Start Kenneth Walker or Breece Hall? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Kenneth Walker over Breece Hall in Week 1.

De-vigged player props project Kenneth Walker at 15.9 points and Breece Hall at 1.5, a gap of 14.4. Drafters take Kenneth Walker at ADP 23 and Breece Hall at 30.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 15.9 fantasy points for Kenneth Walker, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 1.5 fantasy points for Breece Hall, with 40 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

That puts Kenneth Walker 14.4 points ahead of Breece Hall on the books.

Week 1 matchups

Kenneth Walker and KC host DEN on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

DEN allowed 42.9 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 2nd most in the league.

Running backs ran for 197 yards and a touchdown against DEN and caught passes for 62 more yards.

Breece Hall and NYJ visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 23.8 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 15th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 142 yards and a touchdown against TEN and caught passes for 16 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Kenneth Walker has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kenneth Walker was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Breece Hall was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Breece Hall played 16 games for NYJ and scored 207.7 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing RB19.

He ran 243 times for 1065 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 48 targets for 350 yards.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Breece Hall, Week 17 of 2025 against NE: 30 of 61 snaps, 14 carries for 111 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown, 20.9 PPR points.

Breece Hall, Week 16 of 2025 against NO: 42 of 66 snaps, 16 carries for 54 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards, 8.3 PPR points.

Breece Hall, Week 15 of 2025 against JAX: 37 of 68 snaps, 12 carries for 23 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards, 5.7 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Kenneth Walker scored 34.1 PPR points and Breece Hall scored 19.8.

The call was right: Kenneth Walker outscored Breece Hall by 14.3.

Kenneth Walker finished 18.2 points above the 15.9 the props implied.

Kenneth Walker, Week 1 against DEN: 47 of 69 snaps, 23 carries for 173 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards, 2 touchdowns, 34.1 PPR points.

Kenneth Walker finished as the week's RB2 in PPR scoring.

Breece Hall finished 18.3 points above the 1.5 the props implied.

Breece Hall, Week 1 against TEN: 39 of 67 snaps, 22 carries for 102 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards, 1 touchdown, 19.8 PPR points.

Breece Hall finished as the week's RB13 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Kenneth Walker over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Chase Brown over Kenneth Walker.
• Start Derrick Henry over Kenneth Walker.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Breece Hall.
• Start Breece Hall over Cam Skattebo.
• Start Breece Hall over Javonte Williams.