Start Tyler Higbee or Jackson Hawes? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Tyler Higbee over Jackson Hawes in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Tyler Higbee at 7.1 points and Jackson Hawes at 1.1, a gap of 6.0.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.1 fantasy points for Tyler Higbee, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Tyler Higbee at 25.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 28% chance to score a touchdown (18, 17 and 18 market sources).

Player markets imply 1.1 fantasy points for Jackson Hawes, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Jackson Hawes at 0.5 receptions, with a 9% chance to score a touchdown (3 and 16 market sources).

That puts Tyler Higbee 6.0 points ahead of Jackson Hawes on the market projections.

Injury status

Tyler Higbee is not on the injury report.

Jackson Hawes is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Tyler Higbee played 49 percent of LAR snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Higbee, Week 1 against SF: 12 of 61 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 2 against NYG: 16 of 62 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 3 against DEN: 61 of 86 snaps, 11 targets and 8 catches for 62 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tyler Higbee, Week 4 against PHI: 55 of 84 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 67 yards.

Through Week 4, Jackson Hawes played 39 percent of BUF snaps, drew 1 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jackson Hawes, Week 1 against HOU: 25 of 58 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jackson Hawes, Week 2 against DET: 37 of 74 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jackson Hawes, Week 3 against LAC: 25 of 66 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jackson Hawes, Week 4 against NE: 14 of 59 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tyler Higbee played 10 games for LAR and scored 71.1 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing TE40.

He caught 25 of 36 targets for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 141 air yards.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jackson Hawes played 17 games for BUF and scored 52.7 PPR points, 3.1 a game, finishing TE51.

He caught 16 of 19 targets for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 96 air yards.

He was on the field for 44 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Tyler Higbee over AJ Barner.
• Start Tyler Higbee over Austin Hooper.
• Start Brenton Strange over Tyler Higbee.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Jackson Hawes.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Jackson Hawes.
• Start Davis Allen over Jackson Hawes.