for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 more yards.

He was on the field for 1 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kaleb Johnson was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

Kaleb Johnson had 28 more carries than Jordan James, 28 to 0.

Kaleb Johnson had 1 more catches than Jordan James, 1 to 0.

This season Kaleb Johnson holds the bigger snap share, 22 percent against 10 percent.

This season Kaleb Johnson holds the bigger share of the carries, 29 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Kaleb Johnson is off in Week 11 and Jordan James in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kaleb Johnson is listed as out on the injury report.