Samaje Perine or Justice Hill: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Samaje Perine: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 166th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justice Hill: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 173rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Samaje Perine at 4.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 9 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Justice Hill at 3.5 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Samaje Perine has been on the field for 34 percent of CIN snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he carried 2 times for 6 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PIT he carried 3 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against JAX he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Justice Hill has been on the field for 41 percent of BAL snaps, taken 11 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 0 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have come 2.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NO he carried 2 times for 6 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DAL he carried 5 times for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TEN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Samaje Perine played 15 games and scored 77.9 PPR points, 5.2 a game, finishing RB57.

He carried 84 times for 382 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 17 of 21 targets for 87 more yards.

That came to 5.6 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 34 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Justice Hill played 10 games and scored 65.2 PPR points, 6.5 a game, finishing RB60.

He carried 18 times for 93 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 21 of 27 targets for 169 more yards.

That came to 1.8 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Samaje Perine was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Justice Hill scored 6.5 PPR points a game and Samaje Perine 5.2, 1.3 a game between them.

Samaje Perine finished RB57 that year and Justice Hill RB60.

Samaje Perine had 66 more carries than Justice Hill, 84 to 18.

Justice Hill had 4 more catches than Samaje Perine, 21 to 17.

This season Justice Hill holds the bigger snap share, 41 percent against 34 percent.

This season Samaje Perine holds the bigger share of the carries, 16 percent against 11 percent.