Keaton Mitchell or Kenny Gainwell: 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 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenny Gainwell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 147th 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 Kenny Gainwell at 5.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 141st 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 through Week 4

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 4, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 42 percent of TB snaps, taken 14 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have come 0.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against CLE he carried 2 times for 10 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIN he carried 3 times for -4 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 3 times for 5 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 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 Kenny Gainwell played 17 games and scored 222.3 PPR points, 13.1 a game, finishing RB16.

He carried 114 times for 537 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 73 of 85 targets for 486 more yards.

That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.7 yards a carry and 4.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kenny Gainwell was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell scored 13.1 PPR points a game and Keaton Mitchell 4.3, 8.8 a game between them.

Keaton Mitchell finished RB67 that year and Kenny Gainwell RB16.

Kenny Gainwell had 55 more carries than Keaton Mitchell, 114 to 59.

Kenny Gainwell had 64 more catches than Keaton Mitchell, 73 to 9.

This season Kenny Gainwell holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 33 percent.

This season Keaton Mitchell holds the bigger share of the carries, 24 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Kenny Gainwell is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Keaton Mitchell.

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.