Should I start Ollie Gordon II or Quinshon Judkins in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ollie Gordon II, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quinshon Judkins, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ollie Gordon II is 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

The market-based projection for Quinshon Judkins is 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

Ollie Gordon II's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Ollie Gordon II has taken 64 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 45 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 6 third down targets, had 5 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 3 targets have come 3.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 25 times for 103 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 60 percent of CLE snaps, taken 60 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 42 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 5 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ollie Gordon II played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Ollie Gordon II was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon II 3.2, 8.1 a game between them.

Ollie Gordon II finished RB68 that year and Quinshon Judkins RB26.

Quinshon Judkins had 160 more carries than Ollie Gordon II, 230 to 70.

Quinshon Judkins had 19 more catches than Ollie Gordon II, 26 to 7.

This season Ollie Gordon II holds the bigger share of the carries, 64 percent against 60 percent.

Byes and availability

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