Start Blake Corum or Keaton Mitchell? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Blake Corum over Keaton Mitchell in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Blake Corum at 7.8 points and Keaton Mitchell at 7.2, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Both numbers are scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Blake Corum is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.8 fantasy points for Blake Corum, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Blake Corum at 31.5 rushing yards, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (15 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.2 fantasy points for Keaton Mitchell, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Keaton Mitchell at 29.5 rushing yards, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (14 and 14 market sources).

That puts Blake Corum 0.6 points ahead of Keaton Mitchell on the market projections.

Injury status

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Keaton Mitchell is not on the injury report.

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, Keaton Mitchell played 33 percent of LAC snaps, took 24 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Keaton Mitchell, Week 1 against ARI: 17 of 55 snaps, 4 carries for 9 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Keaton Mitchell, Week 2 against LV: 17 of 68 snaps, 5 carries for 24 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 15 yards.

Keaton Mitchell, Week 3 against BUF: 26 of 69 snaps, 8 carries for 52 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for -5 yards, 1 touchdown.

Keaton Mitchell, Week 4 against SEA: 26 of 71 snaps, 10 carries for 39 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 24 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, Keaton Mitchell played 13 games for BAL and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He ran 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 yards.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.
• Start Brian Robinson over Blake Corum.
• Start Bucky Irving over Blake Corum.
• Start Brian Robinson over Keaton Mitchell.
• Start Keaton Mitchell over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Keaton Mitchell over George Holani.