Should I start Kayshon Boutte or Alec Pierce in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kayshon Boutte, and the board ranks him 256th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alec Pierce, and the board ranks him 257th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Kayshon Boutte, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Alec Pierce, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Kayshon Boutte has been on the field for 54 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 12.2 air yards.

In Week 5 against TEN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 2 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYG he caught 1 of 2 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Alec Pierce has been on the field for 41 percent of IND snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 16.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 61 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 1 of 1 target for 11 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kayshon Boutte played 14 games and scored 124.1 PPR points, 8.9 a game, finishing WR51.

He caught 33 of 46 targets for 551 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 16.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Alec Pierce played 15 games and scored 183.3 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR28.

He caught 47 of 84 targets for 1003 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 56 percent catch rate and 21.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Alec Pierce was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Alec Pierce scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Kayshon Boutte 8.9, 3.4 a game between them.

Kayshon Boutte finished WR51 that year and Alec Pierce WR28.

Alec Pierce had 38 more targets than Kayshon Boutte, 84 to 46.

Alec Pierce had 452 more receiving yards than Kayshon Boutte, 1003 to 551.

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 41 percent.

This season Alec Pierce holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Kayshon Boutte is off in Week 8 and Alec Pierce in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Alec Pierce is listed as ir on the injury report.