Start Evan Engram or Elijah Higgins? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Evan Engram over Elijah Higgins in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Evan Engram at 5.4 points and Elijah Higgins at 2.9, a gap of 2.5.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 2.9 fantasy points for Elijah Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market gives Elijah Higgins a 8% chance to score a touchdown (14 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.4 fantasy points for Evan Engram, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Evan Engram at 17.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (12, 15 and 14 market sources).

That puts Evan Engram 2.5 points ahead of Elijah Higgins on the market projections.

Injury status

Elijah Higgins is not on the injury report.

Evan Engram is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Elijah Higgins played 33 percent of ARI snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 1 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Elijah Higgins, Week 1 against LAC: 20 of 75 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Elijah Higgins, Week 2 against SEA: 13 of 50 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Elijah Higgins, Week 3 against SF: 35 of 87 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards.

Elijah Higgins, Week 4 against NYG: 24 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Evan Engram played 60 percent of DEN snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Evan Engram, Week 1 against KC: 32 of 51 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards, 1 touchdown.

Evan Engram, Week 2 against JAX: 32 of 62 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 17 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 3 against LAR: 40 of 67 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 4 against SF: 44 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Elijah Higgins played 17 games for ARI and scored 58.1 PPR points, 3.4 a game, finishing TE48.

He caught 30 of 37 targets for 301 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 92 air yards.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Evan Engram played 16 games for DEN and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets and 159 air yards.

He was on the field for 42 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Elijah Higgins over Brevyn Spann-Ford.
• Start Brock Bowers over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Cole Kmet over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Evan Engram over Cole Kmet.
• Start Darnell Washington over Evan Engram.
• Start Evan Engram over Dawson Knox.