Should I start Quinshon Judkins or Kyren Williams in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quinshon Judkins, and the board ranks him 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyren Williams, and the board ranks him 14th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Quinshon Judkins is 15.9 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 11 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.

Kyren Williams's market-based projection is 15.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 32nd highest figure of the 225 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 55 percent of CLE snaps, taken 62 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 41 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 7 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 44 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TEN he carried 17 times for 96 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against PIT he carried 11 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Kyren Williams has been on the field for 68 percent of LAR snaps, taken 55 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 34 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 8 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 39 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against ARI he carried 10 times for 50 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against LV he carried 16 times for 99 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against LAC he carried 16 times for 56 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 3 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kyren Williams played 17 games and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.

He carried 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyren Williams was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyren Williams scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Quinshon Judkins 11.3, 4.2 a game between them.

Quinshon Judkins finished RB26 that year and Kyren Williams RB9.

Kyren Williams had 29 more carries than Quinshon Judkins, 259 to 230.

Kyren Williams had 10 more catches than Quinshon Judkins, 36 to 26.

This season Kyren Williams holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 55 percent.

This season Quinshon Judkins holds the bigger share of the carries, 62 percent against 55 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

Quinshon Judkins has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.