Will Shipley or Keaton Mitchell: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Will Shipley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keaton Mitchell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Will Shipley at 9.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 105th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

The market has Keaton Mitchell at 8.2 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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, Will Shipley has been on the field for 38 percent of PHI snaps, taken 15 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 7 times for 24 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he carried 6 times for 23 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Will Shipley played 15 games and scored 17.5 PPR points, 1.2 a game, finishing RB96.

He carried 14 times for 49 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 56 more yards.

That came to 0.9 carries a game at 3.5 yards a carry and 0.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 10 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.

Will Shipley was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Keaton Mitchell scored 4.3 PPR points a game and Will Shipley 1.2, 3.1 a game between them.

Will Shipley finished RB96 that year and Keaton Mitchell RB67.

Keaton Mitchell had 45 more carries than Will Shipley, 59 to 14.

Both had 9 catches.

This season Will Shipley holds the bigger snap share, 38 percent against 33 percent.

This season Keaton Mitchell holds the bigger share of the carries, 24 percent against 15 percent.

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.