Xavier Worthy or Devaughn Vele: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Xavier Worthy at 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 103rd highest figure of the 183 players the books 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.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Xavier Worthy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 112.

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.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 77 percent of KC snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 7.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against DEN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Xavier Worthy played 14 games and scored 109.9 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR59.

He caught 42 of 73 targets for 532 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.2 targets a game, a 58 percent catch rate and 12.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Xavier Worthy was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Xavier Worthy scored 7.9 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 2.8 a game between them.

Xavier Worthy finished WR59 that year and Devaughn Vele WR95.

Xavier Worthy had 34 more targets than Devaughn Vele, 73 to 39.

Xavier Worthy had 239 more receiving yards than Devaughn Vele, 532 to 293.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 77 percent.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Xavier Worthy is off in Week 5 and Devaughn Vele in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.2 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.