Should I start Devaughn Vele or Quentin Johnston in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Devaughn Vele, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quentin Johnston, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Devaughn Vele is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Quentin Johnston is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Devaughn Vele's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 92 percent of NO snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 75 third down targets, had 3 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 52 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYG he caught 3 of 6 targets for 42 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PIT he caught 5 of 5 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 81 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 72 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 14.3 air yards.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LAR he caught 4 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against HOU he carried 1 time for 5 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 58 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 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Quentin Johnston was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quentin Johnston scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 7.1 a game between them.

Devaughn Vele finished WR95 that year and Quentin Johnston WR34.

Quentin Johnston had 46 more targets than Devaughn Vele, 85 to 39.

Quentin Johnston had 442 more receiving yards than Devaughn Vele, 735 to 293.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 92 percent against 81 percent.

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

Byes and availability

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