Jadarian Price or Devaughn Vele: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jadarian Price: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

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.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Jadarian Price, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 8.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 100th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

This season so far

Through Week 3, Jadarian Price has been on the field for 36 percent of SEA snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 5.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against NE he carried 10 times for 52 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 13 times for 52 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against WAS he carried 5 times for 15 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 91 percent of NO snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against BAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 3 of 6 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 6 of 9 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

Jadarian Price 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.

Side by side

Jadarian Price is a running back and Devaughn Vele a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jadarian Price is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Devaughn Vele.

Jadarian Price is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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