Should I start Quinshon Judkins or Malik Willis in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quinshon Judkins, and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Willis, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 38.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Quinshon Judkins is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Malik Willis's market-based projection is 14.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 55th highest figure of the 214 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 5

Through Week 5, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 60 percent of CLE snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have come 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 17 times for 53 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

Through Week 5, Malik Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 160 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 24 of 160 dropbacks and scrambled 17 times.

In Week 3 against KC he completed 20 of 36 passes for 210 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 9 times for 56 yards.

In Week 4 against MIN he completed 9 of 17 passes for 85 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 11 yards.

In Week 5 against CIN he completed 15 of 26 passes for 137 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 8 times for 74 yards.

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 Malik Willis played 4 games and scored 51.2 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing QB45.

He threw for 422 yards on 35 attempts with 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran for 123 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 8.8 attempts a game at 12.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Quinshon Judkins was available for 11 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Malik Willis scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Quinshon Judkins 11.3, 1.5 a game between them.

Quinshon Judkins finished RB26 and Malik Willis QB45, which are two different ladders.

Quinshon Judkins is a running back and Malik Willis a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Quinshon Judkins is off in Week 11 and Malik Willis in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Quinshon Judkins is listed as questionable on the injury report.

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.