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If it's not a range issue, you can just get a cheap hub/switch to give you more ethernet ports. I have this behind my entertainment center: https://a.co/d/0ezt8eDT Just an example, no specific reason to be this brand/model. I plug my TV, Switch 2, PS3, PSTV, XBOne, and Receiver into this. PS5 and PC are plugged directly to router.
I would venture that what you actually want isn't "instead of" but rather "in addition to". Avoiding WiFi on a router for home use is only going to increase costs for nearly no reason. Unless you have a very specific reason to avoid WiFi, you're probably better off getting a simple 8-port unmanaged switch and plugging it into your ISP's modem/router combo. If you don't have a combo, then you're still probably better off getting a WiFi router and plugging the switch into it. It's not my preference overall, but this would get you started for less than $20 on the hardware and you can upgrade to something else if it proves problematic. I hate most mini-switches, but the one I wanted to recommend is very expensive on Amazon at the moment and they're always a crap shoot anyway. https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-8-Port-Gigabit-Ethernet-Unmanaged/dp/B07PFYM5MZ
All the rooms have a coax and phone jack that I replaced with Ethernet ports. IF the Cat5+ cabling has been properly prepped for data/networking, you’d just need to add an Ethernet switch at the central junction to get the physical cables interconnected as an Ethernet segment. example Ethernet switch A cheap continuity tester, >like this<, can be exceedingly helpful for line identification and validation, to make sure that the wires are mapped straight though. (Better testers can offer more functionality, but at greater cost.) One you’ve verified the lines are properly terminated, you should be able to connect >these cables<, I’m guessing, to the network switch to get all the Cat5+ lines interconnected as an Ethernet segment. You’d then just need to get your router’s LAN wired to the switch, either directly or via one of the now interconnected in-room RJ45 jacks. (see >here< for more on reworking Cat5+ for data/networking; see >here< if you find that you still require MoCA for some locations)