Start Kenneth Walker or Bhayshul Tuten? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Kenneth Walker over Bhayshul Tuten in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Kenneth Walker at 18.4 points and Bhayshul Tuten at 13.8, a gap of 4.7. No player market is posted for Kenneth Walker this week yet, so his 18.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (17.9 and 19.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Kenneth Walker at ADP 17 and Bhayshul Tuten at 53.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 13.8 fantasy points for Bhayshul Tuten, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Bhayshul Tuten is 64 rushing yards, 12 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.8 touchdowns (14, 12, 9 and 13 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Kenneth Walker yet. His market-based projections were 17.9 and 19.0 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 18.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Kenneth Walker 4.7 points ahead of Bhayshul Tuten on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Bhayshul Tuten and JAX visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 21.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 15th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 100 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against TEN and caught passes for 35 more yards.

Kenneth Walker and KC visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 25.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 5th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 110 yards and a touchdown a game against ATL and caught passes for 34 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Kenneth Walker has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Bhayshul Tuten is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Kenneth Walker is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Bhayshul Tuten played 53 percent of JAX snaps, took 55 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 5 against PHI: 49 of 72 snaps, 22 carries for 72 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 6 against HOU: 41 of 71 snaps, 12 carries for 39 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 48 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 8 against IND: 27 of 54 snaps, 16 carries for 104 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 55 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 9 against BAL: 20 of 56 snaps, 12 carries for 29 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Kenneth Walker played 75 percent of KC snaps, took 76 percent of the carries, drew 15 percent of the targets and had 58 percent of the red zone chances.

Kenneth Walker, Week 2 against IND: 66 of 80 snaps, 24 carries for 117 yards, 10 targets and 6 catches for 61 yards.

Kenneth Walker, Week 3 against MIA: 38 of 52 snaps, 18 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 3 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Kenneth Walker, Week 4 against LV: 45 of 60 snaps, 22 carries for 177 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Kenneth Walker, Week 6 against LAC: 45 of 61 snaps, 19 carries for 128 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Bhayshul Tuten played 15 games for JAX and scored 88.6 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB53.

He ran 83 times for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 14 targets for 79 yards.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Kenneth Walker over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Kenneth Walker over Breece Hall.
• Start Kenneth Walker over Derrick Henry.