KaVontae Turpin or DeVonta Smith: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on KaVontae Turpin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 224th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeVonta Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 226th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 11; 2QB: ADP 28.

What the player markets price

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

The market has DeVonta Smith at 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

This season so far

Through Week 4, KaVontae Turpin has been on the field for 12 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against WAS he carried 1 time for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BAL he carried 1 time for 9 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against HOU he was not given the ball.

Through Week 3, DeVonta Smith has been on the field for 93 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 33 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 12.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against WAS he caught 3 of 6 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against TEN he caught 10 of 13 targets for 117 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against CHI he caught 6 of 8 targets for 65 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 KaVontae Turpin played 15 games and scored 84.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR77.

He caught 26 of 38 targets for 396 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2.5 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 15.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 DeVonta Smith played 17 games and scored 201.8 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR20.

He caught 77 of 113 targets for 1008 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 13.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeVonta Smith was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and KaVontae Turpin 5.6, 6.2 a game between them.

KaVontae Turpin finished WR77 that year and DeVonta Smith WR20.

DeVonta Smith had 75 more targets than KaVontae Turpin, 113 to 38.

DeVonta Smith had 612 more receiving yards than KaVontae Turpin, 1008 to 396.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 93 percent against 12 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 2 percent.

Byes and availability

DeVonta Smith is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for KaVontae Turpin.

DeVonta Smith is listed as out on the injury report.