Should I start Xavier Legette or Alec Pierce in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Legette, and the board ranks him 275th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alec Pierce, and the board ranks him 279th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Xavier Legette, 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 through Week 2

Through Week 2, Xavier Legette has been on the field for 51 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 16.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against CHI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 2 of 4 targets for 64 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 Xavier Legette played 15 games and scored 89.3 PPR points, 6.0 a game, finishing WR71.

He caught 35 of 64 targets for 363 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.3 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 10.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 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.

Both were available for 15 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Alec Pierce scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Xavier Legette 6.0, 6.3 a game between them.

Xavier Legette finished WR71 that year and Alec Pierce WR28.

Alec Pierce had 20 more targets than Xavier Legette, 84 to 64.

Alec Pierce had 640 more receiving yards than Xavier Legette, 1003 to 363.

This season Xavier Legette holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 41 percent.

This season Alec Pierce holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Xavier Legette is off in Week 5 and Alec Pierce in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Xavier Legette is listed as ir on the injury report.

Alec Pierce is listed as ir on the injury report.