RJ Harvey or Oronde Gadsden: who should I start?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on RJ Harvey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 134.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Oronde Gadsden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have RJ Harvey at 4.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 books. That is 50 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Oronde Gadsden at 4.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 168th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

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

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, RJ Harvey has been on the field for 51 percent of DEN snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 5.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against KC he carried 3 times for 18 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Oronde Gadsden has been on the field for 18 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 1 of its 1 two minute target.

His 2 targets have averaged 3.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against ARI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 RJ Harvey played 17 games and scored 206.6 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing RB20.

He carried 146 times for 540 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 47 of 58 targets for 356 more yards.

That came to 8.6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 2.8 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Oronde Gadsden played 15 games and scored 131.4 PPR points, 8.8 a game, finishing TE15.

He caught 49 of 69 targets for 664 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.6 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

RJ Harvey was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 RJ Harvey scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Oronde Gadsden 8.8, 3.4 a game between them.

RJ Harvey finished RB20 and Oronde Gadsden TE15, which are two different ladders.

RJ Harvey is a running back and Oronde Gadsden a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

RJ Harvey is off in Week 10 and Oronde Gadsden in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

RJ Harvey is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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