Devaughn Vele or Travis Kelce: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Kelce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 208th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 8.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 100th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for Travis Kelce, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 80 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 9 of 11 targets for 101 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 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 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Travis Kelce was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Travis Kelce scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 6.3 a game between them.

Devaughn Vele finished WR95 and Travis Kelce TE3, which are two different ladders.

Devaughn Vele is a wide receiver and Travis Kelce a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Travis Kelce is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Devaughn Vele.

What would change the answer

Travis Kelce has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.