Rachaad White or Makai Lemon: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rachaad White: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 156.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Makai Lemon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 142.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Rachaad White at 5.3 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 15 books. That is 60 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Makai Lemon at 6.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 147th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Rachaad White's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Rachaad White has been on the field for 47 percent of WAS snaps, taken 22 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against PHI he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 7 times for 43 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 63 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 2.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against WAS he caught 3 of 4 targets for -5 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 1 time for -5 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 14 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Rachaad White is a running back and Makai Lemon a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Rachaad White is off in Week 7 and Makai Lemon in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Rachaad White is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.