Should I start Ollie Gordon II or Rachaad White in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ollie Gordon II, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rachaad White, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Ollie Gordon II's market-based projection is 11.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 49th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Rachaad White is 3.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Ollie Gordon II has been on the field for 83 percent of MIA snaps, 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 6, Rachaad White has been on the field for 53 percent of WAS snaps, taken 26 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 0.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 8 times for 35 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYG he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SF he carried 7 times for 27 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Rachaad White scored 8.4 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon II 3.2, 5.2 a game between them.

Ollie Gordon II finished RB68 that year and Rachaad White RB32.

Rachaad White had 62 more carries than Ollie Gordon II, 132 to 70.

Rachaad White had 33 more catches than Ollie Gordon II, 40 to 7.

This season Ollie Gordon II holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 53 percent.

This season Ollie Gordon II holds the bigger share of the carries, 64 percent against 26 percent.

Byes and availability

Ollie Gordon II is off in Week 6 and Rachaad White in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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