Start Ashton Jeanty or Rachaad White? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Ashton Jeanty over Rachaad White in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Ashton Jeanty at 16.1 points and Rachaad White at 12.0, a gap of 4.2. Drafters take Ashton Jeanty at ADP 25 and Rachaad White at 127.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.1 fantasy points for Ashton Jeanty, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ashton Jeanty is 56 rushing yards, 27 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (9, 13, 11 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 12.0 fantasy points for Rachaad White, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Rachaad White is 48 rushing yards, 13 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (13, 10, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Ashton Jeanty 4.2 points ahead of Rachaad White on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Ashton Jeanty and LV host BUF on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

BUF allowed 28.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Running backs ran for 86 yards and a touchdown a game against BUF and caught passes for 48 more yards.

Rachaad White and WAS visit SF on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

SF allowed 23.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 10th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 87 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against SF and caught passes for 45 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Ashton Jeanty has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Ashton Jeanty is not on the injury report.

Rachaad White is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Ashton Jeanty played 72 percent of LV snaps, took 68 percent of the carries, drew 17 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Ashton Jeanty, Week 3 against NO: 59 of 70 snaps, 19 carries for 56 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 4 against KC: 56 of 84 snaps, 15 carries for 58 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 68 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 5 against NE: 32 of 60 snaps, 10 carries for 27 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 50 yards.

Through Week 5, Rachaad White played 49 percent of WAS snaps, took 24 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Rachaad White, Week 1 against PHI: 29 of 70 snaps, 7 carries for 22 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

Rachaad White, Week 2 against DAL: 37 of 71 snaps, 7 carries for 43 yards, 6 targets and 6 catches for 40 yards.

Rachaad White, Week 3 against SEA: 30 of 69 snaps, 8 carries for 35 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Rachaad White, Week 5 against NYG: 37 of 62 snaps, 7 carries for 18 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

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.

In 2025, Rachaad White played 17 games for TB and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He ran 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 yards.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Ashton Jeanty over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Blake Corum.
• Start Rachaad White over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Rachaad White.
• Start Rachaad White over Blake Corum.