Should I start Dontayvion Wicks or Ted Hurst III in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dontayvion Wicks, and the board ranks him 196th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ted Hurst III, and the board ranks him 197th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Dontayvion Wicks is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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.

The market-based projection for Ted Hurst III is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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 through Week 6

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 6, Ted Hurst III has been on the field for 59 percent of TB snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 16.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he was not given the ball.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 3 of 6 targets for 40 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 59 percent.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.