Start Keaton Mitchell or Jaylen Wright? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Keaton Mitchell over Jaylen Wright in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Keaton Mitchell at 5.8 points and Jaylen Wright at 3.8, a gap of 2.0. No player market is posted for Keaton Mitchell this week yet, so his 5.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (7.0 and 4.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Jaylen Wright this week yet, so his 3.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (3.9 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Keaton Mitchell yet. His market-based projections were 7.0 and 4.6 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 5.8, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Jaylen Wright yet. His market-based projections were 3.9 and 3.6 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 3.8, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Keaton Mitchell 2.0 points ahead of Jaylen Wright on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Keaton Mitchell and LAC host HOU on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

HOU allowed 22.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 12th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 91 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against HOU and caught passes for 21 more yards.

Jaylen Wright and MIA host DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DET allowed 19.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 80 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 25 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Keaton Mitchell has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Keaton Mitchell is not on the injury report.

Jaylen Wright is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Keaton Mitchell played 32 percent of LAC snaps, took 20 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Keaton Mitchell, Week 4 against SEA: 26 of 71 snaps, 10 carries for 39 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 24 yards.

Keaton Mitchell, Week 5 against DEN: 23 of 67 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards.

Keaton Mitchell, Week 6 against KC: 17 of 68 snaps, 2 carries for 4 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Keaton Mitchell, Week 8 against LAR: 4 carries for 6 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 17 yards.

Through Week 8, Jaylen Wright played 13 percent of MIA snaps, took 14 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylen Wright, Week 4 against MIN: 12 of 39 snaps, 5 carries for 7 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 5 against CIN: 9 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 7 against NYJ: 8 of 65 snaps, 6 carries for 8 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 8 against NE: 2 carries for 5 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Keaton Mitchell played 13 games for BAL and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He ran 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 yards.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jaylen Wright played 10 games for MIA and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He ran 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 yards.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Keaton Mitchell over Corey Kiner.
• Start Dylan Sampson over Keaton Mitchell.
• Start Keaton Mitchell over George Holani.
• Start Corey Kiner over Jaylen Wright.
• Start George Holani over Jaylen Wright.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Isaiah Davis.