Devaughn Vele or Ty Johnson: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ty Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Devaughn Vele's market-based projection is 10.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 67th highest figure of the 146 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Ty Johnson is 8.4 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 91 percent of NO snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Ty Johnson has been on the field for 25 percent of BUF snaps, taken 1 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against LAC he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAR he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 72 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 Ty Johnson played 17 games and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He carried 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 more yards.

That came to 2.9 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ty Johnson was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Ty Johnson scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 0.8 a game between them.

Devaughn Vele finished WR95 and Ty Johnson RB47, which are two different ladders.

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

What would change the answer

Ty Johnson is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.