Devaughn Vele or Jalen Coker: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Coker: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 245th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 8.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 109th highest figure of the 220 players the market prices.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 3, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 64 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against CHI he caught 8 of 9 targets for 138 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 8 of 9 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

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 Jalen Coker played 11 games and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 3.9 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Devaughn Vele was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jalen Coker scored 8.2 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 3.1 a game between them.

Devaughn Vele finished WR95 that year and Jalen Coker WR69.

Jalen Coker had 4 more targets than Devaughn Vele, 43 to 39.

Jalen Coker had 101 more receiving yards than Devaughn Vele, 394 to 293.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 64 percent.

This season Jalen Coker holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Jalen Coker is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Devaughn Vele.

Jalen Coker is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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