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Should I start TreVeyon Henderson or Keaton Mitchell in Week 6?

Updated Oct 18, 8:26 PM ET.

Week 6 verdict

Start TreVeyon Henderson over Keaton Mitchell

Right: 3.0 to 0.4
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TreVeyon Henderson

RB · NE · vs NYJ · final

Market projected
7.3
pre-game
NYJ D vs RB
23.9
9th most to RBs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
45 of 100 at RB
Snap share
36%
Through Week 5
Target share
3%
Through Week 5
Scored
3.0
PPR pts
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Keaton Mitchell

RB · LAC · at KC · final

Market projected
7.1
pre-game
KC D vs RB
20.0
14th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
10 of 100 at RB
Snap share
33%
Through Week 5
Target share
10%
Through Week 5
Scored
0.4
PPR pts
Start Henderson or Mitchell? The full Week 6 breakdown

Week 6 result: the call to start TreVeyon Henderson over Keaton Mitchell was right. Henderson scored 3.0 PPR points to 0.4 for Mitchell. Projected 7.3 to 7.1 before kickoff.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

RB38 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 2-3

Market-based projection
7.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
134

RB40 · LAC · bye 7

2026 vs carries line 2-3

Market-based projection
7.1 pts a game

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The gap

  • Board size330 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on TreVeyon Henderson, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keaton Mitchell, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for TreVeyon Henderson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Keaton Mitchell's market-based projection is 7.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 52nd highest figure of the 78 players with a market-based projection.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, TreVeyon Henderson has been on the field for 36 percent of NE snaps, taken 37 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against JAX he carried 8 times for 23 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 14 times for 42 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 4 times for 22 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 33 percent of LAC snaps, taken 22 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have come 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 6 times for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 TreVeyon Henderson played 17 games and scored 206.2 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing RB21.

He carried 180 times for 911 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 42 targets for 221 more yards.

That came to 10.6 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

TreVeyon Henderson was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 TreVeyon Henderson scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Keaton Mitchell 4.3, 7.9 a game between them.

TreVeyon Henderson finished RB21 that year and Keaton Mitchell RB67.

TreVeyon Henderson had 121 more carries than Keaton Mitchell, 180 to 59.

TreVeyon Henderson had 26 more catches than Keaton Mitchell, 35 to 9.

This season TreVeyon Henderson holds the bigger snap share, 36 percent against 33 percent.

This season TreVeyon Henderson holds the bigger share of the carries, 37 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

TreVeyon Henderson is off in Week 11 and Keaton Mitchell in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

TreVeyon Henderson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.

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