Should I start Devaughn Vele or Quinshon Judkins in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Devaughn Vele, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quinshon Judkins, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Devaughn Vele is 2.0 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 Quinshon Judkins is 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 52 percent of CLE snaps, taken 59 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 9 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have come 1.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against TEN he carried 17 times for 96 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against PIT he carried 11 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against NO he carried 15 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 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 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Quinshon Judkins was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 6.2 a game between them.

Devaughn Vele finished WR95 and Quinshon Judkins RB26, which are two different ladders.

Devaughn Vele is a wide receiver and Quinshon Judkins a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Devaughn Vele is off in Week 8 and Quinshon Judkins in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.