Start Rachaad White or Blake Corum? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Blake Corum over Rachaad White in Week 1.

Blake Corum is priced by the books at 4.5 projected points. Rachaad White has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Blake Corum at ADP 126 and Rachaad White at 134. Market coverage on Blake Corum is 40 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 4.5 fantasy points for Blake Corum, with 40 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

No sportsbook posted a player market for Rachaad White in Week 1.

Week 1 matchups

Blake Corum and LAR host SF on Thursday at 8:35 PM ET.

SF allowed 24.3 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 14th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 114 yards and a touchdown against SF and caught passes for 29 more yards.

Rachaad White and WAS visit PHI.

PHI allowed 18.9 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 13th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 101 yards and a touchdown against PHI and caught passes for -2 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Blake Corum has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Blake Corum was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Rachaad White was not on the injury report when the call was made.

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.

Blake Corum, Week 18 of 2025 against ARI: 13 carries for 59 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 10 yards, 7.9 PPR points.

Blake Corum, Week 17 of 2025 against ATL: 16 of 65 snaps, 6 carries for 18 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.8 PPR points.

Blake Corum, Week 16 of 2025 against SEA: 27 of 92 snaps, 14 carries for 48 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 13 yards, 1 touchdown, 13.1 PPR points.

In 2025, Rachaad White played 17 games for TB and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He ran 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 yards.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Rachaad White, Week 18 of 2025 against CAR: 22 of 67 snaps, 7 carries for 23 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 6.1 PPR points.

Rachaad White, Week 17 of 2025 against MIA: 32 of 67 snaps, 2 carries for 10 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards, 3.7 PPR points.

Rachaad White, Week 16 of 2025 against CAR: 25 of 64 snaps, 5 carries for 45 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards, 8.0 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Blake Corum scored 5.4 PPR points and Rachaad White scored 4.7.

The call was right: Blake Corum outscored Rachaad White by 0.7.

Blake Corum finished 1.0 points above the 4.5 the props implied.

Blake Corum, Week 1 against SF: 14 of 61 snaps, 10 carries for 54 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 5.4 PPR points.

Blake Corum finished as the week's RB41 in PPR scoring.

Rachaad White, Week 1 against PHI: 29 of 70 snaps, 7 carries for 22 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards, 4.7 PPR points.

Rachaad White finished as the week's RB43 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Blake Corum over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Blake Corum over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Blake Corum over Jordan James.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Rachaad White.
• Start Rachaad White over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over Rachaad White.