Start Blake Corum or Keaton Mitchell? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Blake Corum over Keaton Mitchell in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Blake Corum at 9.3 points and Keaton Mitchell at 6.3, a gap of 2.9. No player market is posted for Keaton Mitchell this week yet, so his 6.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (4.9, 5.6 and 8.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.3 fantasy points for Blake Corum, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Blake Corum is 43 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 37% chance to score a touchdown (13, 7, 8 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Keaton Mitchell yet. His market-based projections were 4.9, 5.6 and 8.6 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 6.4, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Keaton Mitchell a 17% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

That puts Blake Corum 2.9 points ahead of Keaton Mitchell on these projections.

Injury status

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Keaton Mitchell is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Blake Corum played 27 percent of LAR snaps, took 31 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Blake Corum, Week 5 against BUF: 22 of 82 snaps, 5 carries for 19 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 53 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Keaton Mitchell played 33 percent of LAC snaps, took 22 percent of the carries, drew 10 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Keaton Mitchell, Week 5 against DEN: 23 of 67 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 18 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 6 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Blake Corum.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Blake Corum.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Keaton Mitchell.
• Start Braelon Allen over Keaton Mitchell.
• Start Keaton Mitchell over Brian Robinson.