Kayshon Boutte or Dontayvion Wicks: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Kayshon Boutte at 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 128th highest figure of the 183 players the books 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.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kayshon Boutte: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 206.

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.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Kayshon Boutte has been on the field for 46 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 16.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kayshon Boutte played 14 games and scored 124.1 PPR points, 8.9 a game, finishing WR51.

He caught 33 of 46 targets for 551 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 16.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 14 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Kayshon Boutte scored 8.9 PPR points a game and Dontayvion Wicks 5.4, 3.5 a game between them.

Kayshon Boutte finished WR51 that year and Dontayvion Wicks WR83.

Both had 46 targets.

Kayshon Boutte had 219 more receiving yards than Dontayvion Wicks, 551 to 332.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 46 percent.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Kayshon Boutte is off in Week 8 and Dontayvion Wicks in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.7 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.