Devaughn Vele or Makai Lemon: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 8.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 108th highest figure of the 216 players the market prices.

The player markets price Makai Lemon at 8.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 116th highest figure of the 216 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 95th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Makai Lemon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

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 4, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 67 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 1 time for -5 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 27 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.

Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 67 percent.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Makai Lemon is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Devaughn Vele.

What would change the answer

0.6 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.