Luther Burden III or Devaughn Vele: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Luther Burden III at 10.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 39th highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 10.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 41st highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Luther Burden III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 25th 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 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 64 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 7 of 11 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 4 times for 2 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 91 percent of NO snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Luther Burden III played 15 games and scored 127.9 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR48.

He caught 47 of 60 targets for 652 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Luther Burden III was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Luther Burden III scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 3.4 a game between them.

Luther Burden III finished WR48 that year and Devaughn Vele WR95.

Luther Burden III had 21 more targets than Devaughn Vele, 60 to 39.

Luther Burden III had 359 more receiving yards than Devaughn Vele, 652 to 293.

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

This season Luther Burden III holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Luther Burden III is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Devaughn Vele.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.