Should I start Khalil Herbert or Xavier Worthy in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Khalil Herbert, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Khalil Herbert is 2.6 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 8 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Xavier Worthy is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Khalil Herbert's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Khalil Herbert has been on the field for 17 percent of ATL snaps, taken 9 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against SF he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against TB he carried 4 times for 12 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against CIN he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 2 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 83 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 47 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

In Week 7 against SEA he caught 3 of 6 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against NYJ he caught 6 of 6 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Khalil Herbert played 7 games and scored 6.6 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB118.

He carried 16 times for 52 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 4 targets for 4 more yards.

That came to 2.3 carries a game at 3.3 yards a carry and 0.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 4 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Xavier Worthy played 14 games and scored 109.9 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR59.

He caught 42 of 73 targets for 532 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.2 targets a game, a 58 percent catch rate and 12.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Xavier Worthy was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Xavier Worthy scored 7.9 PPR points a game and Khalil Herbert 0.9, 6.9 a game between them.

Khalil Herbert finished RB118 and Xavier Worthy WR59, which are two different ladders.

Khalil Herbert is a running back and Xavier Worthy a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Xavier Worthy is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Khalil Herbert.

Xavier Worthy is listed as questionable on the injury report.