Kevin Coleman or Kenny Gainwell: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kevin Coleman: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 170th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenny Gainwell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 171st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kevin Coleman at 4.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 162nd highest figure of the 199 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kevin Coleman has been on the field for 48 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 14.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against SF he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against KC he caught 1 of 4 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIN he caught 1 of 4 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 42 percent of TB snaps, taken 14 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have come 0.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against CLE he carried 2 times for 10 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIN he carried 3 times for -4 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 3 times for 5 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

Kevin Coleman is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell played 17 games and scored 222.3 PPR points, 13.1 a game, finishing RB16.

He carried 114 times for 537 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 73 of 85 targets for 486 more yards.

That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.7 yards a carry and 4.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Kevin Coleman is a wide receiver and Kenny Gainwell a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kenny Gainwell is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Kevin Coleman.

What would change the answer

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