Start Ashton Jeanty or Chuba Hubbard? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Chuba Hubbard over Ashton Jeanty in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Chuba Hubbard at 16.0 points and Ashton Jeanty at 16.7, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 16.7 fantasy points for Ashton Jeanty, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Ashton Jeanty at 68.5 rushing yards, 21.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 50% chance to score a touchdown (15, 15, 11 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 16.0 fantasy points for Chuba Hubbard, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Chuba Hubbard at 71.5 rushing yards, 15.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 54% chance to score a touchdown (14, 14, 14 and 15 books).

That puts Ashton Jeanty 0.7 points ahead of Chuba Hubbard on the books.

Week 3 matchups

Ashton Jeanty and LV visit NO on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

NO allowed 29.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 2 games, the 6th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 119 yards and 1.5 touchdowns a game against NO and caught passes for 36 more yards.

Injury status

Ashton Jeanty is not on the injury report.

Chuba Hubbard is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Ashton Jeanty played 77 percent of LV snaps, took 73 percent of the carries, drew 22 percent of the targets and had 59 percent of the red zone chances.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 1 against MIA: 50 of 68 snaps, 23 carries for 102 yards, 6 targets and 6 catches for 45 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 2 against LAC: 51 of 63 snaps, 21 carries for 48 yards, 7 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards.

Through Week 2, Chuba Hubbard played 68 percent of CAR snaps, took 51 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

Chuba Hubbard, Week 1 against CHI: 48 of 68 snaps, 10 carries for 49 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 38 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Chuba Hubbard, Week 2 against ATL: 43 of 66 snaps, 12 carries for 53 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Ashton Jeanty played 17 games for LV and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He ran 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 18 of 2025 against KC: 26 carries for 87 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 7 yards, 12.4 PPR points.

In 2025, Chuba Hubbard played 15 games for CAR and scored 125.4 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB38.

He ran 134 times for 511 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 39 targets for 223 yards.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Chuba Hubbard, Week 18 of 2025 against TB: 23 of 51 snaps, 5 carries for 10 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards, 3.7 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Chase Brown over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Christian McCaffrey over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over D'Andre Swift.
• Start Chuba Hubbard over Breece Hall.
• Start Chuba Hubbard over Chase Brown.
• Start Christian McCaffrey over Chuba Hubbard.