Should I start Rachaad White or Quinshon Judkins in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quinshon Judkins, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Quinshon Judkins is 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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 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.

Through Week 7, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 59 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 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.

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.

Rachaad White was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Rachaad White 8.4, 2.9 a game between them.

Rachaad White finished RB32 that year and Quinshon Judkins RB26.

Quinshon Judkins had 98 more carries than Rachaad White, 230 to 132.

Rachaad White had 14 more catches than Quinshon Judkins, 40 to 26.

This season Quinshon Judkins holds the bigger snap share, 59 percent against 53 percent.

This season Quinshon Judkins holds the bigger share of the carries, 60 percent against 26 percent.

Byes and availability

Rachaad White is off in Week 7 and Quinshon Judkins in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.