Start Colby Parkinson or Austin Hooper? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Colby Parkinson over Austin Hooper in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Colby Parkinson at 5.2 points and Austin Hooper at 1.8, a gap of 3.4.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 5.2 fantasy points for Colby Parkinson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Colby Parkinson at 16.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 28% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 1.8 fantasy points for Austin Hooper, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Austin Hooper at 6.5 receiving yards and 0.5 receptions, with a 10% chance to score a touchdown (12, 12 and 17 market sources).

That puts Colby Parkinson 3.4 points ahead of Austin Hooper on the market projections.

Injury status

Colby Parkinson is not on the injury report.

Austin Hooper is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 3, Colby Parkinson played 61 percent of LAR snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 1 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Colby Parkinson, Week 1 against SF: 47 of 61 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Colby Parkinson, Week 2 against NYG: 44 of 62 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.

Colby Parkinson, Week 3 against DEN: 37 of 86 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 4, Austin Hooper played 28 percent of ATL snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 4 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Austin Hooper, Week 1 against PIT: 14 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Austin Hooper, Week 2 against CAR: 30 of 69 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Austin Hooper, Week 3 against GB: 16 of 71 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Austin Hooper, Week 4 against NO: 13 of 57 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Colby Parkinson played 15 games for LAR and scored 129.8 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE17.

He caught 43 of 56 targets for 408 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 20 red zone targets and 137 air yards.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Austin Hooper played 16 games for NE and scored 59.3 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE47.

He caught 21 of 26 targets for 263 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 177 air yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Davis Allen over Austin Hooper.
• Start Dawson Knox over Austin Hooper.
• Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Austin Hooper.