Dontayvion Wicks or Jalen Nailor: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Dontayvion Wicks at 7.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 146th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Jalen Nailor at 7.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 147th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dontayvion Wicks: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Nailor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 207.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 91 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 9 third down targets and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 19.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against WAS he caught 2 of 4 targets for 73 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, Jalen Nailor has been on the field for 60 percent of LV snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 1 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 12.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against MIA he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jalen Nailor played 17 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.

He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jalen Nailor was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jalen Nailor scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Dontayvion Wicks 5.4, 0.5 a game between them.

Dontayvion Wicks finished WR83 that year and Jalen Nailor WR61.

Jalen Nailor had 7 more targets than Dontayvion Wicks, 53 to 46.

Jalen Nailor had 112 more receiving yards than Dontayvion Wicks, 444 to 332.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 60 percent.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Dontayvion Wicks is off in Week 10 and Jalen Nailor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.0 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.