Devaughn Vele or Jakobi Meyers: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks 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.

The player markets price Jakobi Meyers at 9.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 106th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jakobi Meyers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 110.

This season through Week 1

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.

Through Week 1, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 65 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 10 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 2 targets have averaged 14.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against CLE he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jakobi Meyers was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers scored 11.0 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 5.9 a game between them.

Devaughn Vele finished WR95 that year and Jakobi Meyers WR32.

Jakobi Meyers had 71 more targets than Devaughn Vele, 110 to 39.

Jakobi Meyers had 542 more receiving yards than Devaughn Vele, 835 to 293.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 65 percent.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Devaughn Vele is off in Week 8 and Jakobi Meyers in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.0 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.