TreVeyon Henderson or Samaje Perine: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on TreVeyon Henderson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Samaje Perine: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has TreVeyon Henderson at 4.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Samaje Perine at 4.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 9 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, TreVeyon Henderson has been on the field for 43 percent of NE snaps, taken 45 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against PIT he carried 16 times for 76 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against JAX he carried 8 times for 23 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 14 times for 42 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Samaje Perine has been on the field for 34 percent of CIN snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he carried 2 times for 6 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PIT he carried 3 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against JAX he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 TreVeyon Henderson played 17 games and scored 206.2 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing RB21.

He carried 180 times for 911 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 42 targets for 221 more yards.

That came to 10.6 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Samaje Perine played 15 games and scored 77.9 PPR points, 5.2 a game, finishing RB57.

He carried 84 times for 382 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 17 of 21 targets for 87 more yards.

That came to 5.6 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 34 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

TreVeyon Henderson was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 TreVeyon Henderson scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Samaje Perine 5.2, 6.9 a game between them.

TreVeyon Henderson finished RB21 that year and Samaje Perine RB57.

TreVeyon Henderson had 96 more carries than Samaje Perine, 180 to 84.

TreVeyon Henderson had 18 more catches than Samaje Perine, 35 to 17.

This season TreVeyon Henderson holds the bigger snap share, 43 percent against 34 percent.

This season TreVeyon Henderson holds the bigger share of the carries, 45 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

TreVeyon Henderson is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Samaje Perine.