Kayshon Boutte or Brian Thomas Jr.: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Kayshon Boutte at 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 books. That is the 128th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Brian Thomas Jr. at 7.5 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 140th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kayshon Boutte: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 206.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brian Thomas Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 91.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Kayshon Boutte has been on the field for 46 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 16.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Brian Thomas Jr. has been on the field for 35 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 2 third down targets and had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five.

His 3 targets have averaged 14.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against CLE he caught 3 of 3 targets for 40 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 Brian Thomas Jr. played 14 games and scored 138.8 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing WR42.

He caught 48 of 91 targets for 707 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 6.5 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 14.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 14 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Kayshon Boutte 8.9, 1.1 a game between them.

Kayshon Boutte finished WR51 that year and Brian Thomas Jr. WR42.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 45 more targets than Kayshon Boutte, 91 to 46.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 156 more receiving yards than Kayshon Boutte, 707 to 551.

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 35 percent.

This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Kayshon Boutte is off in Week 8 and Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.4 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.