Kenneth Walker or Travis Etienne Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenneth Walker: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 190th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes half PPR: ADP 1; standard: ADP 6; 2QB: ADP 18.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Etienne Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 200th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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

No season market is posted for Travis Etienne Jr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Kenneth Walker has been on the field for 75 percent of KC snaps, taken 76 percent of the carries, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 56 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 10 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have come 0.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against IND he carried 24 times for 117 yards, caught 6 of 10 targets for 61 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIA he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 3 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against LV he carried 22 times for 177 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 3, Travis Etienne Jr. has been on the field for 51 percent of NO snaps, taken 38 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against DET he carried 9 times for 46 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against BAL he carried 8 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LV he carried 13 times for 57 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kenneth Walker played 17 games and scored 191.9 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB22.

He carried 221 times for 1027 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 31 of 36 targets for 282 more yards.

That came to 13.0 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.8 catches a game.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

The season feed carries no line for Travis Etienne Jr. in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Kenneth Walker holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 51 percent.

This season Kenneth Walker holds the bigger share of the carries, 76 percent against 38 percent.

Byes and availability

Kenneth Walker is off in Week 5 and Travis Etienne Jr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Travis Etienne Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.