Should I start Dontayvion Wicks or Ted Hurst III in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 3:21 PM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Dontayvion Wicks: 79 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Ted Hurst III's 49 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR66 · PHI · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Overall rank
- 157
WR67 · TB · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-7
- Market-based projection
- 7.3 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 159
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Dontayvion Wicks, and the board ranks him 157th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Ted Hurst III, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Dontayvion Wicks is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market-based projection for Ted Hurst III is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.
Dontayvion Wicks's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
Through Week 6, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 79 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 16 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.
His 32 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.
In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 8 targets for 63 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.
Through Week 8, Ted Hurst III has been on the field for 49 percent of TB snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.
His 2 targets have averaged 15.5 air yards.
In Week 7 against CAR he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against ATL he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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.
Ted Hurst III is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Head to head
This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 49 percent.
This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 14 percent.
Byes and availability
Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.
Dontayvion Wicks is listed as out on the injury report.
Both players in full
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