Luther Burden III or Dontayvion Wicks: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Luther Burden III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 41.

Our board does not carry Dontayvion Wicks at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Luther Burden III at 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 74th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 3 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 7 of 11 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 81 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 74 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he caught 2 of 5 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Luther Burden III played 15 games and scored 127.9 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR48.

He caught 47 of 60 targets for 652 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 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.

Luther Burden III was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Luther Burden III scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Dontayvion Wicks 5.4, 3.1 a game between them.

Luther Burden III finished WR48 that year and Dontayvion Wicks WR83.

Luther Burden III had 14 more targets than Dontayvion Wicks, 60 to 46.

Luther Burden III had 320 more receiving yards than Dontayvion Wicks, 652 to 332.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 61 percent.

This season Luther Burden III holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Luther Burden III is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Dontayvion Wicks.

What would change the answer

Dontayvion Wicks has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.