Start Blake Corum or Najee Harris? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Blake Corum over Najee Harris in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Blake Corum at 7.9 points and Najee Harris at 6.2, a gap of 1.7. 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 7.9 fantasy points for Blake Corum, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Blake Corum at 32.5 rushing yards, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (13 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.2 fantasy points for Najee Harris, with 90 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Najee Harris at 29.5 rushing yards, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (14 and 13 market sources).

That puts Blake Corum 1.7 points ahead of Najee Harris on the market projections.

Injury status

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Najee Harris 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, Najee Harris played 18 percent of NYG snaps, took 27 percent of the carries, drew 0 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

Najee Harris, Week 2 against LAR: 8 of 58 snaps, 4 carries for 6 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Najee Harris, Week 3 against TEN: 14 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 52 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Najee Harris, Week 4 against ARI: 12 of 67 snaps, 9 carries for 30 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, Najee Harris played 3 games for LAC and scored 11.6 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB105.

He ran 15 times for 61 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 3 targets for 25 yards.

He was on the field for 21 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 Najee Harris.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Najee Harris.
• Start George Holani over Najee Harris.