Should I start Devontez Walker or Ted Hurst III in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Devontez Walker, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ted Hurst III, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Devontez Walker's market-based projection is 1.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 173rd highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Ted Hurst III is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Ted Hurst III's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Devontez Walker has been on the field for 47 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 40 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 23.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CIN he was not given the ball.

Through Week 7, Ted Hurst III has been on the field for 56 percent of TB snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 4 third down targets, had 1 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against CAR he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Devontez Walker played 12 games and scored 37.6 PPR points, 3.1 a game, finishing WR124.

He caught 6 of 8 targets for 136 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 0.7 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 22.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 20 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ted Hurst III is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Ted Hurst III holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 47 percent.

This season Ted Hurst III holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Ted Hurst III is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Devontez Walker.

What would change the answer

Ted Hurst III has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.