Woody Marks or Keaton Mitchell: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Woody Marks: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keaton Mitchell: 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 Woody Marks at 7.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 118th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

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.

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, Woody Marks has been on the field for 46 percent of HOU snaps, taken 31 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he carried 8 times for 8 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 5 times for 15 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Woody Marks played 16 games and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He carried 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 more yards.

That came to 12.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 53 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.

Woody Marks was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Woody Marks scored 9.4 PPR points a game and Keaton Mitchell 4.3, 5.2 a game between them.

Woody Marks finished RB29 that year and Keaton Mitchell RB67.

Woody Marks had 137 more carries than Keaton Mitchell, 196 to 59.

Woody Marks had 15 more catches than Keaton Mitchell, 24 to 9.

This season Woody Marks holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 33 percent.

This season Woody Marks holds the bigger share of the carries, 31 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Woody Marks is off in Week 8. 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.