Keaton Mitchell or Keenan Allen: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keaton Mitchell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keenan Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Keaton Mitchell at 7.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 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 player markets price Keenan Allen at 6.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 124th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 33 percent of LAC snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 1.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against LV he carried 5 times for 24 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BUF he carried 8 times for 52 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for -5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 10 times for 39 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 64 percent of IND snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 20 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 6 of 6 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 1 of 5 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against HOU he caught 6 of 9 targets for 63 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Keenan Allen was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Keenan Allen scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Keaton Mitchell 4.3, 6.5 a game between them.

Keaton Mitchell finished RB67 and Keenan Allen WR29, which are two different ladders.

Keaton Mitchell is a running back and Keenan Allen a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Keenan Allen is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Keaton Mitchell.

Keenan Allen is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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