Devaughn Vele or Rome Odunze: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 9.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 106th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Rome Odunze at 8.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 111th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rome Odunze: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 67.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 91 percent of NO snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 1 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 3 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 7.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against DET he caught 7 of 9 targets for 69 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, Rome Odunze has been on the field for 48 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 30.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he caught 2 of 3 targets for 52 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 Rome Odunze played 12 games and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 7.5 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 15.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Devaughn Vele was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rome Odunze 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 Rome Odunze WR41.

Rome Odunze had 51 more targets than Devaughn Vele, 90 to 39.

Rome Odunze had 368 more receiving yards than Devaughn Vele, 661 to 293.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 48 percent.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Devaughn Vele is off in Week 8 and Rome Odunze in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.