Start Blake Corum or Jaylen Wright? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Blake Corum over Jaylen Wright in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Blake Corum at 6.3 points and Jaylen Wright at 5.3, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.3 fantasy points for Blake Corum, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Blake Corum at 32.5 rushing yards, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (14 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.3 fantasy points for Jaylen Wright, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Jaylen Wright at 22.5 rushing yards, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (15 and 16 market sources).

That puts Blake Corum 1.0 points ahead of Jaylen Wright on the market projections.

Injury status

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Jaylen Wright is listed as questionable with a foot injury.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Blake Corum played 27 percent of LAR snaps, took 33 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Blake Corum, Week 1 against SF: 14 of 61 snaps, 10 carries for 54 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 2 against NYG: 28 of 62 snaps, 12 carries for 79 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 3 against DEN: 25 of 86 snaps, 6 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 4 against PHI: 13 of 84 snaps, 5 carries for 14 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Through Week 4, Jaylen Wright played 12 percent of MIA snaps, took 12 percent of the carries, drew 0 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylen Wright, Week 1 against LV: 4 of 56 snaps, 1 carry for -1 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 2 against SF: 3 of 59 snaps, 2 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 4 against MIN: 12 of 39 snaps, 5 carries for 7 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Blake Corum played 17 games for LAR and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB40.

He ran 145 times for 746 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 14 targets for 36 yards.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jaylen Wright played 10 games for MIA and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He ran 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 yards.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.
• Start Blake Corum over Brian Robinson.
• Start Bucky Irving over Blake Corum.
• Start Brian Robinson over Jaylen Wright.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Jaylen Wright over Dameon Pierce.