Carnell Tate or Devaughn Vele: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Carnell Tate at 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 books. That is the 103rd highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 9.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 105th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Carnell Tate: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 95.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 91st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Carnell Tate has been on the field for 88 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 1 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 11.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYJ he caught 4 of 6 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 91 percent of NO snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 1 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 3 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 7.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against DET he caught 7 of 9 targets for 69 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

Carnell Tate is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Devaughn Vele played 13 games and scored 66.3 PPR points, 5.1 a game, finishing WR95.

He caught 25 of 39 targets for 293 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 88 percent.

This season Carnell Tate holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Carnell Tate is off in Week 9 and Devaughn Vele in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.2 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.