Should I start Deebo Samuel Sr. or Xavier Legette in Week 7?
Updated Oct 20, 7:01 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Start Deebo Samuel Sr.: 62 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Xavier Legette's 51 percent of the snaps and 9 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR · SF · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 3-2
- Overall rank
- 255
WR · CAR · bye 5
2025 vs rec yds line 5-10
- Overall rank
- 259
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Deebo Samuel Sr., and the board ranks him 255th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Legette, and the board ranks him 259th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Deebo Samuel Sr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Xavier Legette, 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 5, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 57 percent of SF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 21 two minute targets.
His 20 targets have averaged 2.6 air yards.
In Week 3 against ARI he carried 2 times for 14 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against DEN he carried 3 times for 44 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 5 against SEA he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
The season feed carries no line for Deebo Samuel Sr. in the last completed season.
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.
Head to head
This season Deebo Samuel Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 51 percent.
This season Deebo Samuel Sr. holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 9 percent.
Byes and availability
Deebo Samuel Sr. is off in Week 8 and Xavier Legette in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.
Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed as out on the injury report.
Xavier Legette is listed as ir on the injury report.
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