Start Khalil Herbert or Jaylen Wright? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Khalil Herbert over Jaylen Wright in Week 10.

Jaylen Wright is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Khalil Herbert. Market coverage on Khalil Herbert is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Jaylen Wright yet. His market-based projections were 3.9, 3.6 and 2.7 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 3.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

Player markets imply 2.6 fantasy points for Khalil Herbert, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Khalil Herbert is 10 rushing yards and 0.1 touchdowns (6 and 7 market sources).

That puts Jaylen Wright 0.8 points ahead of Khalil Herbert on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Jaylen Wright and MIA visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 24.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 9th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 103 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against IND and caught passes for 43 more yards.

Khalil Herbert and ATL host KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

KC allowed 19.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 69 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC and caught passes for 42 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Jaylen Wright has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jaylen Wright is listed as out with a quadriceps injury.

Khalil Herbert is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

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: 8 of 65 snaps, 2 carries for 5 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 9, Khalil Herbert played 17 percent of ATL snaps, took 9 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Khalil Herbert, Week 7 against SF: 11 of 69 snaps, 2 carries for 9 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 19 yards.

Khalil Herbert, Week 8 against TB: 10 of 53 snaps, 4 carries for 12 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Khalil Herbert, Week 9 against CIN: 11 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 7 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 2 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Khalil Herbert played 7 games for NYJ and scored 6.6 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB118.

He ran 16 times for 52 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 4 targets for 4 yards.

He was on the field for 4 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start MarShawn Lloyd over Jaylen Wright.
• Start Pierre Strong Jr. over Jaylen Wright.
• Start Sione Vaki over Jaylen Wright.
• Start Austin Ekeler over Khalil Herbert.
• Start Corey Kiner over Khalil Herbert.
• Start Dylan Sampson over Khalil Herbert.