Keaton Mitchell or Oronde Gadsden: 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 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Oronde Gadsden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Keaton Mitchell at 8.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 116th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The market has Oronde Gadsden at 8.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Oronde Gadsden'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, Oronde Gadsden has been on the field for 45 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 5 of 8 targets for 36 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 Oronde Gadsden played 15 games and scored 131.4 PPR points, 8.8 a game, finishing TE15.

He caught 49 of 69 targets for 664 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.6 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Oronde Gadsden was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Oronde Gadsden scored 8.8 PPR points a game and Keaton Mitchell 4.3, 4.5 a game between them.

Keaton Mitchell finished RB67 and Oronde Gadsden TE15, which are two different ladders.

Keaton Mitchell is a running back and Oronde Gadsden a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

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