Isaiah Likely or Dalton Kincaid: who to draft first

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Isaiah Likely: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 61st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 162.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dalton Kincaid: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 214th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 165.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Isaiah Likely at 10.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 81st highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Dalton Kincaid, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 49 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against DAL he caught 8 of 8 targets for 78 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 1, Dalton Kincaid has been on the field for 72 percent of BUF 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, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 16.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against HOU he caught 5 of 6 targets for 130 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Isaiah Likely played 14 games and scored 61.7 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing TE45.

He caught 27 of 36 targets for 307 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 2.6 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 11.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Dalton Kincaid played 12 games and scored 126.1 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE20.

He caught 39 of 49 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 40 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Isaiah Likely was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dalton Kincaid scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 6.1 a game between them.

Isaiah Likely finished TE45 that year and Dalton Kincaid TE20.

Dalton Kincaid had 13 more targets than Isaiah Likely, 49 to 36.

Dalton Kincaid had 264 more receiving yards than Isaiah Likely, 571 to 307.

This season Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger snap share, 72 percent against 49 percent.

This season Isaiah Likely holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Isaiah Likely is off in Week 8 and Dalton Kincaid in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Dalton Kincaid has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.